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- Price: Free to try (30-minute trial); $399.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 26, 2003
- Total Downloads: 200,048
- Downloads last week: 208
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 12 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Ableton Live is one of several digital audio products that have genuinely transformed the music scene in the past few years. The software is about as close as it's possible to get to a computer-based sequencer that can be played live, like a real instrument. Recording and arranging audio is effortless with its elegantly designed interface, and its Arrange window makes composition just as enjoyable. MIDI composition and editing can be integrated seamlessly into compositions that also use prerecorded audio. Adding effects and manipulating sounds in radical ways, all on the fly, is a snap, and the software supports third-party plug-in technologies including VST. Rewire functionality helps connect it to other sequencing software or applications such as Reason. The package comes with a snazzy software synth called Operator, which takes both visual and sonic inspiration from vintage analog synths. Our only real objection is that, like most pro audio apps, Live's learning curve has become increasingly steep with every release. Even the step-by-step instructions left us scratching our heads at times. But with virtually limitless capabilities, Ableton Live is one of the most captivating music-production packages on the market today.Publisher's description
From ableton :Live is the audio sequencer you can play like an instrument. It integrates complete multitrack recording and editing functionality. Play your studio arrangements on stage, or record live improvisations and edit them in the studio. Even better, manipulate the speed and pitch of any audio while it is streamed from disk with exceptional flexibility and fidelity.
Live 2.0 enhances the performance and jamming features of the original software and also adds multitrack recording and editing with Elastic Audio. Version 2.0 turns Live into a comprehensive studio recording and editing tool.
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