ABLETON LIVE 4

MIDI

• Complete sequencing, combination and reorganization of MIDI clips
• Straightforward MIDI recording, editing and pattern creation
• MIDI bank and program change settings for individual MIDI files
• Graphically represented MIDI controller data for intuitive drawing and editing
• Versatility- play MIDI notes anywhere with no equipment other than the computer keyboard
• Manipulation of MIDI timing through quantization and swing/groove settings
• Drag and drop import of Standard MIDI files and their individual tracks
• Export of MIDI tracks and patterns as Standard MIDI files

Audio

• Preview and combine AIFF, WAV and SDII audio files of any sample rate, size and bit depth with no prior conversion
• Real-time time-stretching of any audio file to play in sync with the project tempo
• Sample reverse of individual audio files
• Rhythm and time warping for notes and sections within audio files
• Real-time swing and groove manipulation of audio files
• Complete control of volume, pitch and timing for segments or notes within audio files through drawn curves
• Detailed audio file exporting

Playing - Performing

• Nonlinear audio and MIDI file organization and triggering for imaginative recombination and improvisatio
• Audio and MIDI files can be mapped to MIDI keyboard ranges and computer keys for instant triggering
• Detailed control over the launch and play properties of individual files
• Automatic jamming- Create groups of files that can trigger each other to generate specific or random output
• Configure groups of files that play simultaneously, store tempo changes and advance automatically
• DJ-style crossfading between any number of tracks
• Hands-on control of any interface element with a MIDI controller or the computer keyboard
• Flawless recording of all aspects of a set for later in-depth editing

Recording - Sequencing

• Comprehensive audio and MIDI recording and sequencing
• Unlimited 24-bit/192 kHz multitrack hard disk recording
• Detailed on-the-fly recording and editing of automation for mixer, effects control movements and the song tempo as continuous breakpoint envelopes
• Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Drum machine-style loop/overdub recording for building MIDI patterns
• Punch-in and -out points for recording
• Creation of perfectly cut samples and loops through optional record quantization
• Instant resampling of audio and MIDI while the music plays

Effects - Instruments

• Wide array of innovative Ableton audio and MIDI effects
• New Ableton instruments: Simpler, for creative sample-based synthesis and Impulse, for dynamic percussion sound design
• Endless expansion through VST and Audio Units Plug-in instruments/effects and ReWire
• Automation and remote control of all instrument and effects parameters
• Unlimited variations from single samples and loops through user-definable effects, mixer, volume and pitch curves

Routing - I/O – Sync

• Track-to-track I/O routing for complex mixes, post-effects recording, MIDI-to-audio conversion, submixing and synth layering
• Individual instrument outputs and multi-timbral instrument input and output routing capabilities
• Private cueing and previewing through separate audio outputs
• Complete MIDI control of ReWire clients
• Intuitive signal flow management of effects and instruments by drag and drop
• Pre- or post-mixer effect grouping/bussing on up to twelve sends/return tracks
• Tempo sync to any external source through MIDI Clock master or slave; MIDI Timecode slave
• Audio and transport sync through the ReWire protocol as master or slave
• Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks
• Unlimited audio and MIDI inputs and outputs
• ASIO, MME, DirectX, Sound Manager and CoreAudio audio interface support

Also includes...

• Hundreds of one-shot drum samples for use in Impulse
• Selection of royalty-free loops and samples from Big Fish Audio*
• Built-in program tutorials and starter sets
• Printed reference manual*
• Multilingual program help and PDF manual in English, Japanese, German, French and Spanish