Coming soon: Ableton Live 7LE

Geschreven door Reind Dooyeweerd donderdag, 03 april 2008 12:09

Goed nieuws voor de mensen die zaten te wachten op een LE versie van Ableton 7... deze komt er namelijk aan. Ableton Live 7 LE is een uitgeklede variant maar is niet dermate kaal geplukt dat men er niets meer aan heeft. Voor DJ's lijkt mij de LE versie zelfs de beste optie als men kiest voor een extra tool in de bestaande setup omdat het allemaal vrij simpel in elkaar steekt. De prijs van de LE versie is laag, 129 euro.

Ableton Live 7 LE
Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2008 - Ableton is proud to announce the upcoming release of Live 7 LE, an easy-to-use, professional-grade music-making solution that everyone can afford. 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 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

Pricing and Availability
Live 7 LE will be available as a download from the Ableton webshop for EUR 129/USD 149. The boxed version will be available in stores and the Ableton webshop for EUR 169/USD 199. Release is scheduled for the middle of May 2008.

Buy Live 6 LE Today and Get Live 7 LE Free
All users who buy and unlock their Live 6 LE between April 1 and July 30, 2008 will get a free download upgrade to Ableton Live 7 LE when it is released.

For those not eligible for this offer, upgrades from Live 6 LE to Live 7 LE will be available for EUR 49/USD 59 (download version) and EUR 79/USD 99 (boxed version) from the Ableton webshop.