Ableton Live 7 renews the core of Live with enhancements to the audio engine including 64-bit mix summing, new and improved devices with side-chaining capability, better MIDI timing and hardware integration.

Ableton have also included the most-requested features, such as time signature changes, video export, multiple automation lanes and much more. Version 7 marks the arrival of the new "Drum Rack" which streamlines beat production via an easy drag-and-drop interface and offers native sliced audio and REX file support, bringing endless creative possibilities to beat lovers.

Live Showcase

• Elastic Audio - Manipulate the tempo and feel of your music as it plays.
• Uninterrupted Creative Flow - Record, mix, match and add effects without ever stopping the music.
• Defy the Timeline - Freely improvise musical structure instead of constructing it.
• For Studios - Bring the creative power of Live to your studio environment.
• For Players and Composers - Ready to play on stage and compose in the studio, right out of the box.
• For Sound Designers - Create radical variations of your samples in real time.
• For DJs - Elevate your DJ sets. Remix, mash up and produce your music.
• No Idea Lost - Effortlessly build and browse your library of musical ideas.
• Hands On Control - Express yourself with your hands (or your feet!)

Live 7 Features

• Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192kHz
• Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
• Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files, for improvisation and instant remixing
• A comprehensive selection of built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs
• Built-in software instruments: Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums
• Instrument-, Drum-, Effect Racks for creating and managing complex performance setups, drum kits and multi-effects
• VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
• REX file support and native sliced audio file creation
• Video import and export for scoring to picture or warping picture to music
• Real-time control of parameters with any MIDI controller — just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping
• Full ReWire support
• Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
• Multicore and multiprocessor support

Also Includes

• Essential Instruments Collection 2 — A multi-gigabyte library of meticulously sampled instruments providing a choice selection of acoustic and electric pianos, guitars, bass, drums, orchestral strings, brass, woodwinds and more. (boxed version only)
• Loops and construction kits: Unnatural Selection by (boxed version only)
• Printed reference manual in English, Spanish, French, German or Japanese (boxed version only)
• Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials
• Localized software menus, tutorials