Software Instruments
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Sounds
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Audio Effects
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What's Possible with Ableton Live.
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Ableton Live 10 offers deep integration with hardware. The Push 2 allows you to control Ableton Live without even interacting with your screen during a live performance. It offers control of loops, MIDI instruments and effects all through a tactile interface. Live beats are auto quantized to your BPM so you're always in time, even when you're not. This rich integration with controllers is what really sets Ableton apart from the pack. Take a look at whats possible when hardware meet software in this demo.
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History of Ableton
Ableton Live was first released in 2001 by the self-titled berlin-based software company, Ableton. Developed originally as a loop arrangement tool with no MIDI support, it has become much more than that. It is currently considered a DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, along with MIDI sequencer and VST host. This means it can handle and manipulate a variety of music formats from real audio to MIDI instruments as well as an array of plugins for virtual studio technology (VST). It competes with the top dogs of the industry like Pro Tools and Logic Pro but offers a twist on production with the combination of session view and arrangement view. Its become popular with the EDM community for its great support of loops but also with song writers who are able to easily jot down ideas and re-arrange them.
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Pricing
Intro Ableton Live Basics to get you started $99 USD
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Standard Full Featured Ableton Live with extra sounds and instruments $449 USD
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Suite Ableton Live Complete Studio for all your production needs $749 USD
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Limitations and Requirements
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Personal Experience
My experience with Ableton Live started in high school. I loved mash-ups, the idea of taking two unlike songs and creating one. While some might call it derivative, I always thought it took some creativity to listen to two completely different songs and picture them as one. Ableton Live is perfect for this because it is fantastic at matching and adjusting tempos of completely different genres even.
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Now I use Ableton to compliment my jamming when I don't have anyone to jam with. Its easy to lay down a quick drum beat and base line, throw in some synths or organs and then just riff over it on guitar. I can also easily share it with my friends across the country for them to add their own twist to my creation and collaborate back and forth. While I can't afford the Suite, the Intro version gets the job done for me.
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