Defy the Timeline
Live defies the boundaries of traditional timeline-based applications. Drag and drop, record new ideas on the fly, play back your ideas in any order and at any moment you wish, all without the restrictions of a linear timeline. Live's escape from the timeline-only paradigm is the original concept that brought it such renown as a stage-performance tool. And Live's unique nonlinear approach has made it a staple in studios of all sizes around the globe.
 |
The Session ViewLive's unique Session View acts as a powerful musical sketch and launch pad, allowing you to improvise freely with ideas. Each cell in the Session View grid can hold a file, or better yet an idea, which can be recorded on the fly or dragged in from the Browser and played in any order and at any time you wish. |
 |
Sequencing InstrumentThe nonlinear access to your musical ideas that Live provides is perfect for the stage. Play a loop or phrase and switch to another without missing a beat, or play the chorus for another four bars and go into the third verse, or maybe back to the second verse. Every element of your song is at your command, and you determine the structure in the moment, just as you would with any other musical instrument. |
 |
From Session to ArrangementLive lets you seamlessly switch between the Session View's creative, right-brain approach of working with music spontaneously to the more traditional, left-brain environment in the Arrangement View. You can improvise in the Session View, and all of your actions will be recorded into the Arrangement View, and can then be edited whenever you like. Clip launches, effects tweaks and all other actions are captured as an Arrangement in real time. Seamlessly switch from right to left brain. |
