Ableton Live is about making music. When you're writing and composing, Live is quick and responsive. When you want to record and develop your ideas, Live has the depth and toolset for intricate production. It's got the features to take your DJ skills to the next level and it's stable and flexible on stage, whether you're playing in front of 10 or 10,000 people. However and wherever you make music, whatever music you make, Live will inspire you.
3 kinds of Live
Ableton Live comes in 3 different sizes—X-Large, Large or Medium:
 Suite is the complete package, the "X-Large" version. Suite gives you the tools and the sounds, with a packed sound library and 10 Ableton instruments. |
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 Live is the "Large" version. It provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music plus a basic sound set. |
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 Live LE provides a focused feature set—it's the "Medium" version of Live. Just the essential tools and basic sound content for making music. |
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What people say about Live
Pete Townshend"As a composer, I think Ableton Live has to be the software that has given me the most immediate way to write new things on a computer, rather than tape."
from an interview in EQ magazine, August 2007
Ski-Beatz"Live made making music fun again. I was in a creative rut and it re-sparked my musical juices."
from MusicTech Focus—'The in-depth guide for the creative musician', February 2008
Al Riley"Live is awesome. For me it's consistently the fastest and funnest way to create music...whether that be creating beats in the studio, programming a DJ mix or performing live. And with the new synths and sample sets there's not much more you need."
Engineer (Tricky / Coldcut / The Cinematic Orchestra / Jazzie B)
Jamie Lidell"For those living beyond cut and paste, this one's for you."
Warp records
Keyboard magazine"Live truly does 'compete with everything and nothing, all at once,' because it can do a lot of what more conventional DAWs can do, but also has unique features that nothing else can touch."
Craig Anderton, March 2008
Sound on Sound magazine"Ableton focus their development on finding elegant and intuitive alternatives to working methods that most of the other DAWs do in the same way as each other."
Simon Price, February 2008
Awards for Ableton Live
Ableton Live has won a number of awards over the years, in categories as diverse as "Best Digital Audio Workstation" and "Best DJ Software." Here's a small selection...
