| Live Key Features |
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| Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation |
| Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo |
| Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz |
| Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments |
| Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching |
| Group tracks Use multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily. |
| VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit v2 and v3 support |
| Time signature changes |
| 16 scenes Updated for Live 11 Lite |
| 2 Send and return tracks |
| 8 Mono audio input channels |
| 8 Mono audio output channels |
| 8 audio and MIDI tracks |
| Multiple automation lanes |
| MIDI Polyphonic Expression New in Live 11 Lite Add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord, add subtle expression variations, morph between chords and create evolving sonic textures more easily. |
| Track Freeze |
| Capture MIDI Recall your best ideas after you’ve played them – Capture MIDI can turn what you played into MIDI clips, without having to think about recording. |
| Tempo Following New in Live 11 Lite Live listens to and adjusts its tempo based on incoming audio in real time, making it a dynamic part of the band instead of the tempo source that everyone has to follow. |
| Automatic plug-in delay compensation |
| MIDI remote control instant mapping |
| MIDI output to hardware synths |
| MIDI Clock/sync |
| Multicore/multiprocessor support |
| WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support |
| Ableton Link A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network. |
| Note Compatibility Start musical ideas in iOS app Note, then send them to Live using Ableton Cloud. |
| Instrument Racks Updated for Live 11 Lite Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls |
| MIDI Effect Racks Updated for Live 11 Lite Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls |
| Drum Rack Updated for Live 11 Lite An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid |
| Complex warp modes Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks. |
| Groove Pool and extract groove New in Live 11 Lite A set of templates that lets you adjust the timing and “feel” of sequences or make your own by extracting timing from existing audio material. |
| Software Instruments |
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Drum Rack
Updated for Live 11 Lite
An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid.
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Impulse
A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities.
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Instrument Rack
Updated for Live 11 Lite
Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls.
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Simpler
An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters.
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| Audio Effects |
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Audio Effect Rack
Updated for Live 11 Lite
Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains.
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Auto Filter
Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO.
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Beat Repeat
Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal.
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Channel EQ
A flexible and simple EQ with curves and gain ranges suitable for a variety of audio material.
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Chorus-Ensemble
Updated for Live 11 Lite
Create thickening, flanging and vibrato effects. Ensemble is a new algorithm inspired by a thick 3-delay line chorus used in the 70s for string machines.
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Compressor
Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness.
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Delay
A simple delay with Ping pong behavior, filter modulation and the ability to infinitely repeat the input signal.
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EQ Three
Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers.
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Erosion
Adds “digital”-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals.
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Limiter
New in Live 11 Lite
Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering.
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Phaser-Flanger
New in Live 11 Lite
Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges.
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Redux
Updated for Live 11 Lite
Redux adds a wider range of sounds from vintage digital gear including harsh distortion, digital and aliasing artifacts, as well as warm and saturated 8-bit textures.
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Reverb
Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms.
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Saturator
New in Live 11 Lite
Waveshaping distortion for adding dirt, punch and warmth.
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Tuner
Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune.
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Utility
Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more.
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| MIDI Effects |
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Arpeggiator
Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern.
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Chord
Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords.
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Expression Control
New in Live 11 Lite
A control device for pairing MIDI parameters such as velocity, modwheel, pitchbend, aftertouch, and keytrack with any parameter in your Live Set.
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MIDI Effect Rack
Updated for Live 11 Lite
Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls
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MIDI Monitor
New in Live 11 Lite
Monitor your MIDI data stream.
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MPE Control
New in Live 11 Lite
Adjust Live’s response to MPE information from your MPE controller.
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Note Length
Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off.
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Pitch
Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount.
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Random
Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes.
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Scale
Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes.
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Velocity
Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity.
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