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Ableton's Live revolutionised user interface design in music software, and with every update, the company have striven to retain its ergonomic appeal whilst adding some very sophisticated new features.
As a creative, stable and above all fun way of combining audio loops in real time, Ableton's Live has proved an ideal counterpart to Rewire-compatible applications such as Cubase. With version 4 offering a wealth of new features, including MIDI sequencing, could Live now replace traditional sequencers altogether?
The challenge was to add yet more features to Live without compromising its legendary ease of use. Have Ableton succeeded?
Ableton's Live allows the user to create and record musical performances by combining sampled loops in real time, with high‑quality pitch‑shifting, time‑stretching and audio effects.
We show you how Live and Reason can play together thanks to Ableton Link.
We examine three different ways to harness the power of granular synthesis in Live.
We show you how to make Live emulate an MPC-style workflow for composing rhythm tracks.
We begin this regular column on using Ableton Live by examining how you can increase your productivity whilst using the program as a writing tool.
This month, we look at how to connect, control and record hardware MIDI instruments using Live.
We return to the subject of Clip Envelopes, and discover how its possible to work around a Live limitation and record MIDI controller data into Clips in real time.
Live 9 has been a long time coming, but, along with Ableton’s new Push controller, has the potential to revolutionise music-making.