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Ableton Live 7 - Upgrade to Live 8 Suite
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.
*Boxed version only.
Key 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
For more information, please use the link below
http://www.ableton.com/suite-8
