| Live Key Features |
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| 16 scenes |
| 2 Send and return tracks |
| 16 Mono audio input channels |
| 16 Mono audio output channels |
| 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 |
| 8 audio and MIDI tracks |
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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 |
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Comping
New in Live 12 Lite Record multiple takes of a performance, then combine the best ones. |
| Multiple automation lanes |
| MIDI Polyphonic Expression 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 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. |
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Note Compatibility
Start musical ideas in iOS app Note, then send them to Live using Ableton Cloud. |
| Instrument Racks Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls |
| MIDI Effect Racks Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls |
| Drum Rack 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. |
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Groove Pool and extract groove
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. |
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Tuning Systems
New in Live 12 Explore tuning systems with the curated set included in the core library, or any scala file |
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Keys and Scales
New in Live 12 Sync MIDI effects, select device parameters and MIDI Tools to the scale of the playing Clip |
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Screen Reader Support
New in Live 12 Allows visually impaired musicians access to core workflows in Live using Screen Readers or other assistive technology. |
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Sound Similarity / Browsing
New in Live 12 Live shows you sounds in your library similar to a sound you select. |
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User Tagging
New in Live 12 Tag your own sounds and find them later by either filtering for the tags you want or via keyword search in Live. |
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Custom Browser Labels
New in Live 12 Save your search results and active filters to a custom label in the sidebar. This view can be a tag filter or a search that you want easily accessible. |
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Browsing History
New in Live 12 Go back and forward through your browsing history |
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Factory tags
New in Live 12 All included Packs in every edition of Live are now completely tagged. |
| Software Instruments |
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Drum Rack
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
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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Drift
A characterful MPE-capable synth capable of a wide variety of sounds from every era of modern music. For all Live Editions. |
| Packs |
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Beat Tools
Now In Live 12 Lite, Intro, Standard With more than 120 Drum and Instrument Racks, over 180 loops for slicing, tweakable effects chains and more, Beat Tools has all the sounds you need for hands-on beatmaking – especially with Push. |
Build and Drop
Now In Live 12 Lite, Intro, Standard Build and Drop is loaded with ecstatic leads, enveloping bass, slamming drums and a range of rises, sirens and sounds effects. A creative toolbox for building the irresistible anticipation and release this music uses to keep the party going. |
| Audio Effects |
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Audio Effect Rack
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
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. |
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
Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering.
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Phaser-Flanger
Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges. |
Redux
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. |
Reverb
Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms.
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Saturator
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
Updated for Live 12 Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern. |
Chord
Updated for Live 12 Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords. |
MIDI Effect Rack
Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls
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MIDI Monitor
Monitor your MIDI data stream.
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MPE Control
Adjust Live’s response to MPE information from your MPE controller.
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Note Length
Updated for Live 12 Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off. |
Pitch
Updated for Live 12 Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount. |
Random
Updated for Live 12 Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes. |
Scale
Updated for Live 12 Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes. |
Velocity
Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity.
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| Modulators |
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Expression Control
Updated for Live 12 A control device for pairing MIDI parameters such as velocity, modwheel, pitchbend, aftertouch, and keytrack with any parameter in your Live Set |