Ableton Live is the revolutionary music production software that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment.

Ableton Live integrates loop-based and linear production methodologies including unique virtual instruments and effects together in a single interface for unparalleled creative freedom.

Live is a complete music production system and also works perfectly with Pro Tools M-Powered. If you haven't experienced Live, you owe it to yourself to see what all the buzz is about. Your music will never be the same.

Here are some key features of "Ableton Live":

· Completely real-time audio/MIDI production "compose, record, arrange and mix without ever hitting the Stop button.
· Integrate audio clips of different tempos and pitches into new compositions.
· Change tempo and pitch of your composition independently on the fly.
· Clip envelopes allow endless variations on loops.
· Proprietary time-stretching algorithms yield exceptional flexibility and fidelity.
· Optionally quantize your audio recordings/performances in real-time.
· Edit all aspects of a performance to perfection after the fact.
· Privately audition candidate audio from disk while the main mix continues.
· DJ-like crossfading.
· Record unlimited takes on unlimited tracks.
· Great built-in effects complete with automation.
· Includes virtual instruments.
· Simple interface for fluid creativity.
· Expandable via VST and ReWire support.
· Compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered.

Requirements:

· Any G3 or faster.
· 512 MB RAM recommended.

Limitations:

· Saving and exporting disabled in demo mode.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Improvements:
· Updated manuals
· Updated Help Pages
· Control Surface support for Novation Launchpad
· Several improvements for the AxiomPro Controllers

Bugfixes:
· Using the double/halve tempo buttons of the Looper could introduce an audible offset [5857]
· Playing MIDI could crash Live when multi-core support is enabled [5608]
· If the slot button below a disabled Session clip has been removed, the disabled clip would not respect this and act as stop button [5872]
· In the Arranger, auto scrolling would not work properly when dragging tracks [5865]
· On Mac OS X, open the application menu would not close an open context menu [5768]
· On Mac OS X, using a Remote SL and loading a particular Live set with a Fab Filter Twin 2 would crash Live
· On Mac OS X, the Key stroke handling for AudioUnits using Cocoa views would not work properly
· On Mac OS X 10.6.x, starting Live with a template set that contains audio clips, and with another CoreAudio client running at the same time (e.g. iTunes), would freeze Live. Also, changing sample rates in Live would not work properly
· Replacing a Macro mapping with a Key mapping could crash Live [5913]
· Return track header selection would not work properly [5677]
· On Mac OS X, Audio Units, wrapped by Novation Automap, would not appear in the right folders [5752]
· Setting an MTC start offset to a negative value would not show the value properly [5456]
· Grabbing and moving the left edge of an Arranger loop while the loop start is out of the view would not behave properly [5216]
· In the Arranger, scrolling would not work properly when dragging or moving tracks [5139]
· Under certain conditions, the LFO of the Sampler would not work properly
· Switching banks via remote script would not be indicated in the status bar [5969]
· Switching on track-solo would not work properly in exclusive mode when switching via the APC controller [5838]
· Unsupported multi channel audio files would crash Live [5995]
· When exporting an video file, the resulting video file would grow on each export instead to be replaced [5996]
· On Mac OS X, when typing the name of an existing file, but without the extension, Live would overwrite the existing file without asking for confirmation