Ableton Live 8

Ableton Live - Brings the art of music creation

Ableton Live brings the art of music creation and performance into the future. Seamlessley move from basic song ideas to studio

Ableton Live brings the art of music creation and performance into the future. Seamlessley move from basic song ideas to studio production or to the stage with Ableton Live.

In Live, tempo is completely fluid. Throw in whatever you like-from single drum loops to multitrack creations-and Live keeps the groove locked down tight. Match the tempo to a new mood, tie it to a movie's key frames, or keep up with your jamming partners-all without stopping the music. Live also lets you fix timing errors and continue tweaking after the fact, making it simple to repair that near-perfect guitar riff, abuse the groove of a drum loop, or get creative in a hundred ways we haven't even thought of yet. Audio is now a rubber band!

Thanks to its unique real-time features, Live opens up entirely new worlds of creative expression. Mix any number of tracks and loops, remix on the fly, capture audio loops in real time from decks and other external sources, incorporate your own productions into the mix, and much more. Whether it's the center of your DJing rig or a creative addition to your existing setup, Live brings fresh possibilities to DJing.

Record perfectly cut loops on the fly, mix and match audio of any tempo, and add effects, all without ever stopping the music: Everything happens in real time. Follow your inspiration and use your time more creatively, instead of spending it converting sample rates, calculating tempos, editing loops and routing complicated effect chains. Live keeps the music flowing and gives you back your creative time.

Live is a musical sketch pad that quickly and easily lets you try out new ideas and capture those you like for later use. From Live Clips to Racks and its powerful browsing capabilities, Live encourages experimentation and makes sure that no good idea ever gets away.

Live defies the boundaries of traditional timeline-based applications. Drag and drop, record new ideas on the fly, play back your ideas in any order and at any moment you wish, all without the restrictions of a linear timeline. Live's escape from the timeline-only paradigm is the original concept that brought it such renown as a stage-performance tool. And Live's unique nonlinear approach has made it a staple in studios of all sizes around the globe.

Requirements:

- 1.5 GHz CPU or faster
- 512 MB RAM (recommended: 1GB or more)
- Quicktime 6.4 or later
- Windows-compatible soundcard (preferably with an ASIO driver)


Limitations:

- Saving and exporting not available in demo mode

Ableton Live 8 is licensed as Demo for the Windows operating system / platform. Ableton Live is provided as a free to try download for all software users (Demo).