Ableton Suite is a complete software studio. Suite 8 gives you all of the features in Live 8 plus sound, with a radically new Library packed with beautiful new sounds and a wealth of useful resources. Suite 8 contains 11 Ableton instruments and effects including synths, a sampler, electric and acoustic drums, mallets, numerous sampled instruments, the new, reworked Operator and amp modeling effects. Two completely new instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion, round off the set. Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package: the tools and the sounds.
Ableton Live 8 provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music
Session View
Live is the only music production software with the "Session View": a unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. The Session View is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want. When you're working on a new track, this is a smart, flexible way to write and record. If you're performing music live, it gives you complete flexibility and freedom to improvise.
Arrangement View
Live also has a second view: the "Arrangement View," a complete music production environment. This is the linear counterpart to the Session View and is well-suited to "traditional" recording, arranging and mixing. These two views interact with one another, each with its own strengths and intricacies. Both views are based on the single principle of creative, intuitive music-making.
Uninterrupted creative flow
In Live, 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. You're free to improvise and the computer actually becomes a musical instrument--an expressive and creative tool, perfectly at home on stage or in the studio.
Ableton Suite is a complete software studio. Suite 8 gives you all of the features in Live 8 plus sound, with a radically new Library packed with beautiful new sounds and a wealth of useful resources. Suite 8 contains 11 Ableton instruments and effects including synths, a sampler, electric and acoustic drums, mallets, numerous sampled instruments, the new, reworked Operator and amp modeling effects. Two completely new instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion, round off the set. Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package: the tools and the sounds.
Key features
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Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
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Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
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Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
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Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
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Library with over 1600 expressive sounds, each with versatile control options
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A comprehensive selection of built-in audio and MIDI effects
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A wide range of software instruments
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Instrument Racks for simple management of complex instrument setups
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Drum Racks for intuitive and responsive beat-making
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Effect Racks for professional-grade mastering, mixing and creative sound processing
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New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
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Construction kits containing loops and phrases in a number of styles
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Sound Objects Lite, from SonArte: a toolkit of real world object recordings
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440 MB of abstract, experimental loops from renowned music software pioneers Cycling '74
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Over 400 loops and samples from Zero-G
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1000s of single-device presets: simple components for making new sounds and exploring synthesis
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Song templates with pre-configured tracks and routing
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Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
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VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
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REX file support plus built-in audio to MIDI slicing
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Video import and export for scoring, video warping
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Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
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Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
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Multicore and multiprocessor support
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Support for The Bridge, Ableton's collaboration with Serato
Also includes
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Printed reference manual in English, French, German or Japanese
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Built-in interactive lessons
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Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Italian.
System requirements
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The installation size of the boxed version of Ableton Suite 8 is 48 GB.
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Mac: 1.8 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel® Mac recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended, if supported by your computer), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM drive
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Windows: 2 GHz Pentium® 4 or Celeron® compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended on Windows Vista and Windows 7), Windows XP (home or Pro), Windows Vista or Windows 7, sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime recommended
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED USER OF ABLETON LIVE 8 TO USE THIS UPGRADE.