Ableton develops modern software technology to inspire creative people. Since the company started in 1999, more than forty-five developers and business professionals have joined Ableton—many of them active musicians or DJs. The company has received outstanding press, awards and customer feedback since the unveiling of Live in October 2001.

Ableton Live is the only solution designed for each stage of the musical process, from creation to production to performance. In the creative stage, Live is transparent, intuitive and responsive, capturing inspiration and encouraging the flow of musical ideas. During production, Live provides all of the professional tools and studio compatibility required to complete and perfect projects. On stage, Live delivers the expressive control and stability that innumerable performing artists have come to rely on. Live 6—Music Creation, Production, and Performance for Mac OS and Windows. Create. Produce. Perform.

* From Sketch to Composition. Live's specialty is composition by improvisation. Record musical ideas, combine or create new songs, and compose on the fly. Live captures your every move for later refinement and editing.
* The Musical Hub. Come together, right now. Live offers complete multitrack recording and editing for any acoustic source, hardware synthesizer or software instrument.
* Easy MIDI. Yes, MIDI can be fun and easy. Drop a software instrument in a track and play. Drag and drop MIDI and audio effects, layer synths, and record MIDI as audio.
* Pattern Mode. Your laptop is about to turn into a groove box. Live puts an arsenal of groove-making tools at your fingertips.
* Mix and Remix. Instantly combine jazz with house with hip hop with soul... Live synchronizes it all in real time. This year, 58 international magazines voted Live as the best DJ tool on the market. Details...
* On-the-Spot Sound Design. Perform real-time sonic surgery on your sounds. Draw melodies, rhythms and effects changes onto loops and samples while they play.
* Hands-on Control. Liberate yourself from the mouse. Play your sequencer like an instrument on stage or in the studio.

Ableton Live 6 Features:

*** MIDI
- Complete sequencing, combination and reorganization of MIDI clips
- Straightforward MIDI recording, editing and pattern creation
- MIDI bank and program change settings for individual MIDI files
- Graphical MIDI controller data for intuitive drawing and editing
- Play MIDI notes with the computer keyboard
- Manipulation of MIDI timing through adaptive quantization and swing/groove settings
- Drag and drop import of Standard MIDI files and their individual tracks
- Export of MIDI tracks and patterns as Standard MIDI files

*** Audio and Remixing
- Preview and combine AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 audio files of any sample rate, size and bit depth
- Real-time time-stretching of any audio file to play in sync with the project tempo
- Auto Warp — automatically detects the tempo of audio material and sets Warp Markers
- Sample reverse of individual audio files
- Rhythm and time warping for audio tracks, notes and sections within audio files
- Real-time swing and groove manipulation of audio files
- Clip Envelopes — complete control of volume, pitch, timing and effects for segments or notes within audio files through drawn curves
- Flexible audio file exporting
- Clip Transport — scrubbing, nudging and navigation within files
- Live Clip format for easy storage and retrieval of musical ideas, including associated devices and settings

*** Recording and Sequencing
- Comprehensive audio and MIDI recording and sequencing
- Unlimited 32-bit/192 kHz multitrack hard disk recording
- Detailed on-the-fly recording and editing (with continuous breakpoint envelopes) of automation for mixer, effects control movements and song tempo
- Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
- Track Freeze for conserving CPU resources and simplifying project sharing
- Track Delay controls for managing human, acoustic and hardware delays
- Drum machine-style loop/overdub recording for building MIDI patterns
- Punch-in and -out points for recording
- Count-In recording
- Creation of perfectly cut samples and loops through optional record quantization
- Launchable Arrangement Locators
- Instant resampling of audio and MIDI while the music plays
- Multi-selection clip editing
- Mackie Control support

*** Playing and Performing
- Nonlinear audio and MIDI file organization and triggering for imaginative recombination and improvisation
- Audio and MIDI files can be mapped to MIDI keyboard ranges and computer keys for instant triggering
- Detailed control over the launch and play properties of individual files
- Follow Actions — create groups of files that can trigger each other to generate specific or random output
- Scenes — configure groups of files that play simultaneously, store tempo changes and advance automatically
- DJ-style crossfading between any number of tracks
- Hands-on control of any interface element with a MIDI controller or the computer keyboard
- Flawless recording of all aspects of a set for later in-depth editing

*** Effects and Instruments
- Ableton Audio Effects: Auto Filter, Auto Pan, Beat Repeat, Chorus, Compressor I, Compressor II, EQ Four, EQ Three, Erosion, Filter Delay, Flanger, Gate, Grain Delay, Phaser, Ping Pong Delay, Redux, Resonators, Reverb, Saturator, Simple Delay, Utility, Vinyl Distortion
- Ableton MIDI Effects: Arpeggiator, Chord, Pitch, Random, Scale, Velocity
- Ableton Instruments: Simpler, for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse, for dynamic percussion sound design
- Endless expansion through VST and Audio Units Plug-in instruments/effects and ReWire
- Automation and remote control of all instrument and effects parameters
- Device groups for saving multi-effect combinations together with instruments
- Plug-In Delay Compensation automatically compensates for delays caused by effects and plug-ins

*** Routing and Sync
- Track-to-track I/O routing for complex mixes, post-effects recording, MIDI-to-audio conversion, submixing and synth layering
- Individual instrument outputs and multi-timbral instrument input and output routing capabilities
- Private cueing and previewing through separate audio outputs
- Complete MIDI control of ReWire clients
- Intuitive signal flow management of effects and instruments by drag and drop
- Pre- or post-mixer effect grouping/bussing on up to twelve sends/return tracks
- Tempo sync to any external source through MIDI Clock master or slave; MIDI Timecode slave
- Audio and transport sync through the ReWire protocol as master or slave
- Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks
- Unlimited audio and MIDI inputs and outputs
- ASIO, MME, DirectX and CoreAudio audio interface support

What's New in Ableton Live 6 :
* Multicore and Multiprocessor support allow the computational workload from instruments and effects to be distributed to other processors or cores, speeding up system performance.
* Movie Import - Improvise, compose and warp sound to picture.
* Essential Instrument Collection - Live's new sound library—completely inspiring.
* Instrument and Effect Racks - Multiply the creative power of your instruments and effects.
* New and Improved Devices - Shape your sound with precision, warmth and dirt.
* Deep Freeze expands editing functionality with frozen tracks (temporary rendered files created to free system resources). Cut, copy, paste, duplicate and consolidate clips without having to re-freeze. Automate mixer and clip envelopes, record frozen session view clips into the arrangement, and drag frozen MIDI clips into audio tracks, all without missing a beat.
* Project Management Tools - Live's project-management tools keep you in control.

New and Improved Devices add to Live's palette of creative tools:
* EQ Eight has replaced EQ Four, with improvements turning it into both a sound-shaping and mastering tool.
* Add analog richness with the warm distortion of Dynamic Tube. Like many of Live's effects, it can be used for subtle coloration or drastic sonic manipulation.
* Saturator has been improved with the addition of a true analog saturation curve, a user-definable waveshaper, and an optional second output saturator stage.
* Automate and "play" incoming MIDI notes with Note Length. This MIDI effect can generate new notes when incoming notes are released, emulating the release behavior of instruments like the piano or the harpsichord.
* Operator has been augmented with a set of 24dB filter modes, as well as new FM algorithms, giving users more sonic possibilities than ever.
* Conveniently organize collections of Live Sets, Live Clips, presets, samples, and movie files with Live 6's new Project Management Tools. * Self-contain a project and pack it with lossless compression for archiving or transfer using Project Folders. Search for missing files and purge the disk of unused files with ease.

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