Ableton Live 7 LE Music Production Software (Macintosh and Windows)

Live 7 LE is built on the same fundamental concepts as Ableton Live, the music production and performance solution that has won numerous awards for its innovative workflow and refreshing simplicity. Offering most of Ableton Live 7's new features, the LE version makes music-making fast, easy and fun.

Ableton Live 7 LE gives you an intuitive interface and pro features for recording, songwriting, remixing and DJing. It includes:

Studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz*

Sixty-four audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project

Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing for software instruments

More than twenty built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs*

Two software instruments—Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums*

VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation*

Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing

Real-time tweaking of Live's controls with any MIDI controller—just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping

Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation

Multicore and multiprocessor support

* Live LE is limited to two simultaneous stereo audio inputs and outputs, twelve built-in audio effects, eight built-in instruments, two AU/VST effects and two AU/VST instruments… read more per project.

Live 7 LE has everything you need to start making music, including:
Sampled instruments: Essential Instrument Collection 2 LE Edition by SONiVOX and ChocolateAudio (boxed version only)

Loops and construction kits by Puremagnetik (boxed version only)

A wide selection of presets for Live LE's instruments and effects

Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials

Printed reference manual in English

Localized software menus, tutorials, and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

The Live Concept
Live employs two views, the Session View and the Arrangement View, which offer different ways of working to suit your needs. These views interact in a way unique to Live allowing music creation, production and performance possible in a single application.

Session View
Live’s Session View acts as a musical sketch and launch pad, allowing you to try out new ideas and improvise freely. Each cell in the Session View grid can hold a loop, recording, MIDI file, complete song or any other musical element. These ideas can be recorded on the fly or dragged in from the Browser, combined and played in any order you wish.

Arrangement View
The Arrangement View offers a timeline-based approach for traditional recording, MIDI sequencing, arranging, editing and other musical production tasks. And when you improvise in the Session View, all of your actions can be recorded into the Arrangement View, where they can be edited and perfected whenever you like.

Live 6 LE Features
Studio-quality 32-bit/192 kHz recording

Sixty-four audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project

Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing for software instruments

More than twenty built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs

Includes two software instruments — Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums

Supports VST and AU effects and instruments

Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing

Tweak Live’s controls in real time with any MIDI controller — just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping

Multicore and Multiprocessor Support

All editing of your musical creations is non-destructive, so you can experiment without worries

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