ableton Live 8 SUITE

ableton Live 8 SUITE

Description:

Ableton Suite is the XL version of Ableton Live. Suite 8 gives you all of the features in Live 8 plus SOUND, with a radically new Library packed with beautiful new sounds and a wealth of useful resources. Suite 8 contains 10 Ableton instruments including synths, a sampler, electric and acoustic drums, mallets, numerous sampled instruments and the new, reworked Operator. Two completely new instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion, round off the set. Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package: the tools AND the sounds.

The sounds:

Ableton Suite 8's library is a well-balanced and comprehensive collection of sounds and resources including synthesis, real-world "Sound Objects", presets, grooves, templates and, above all, a wide-ranging set of beautiful sounds.

Ableton instruments:

Ableton Suite 8 includes six powerful synthesizers and a selection of authentic sample-based instruments: an arsenal of tools for serious sound design.
imageSampler
Sampler is a sampling instrument that brings powerful multisample playback and import, as well as profound sound design capabilities to Ableton Live.
imageOperator
Operator is a frequency modulation synthesizer that delivers an eclectic spectrum of sonic possibilities and musical inspiration.
imageCollision
Collision is a unique physical modeling instrument for authentic mallet sounds and creative percussion.
imageElectric
Electric offers the sounds of classic electric pianos through physical modeling synthesis, allowing you to dive inside and play with the guts of the instrument.
imageTension
Tension is a physical modeling string synthesizer capable of creating incredibly accurate reproductions of real stringed instruments or otherworldly hybrids.
imageAnalog
Analog emulates the unique circuitry and irresistible tweakability of vintage analog synthesizers. Able to produce everything from silky pad sweeps to earth-shaking bass.
imageEssential Instrument Collection 2 *
A choice selection of acoustic and electric pianos, guitars, bass, drums, orchestral instruments and more.
imageSession Drums *
Session Drums is a meticulously multisampled library of acoustic drums that reproduces the nuances of a recording session and puts you in the engineer's seat.
imageDrum Machines
Drum Machines offers a choice selection of classic drum machines, meticulously sampled to faithfully reproduce the original sounds.
imageLatin Percussion
Latin Percussion is a collection of acoustic percussion instruments such as congas, bongos, timbales, claves, shakers, tambourines and bells from the worlds of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and African music.

Features:

* Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
* Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
* Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
* Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
* Library with over 1600 expressive sounds, each with versatile control options
* A comprehensive selection of built-in audio and MIDI effects
* A wide range of software instruments
* Instrument Racks for simple management of complex instrument setups
* Drum Racks for intuitive and responsive beat-making
* Effect Racks for professional-grade mastering, mixing and creative sound processing
* New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
* Construction kits containing loops and phrases in a number of styles
* Sound Objects Lite, from SonArte: a toolkit of real world object recordings
* 440 MB of abstract, experimental loops from renowned music software pioneers Cycling '74 *
* Over 400 loops and samples from Zero-G *
* 1000s of single-device presets: simple components for making new sounds and exploring synthesis
* Song templates with pre-configured tracks and routing
* Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
* VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
* REX file support plus built-in audio to MIDI slicing
* Video import and export for scoring, video warping
* Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
* Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
* Multicore and multiprocessor support

*Boxed version only.

Also includes:

* Printed reference manual in English, French, German or Japanese (box only)
* Built-in interactive lessons
* Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

System requirements:

The installation size of the boxed version of Ableton Suite 8 is 48 GB. The downloadable version requires 4.6 GB of hard drive space.

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