Latest Ableton 8

Ableton 8

Music creation software you can play like an instrument.

Ableton Live is about making music - composing, songwriting, recording, production, remixing and live performance. Version 8 enhances that vision with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements. 

• Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
• Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching

Features Highlights

• Designed with the creative studio process and performing artist in mind
• Single-window user interface for simple, creativity-focused production, arranging, and performance
• Elastic Audio provides advanced audio warping to manipulate and control audio timing instantly
• Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Comprehensive offering of built-in instruments, including easy-to-use samplers and unique synthesizers
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
• Extensive MIDI-mappable controls for a fluid workflow from studio to stage
• Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
• Extensive audio file format support; AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC files
• Comprehensive selection of built-in audio and MIDI effects including reverbs, delays, distortions, eqs, and compression
• AU and VST support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
• Groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
• Video import and export for scoring, video warping

 

Recommends For

Anyone who'd rather be "making music" than just "using music software" on their Mac system.

Ableton Live's nonlinear, intuitive flow, alongside powerful real-time editing and flexible performance options, make it a unique studio tool and a favorite with live performers. Live 8, the latest version, includes a new groove engine, revamped warping, live looping, new effects, crossfades in the Arrangement View and a reworked MIDI editor.

Session View

A unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. This view is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want.

Groove engine

Now you can apply groove patterns in real time, extract grooves from audio or MIDI sources or quantize audio and MIDI in real time. It also includes a new groove library.

Warping engine

Warp audio events by adjusting the events themselves on the timeline. Plus you can slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients.

Looper

This effect gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. It's set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.

Arrangement View

A complete music production environment, this is the linear counterpart to Session View and is well-suited to "tradition" recording, arranging and mixing. The two views interact with one another.

 

Uninterrupted creative flow

You never have to stop the music. Record audio and MIDI on the fly, drop in loops and samples, add effects and swap sounds without ever hitting the stop button: everything happens in real time.

Total compatibility

Live works seamlessly with controller hardware and makes it simple to assign custom MIDI controls. Live supports AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files, VST and AU effects and instruments.

Technical Specs

Media

• Media: DVD

Compatibility

Mac

• Mac OS X v10.5 or later
• 4 MB of RAM
• Intel processor
• 1.8GHz or faster
• DVD-ROM drive

Windows

• Windows Vista/7
• 4 MB of RAM
• Multicore CPU
• 1.5GHz or faster
• DVD-ROM drive

Other

• 4 MB of RAM

Manufacturer Information

Part Number

• UPC or EAN No.: 4042921835930
• Mfr. Part Number: 83593

Warranty

• Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.

 

What's in the Box?

• Ableton Live 8