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Music Production Software
Ableton Live 8 enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital
music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow
improvements.
New groove engine - Groove patterns can add life and swing
to straight sequences. Ableton Live 8 new groove engine lets you apply
groove patterns in real time, extract grooves from audio or MIDI sources,
quantize audio and MIDI in real time. It also comes with a new groove
library.
New warping engine - Ableton Live 8 introduces a new,
more direct way of working with warping and some important Warp Mode
enhancements. You can now warp audio events by adjusting the events themselves
on the timeline. Beats Mode has been updated, and there's a completely new
Complex Warp Mode. Plus you can slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on
transients.
Looper - A much-requested feature, the Ableton Looper effect
gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware
device. Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo
and more without touching the computer.
New effects - Ableton Live 8 includes five powerful new
effects: Vocoder, Multiband Dynamics, Overdrive, Limiter and Frequency Shifter.
These effects cover all the well-known aspects of these devices, but really
shine due to some innovative features and enhancements from the Ableton
labs.
Workflow enhancements - Version 8 makes Live easier with a
number of most-wanted enhancements and some deceptively simple detail work
including real-time crossfades in the Arrangement View, enhanced MIDI editing,
group tracks, a screen magnifier and more.
Ableton Live 8 New Features:
- New groove engine: new groove library, extract grooves from audio or MIDI,
real time groove quantize
- 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
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