Ableton Live 6 is the revolutionary music production software that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment. Winner of countless industry awards, Live integrates loop-based and linear production methodologies—including unique virtual instruments and effects—together in a single interface for unparalleled creative freedom. New features in Live 6 include Movie Import, Deep Freeze editing technology, multicore/multiprocessor support, new and improved Ableton Devices, project management tools, and a comprehensive collection of instruments sampled at supreme fidelity. Live 6 is a complete music production system and also works perfectly with Pro Tools M-Powered. If you haven’t experienced Live 6, you owe it to yourself to see what all the buzz is about. Your music will never be the same.




Standard Features

completely real-time audio/MIDI production—compose, record, arrange and mix without ever hitting the Stop button

integrate audio clips of different tempos and pitches into new compositions

change tempo and pitch of your composition independently on the fly

clip envelopes allow endless variations on loops

proprietary time-stretching algorithms yield exceptional flexibility and fidelity

drag and drop QuickTime movies with the ability to warp sound to picture

optionally quantize your audio recordings/performances in real-time

edit all aspects of a performance to perfection after the fact

privately audition candidate audio from disk while the main mix continues

DJ-like crossfading

record unlimited takes on unlimited tracks

great built-in effects complete with automation

includes virtual instruments

simple interface for fluid creativity

expandable via VST, AU and ReWire support

compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered




New in Live 6

multicore/multiprocessor support multiplies Live's processing power on Macs and PCs

Movie Import feature including warping sound to picture

Instrument and Effect Racks multiply the creative power of Live's devices and any plug-ins

Deep Freeze allows you to edit tracks even while they're frozen

new and improved Devices let you shape sound with precision, and add warmth and dirt

project management tools insure you stay on top of the creative chaos

Essential Instrument Collection with comprehensive collection of instruments sampled at supreme fidelity

complete or track-wise merging of Live sets

“stretch markers” to proportionally scale durations and start times of notes in the MIDI Editor

copying and pasting for Warp Markers

easier Warp Marker manipulations for multi-track recordings

multi-destination MIDI and key mappings, with each mapping able to have its own range and polarity

option to define any locator or the loop start as the song start point

browser able to display file type, size and modification date


Compatibility
ASIO2
CoreAudio
DirectX
Intel-based Mac / Universal Binary
Pro Tools M-Powered

System requirements PC
600MHz CPU or faster
512MB RAM recommended
Windows 2000/XP*
Windows-compatible sound card
* Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not currently supported.

System requirements MAC
any G3 or faster (including Intel-based Mac computers)
512MB RAM recommended
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later