Tag: Ableton Live 8

\"ableton-live-8\"Here\’s a guide to Ableton Live 8, including Live 8 tips, tricks and tutorials.

Here’s what’s in Ableton Live 8:

  • New groove engine: new groove library, extract grooves from audio or MIDI, real-time groove quantize. Includes grooves from the legendary Akai MPC and E-mu SP-1200 machines
  • New warping engine: warp audio events by adjusting the events on the timeline, updated Beats Warp Mode, new Complex Warp Mode, slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients
  • Looper: classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. Record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer. “First loop sync,” simple loop management
  • New effects: Vocoder, Multiband Dynamics, Overdrive, Limiter and Frequency Shifter
  • Workflow enhancements: including real-time crossfades in the Arrangement View, enhanced MIDI editing, group tracks, multiple track selection, a screen magnifier and more

We\’ve got Ableton Live 8 specs and pricing, an Ableton Live 8 preview, Ableton Live video tutorials and more in the posts listed below.

Free Ableton Live Tutorials

Ableton has partnered with online education providers to offer free Ableton Live training when you buy Live 8, Suite 8, Live Intro or any upgrade between September 1 and October 31, 2010. After you buy an eligible product, you’ll get a coupon that gives you access to any—or all—of the training options listed below:

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touchAble Could Make Your Ableton Live Hardware Controller Redundant

iPad Music Software: Phil Bilsby of AudioNewsRoom has taken an early look at the new touchAble iPad controller for Ableton Live, and came away impressed: touchAble is a serious contender for the best iPad app for controlling Ableton currently and the most competent attempt so far. It is easy to setup, has flexibility with respect… Read More touchAble Could Make Your Ableton Live Hardware Controller Redundant

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Ableton Live Gets Superfly Futuristic Touchscreen Interface!

Forget flying cars – this is the future right here! Aggregat is a gesture-based digital audio workstation for sound production in Ableton Live 8. The interface allows up to three people to create music collaboratively in one single set . According to developers, “Aggregat brings back the performative band-character into digital music: Instead of watching… Read More Ableton Live Gets Superfly Futuristic Touchscreen Interface!

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New Ableton Live Sound Library – Sample Logic Metalix

Sample Logic has introduced a new sound library for Ableton Live, Metalix. Metalix is a toolkit of morphed metallic instruments, percussives, atmospheric soundscapes, pads, and tempo-synced audio loops designed for “cinematic music production”. Features: 215 instrument Racks of various styles ranging from ambience, impacts, transition effects, kits, melodic and arped multi sampled instruments, and multi… Read More New Ableton Live Sound Library – Sample Logic Metalix

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