New in Ableton Live 8

Version 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. Live 8's 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

 

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.

 

 

  Loop Effects

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 Looper

 
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.

 

System requirements:

Mac: 1.25 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM drive

Windows: 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Celeron compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime recommended

The installation size of the Essential Instrument Collection 2 is 15 GB.

 

 

 

This is the ACADEMICALLY PRICED version (full retail version software at a reduced price). We will require you to fax or email us documentation or a statement of qualifications before we can ship this product to you. Email us customerservice@voisales.comwith any questions about qualifying.

Qualifications

This software may be purchased by the following within the United States only: students, teachers, schools, K-12 homeschoolers non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) churches 5-User Lab Pack Editions are available to fully accredited K-12, College or University institutions, and nonprofit organizations in the United States. Examples of Proof:   College or University - Fully accredited, non-profit, with music degree program (Orders accepted with official PO, procurement card, etc.)   Pre College K-12 - Fully accredited, non-profit, with music program (Orders accepted with official PO, procurement card, etc.)   Student - College and/or University full-time student , pre-college or K-12 (Copy of student ID or any document showing current enrollment, email from student email account, etc.)   Teacher - Currently teaching at a College, University, pre-College or K-12 (Signed letter of employment, ID, check stub, faculty email, etc.)   Nonprofit, House of Worship, Music Minister or Music Representative - Nonprofit 501(c)3), Non-profit with a separate house of worship or currently employed by a church or other religious institution in their music department (church PO or letter stating intended use of software)    If you are interested in purchasing academic versions of our products and have questions about qualifying, please email customerservice@voisales.com