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Overview	Intro	Standard	Suite
Key Features	Limited	Full	Full
Software Instruments	8	13	20
Packs	4	16	33
Presets, Samples, Loops	5+ GB	38+ GB	71+ GB
Audio Effects	27	42	58
MIDI Effects	12	13	14
MIDI Tools	0	14	14
Modulators	2	6	6

Live Key Features	Intro	Standard	Suite
Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation	Included	Included	Included
Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo	Included	Included	Included
Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz	Included	Included	Included
Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments	Included	Included	Included
Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching	Included	Included	Included
Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project	Included	Included	Included
Group tracks Use multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily.	Included	Included	Included
VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit v2 and v3 support	Included	Included	Included
Time signature changes	Included	Included	Included
Comping Record multiple takes of a performance, then combine the best ones.	Included	Included	Included
Multiple automation lanes	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Track Freeze	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Note Chance Set the probability that a note or drum hit will occur and let Live generate surprising variations to your patterns that change over time.	Included	Included	Included
Velocity Chance Define ranges for velocity probability for subtle, humanized variations in the dynamics of your patterns.	Included	Included	Included
Automatic plug-in delay compensation	Included	Included	Included
MIDI remote control instant mapping	Included	Included	Included
MIDI output to hardware synths	Included	Included	Included
MIDI Clock/sync	Included	Included	Included
Generate or receive Pitch, Control, Clock and Trigger CV	Included	Included	Included
Multicore/multiprocessor support	Included	Included	Included
WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support	Included	Included	Included
Ableton Link A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network.	Included	Included	Included
Note Compatibility Start musical ideas in iOS app Note, then send them to Live using Ableton Cloud.	Included	Included	Included
Instrument Racks Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls	Included	Included	Included
MIDI Effect Racks Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls	Included	Included	Included
Drum Rack An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid	Included	Included	Included
Audio & MIDI tracks	16	Unlimited	Unlimited
Scenes	16	Unlimited	Unlimited
Send and return tracks	2	12	12
Audio inputs Mono audio input channels	16	256	256
Audio outputs Mono audio output channels	16	256	256
Complex warp modes Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks.	Included	Included	Included
Live Core Library Updated for Live 12 Live’s built-in Core Library is an extensive set of instruments, effects, sounds and presets from a wide variety of sources and genres. Updated for Live 12, the Core Library is now also completely tagged and searchable via Live 12's new tagging system.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Video import/export Import video as a clip and save modified video and audio.	Included	Included	Included
Tuning Systems New in Live 12 Explore tuning systems with the curated set included in the core library, or any scala file	Included	Included	Included
Keys and Scales New in Live 12 Sync MIDI effects, select device parameters and MIDI Tools to the scale of the playing Clip	Included	Included	Included
Screen Reader Support New in Live 12 Allows visually impaired musicians access to core workflows in Live using Screen Readers or other assistive technology.	Included	Included	Included
Sound Similarity / Browsing New in Live 12 Live shows you sounds in your library similar to a sound you select.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Browsing History New in Live 12 Go back and forward through your browsing history	Included	Included	Included
Factory tags New in Live 12 All included Packs in every edition of Live are now completely tagged.	Included	Included	Included
Linked-track editing Link two or more tracks to edit their content simultaneously.	Excluded	Included	Included
Audio-slicing Slice audio to a Drum Rack or Sampler instance.	Excluded	Included	Included
Audio to MIDI Extract harmony, melody or drums from an audio sample and convert it to MIDI.	Excluded	Included	Included
REX file support Support for ReCycle/Reason audio files.	Excluded	Included	Included
POW-r dithering Mastering quality dithering modes for downsampling audio.	Excluded	Included	Included
Modulation Updated for Live 12 Modulate parameters while still being able to adjust the parameter's settings	Excluded	Included	Included
Max for Live Powers a range of instruments and devices in Live Suite, and lets you customize or build your own devices, change the way Live works, and connect Live with the world around it.	Excluded	Excluded	Included

Software Instruments	Intro	Standard	Suite
Drum Rack An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid.	Included	Included	Included
Impulse A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities.	Included	Included	Included
Instrument Rack Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls.	Included	Included	Included
Simpler An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters.	Included	Included	Included
Drift A characterful MPE-capable synth capable of a wide variety of sounds from every era of modern music. For all Live Editions.	Included	Included	Included
CV Instrument Sequence and play your modular.	Included	Included	Included
CV Triggers Trigger drums and events.	Included	Included	Included
Drum Sampler New in Live 12.1 A flexible device tailored to playing back one-shot samples, bringing together basic sample controls and playful effects.	Included	Included	Included
External Instrument A tool for integrating your external hardware synthesizers into your Live Sets with the ease and flexibility of plug-ins.	Included	Included	Included
Drum Synths 8 devices to create unique drum and percussion sounds using synthesis.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Analog Now In Live 12 Standard Emulates the unique character of vintage analog synthesizers.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Collision Now In Live 12 Standard Physical modeling instrument for authentic mallet percussion sounds and creative percussion	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Electric Now In Live 12 Standard The sounds of classic electric pianos.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Tension Now In Live 12 Standard Physical modeling string synthesizer.	Excluded	Included	Included
Bass A monophonic virtual analog synthesizer that provides the entire palette of bass sounds in one device – from classically deep and clean to heavily distorted, rumbling tones.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Operator Updated for Live 12 A versatile synthesizer combining frequency modulation and subtractive synthesis.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Poli A virtual analog synth designed for classic polyphonic chords and phrases. Its vintage character comes from de-tunable oscillators, a powerful modulation section and built-in chorus.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Sampler Sampling instrument with multisample playback and import as well as profound sound design options.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Wavetable Immediately playable, infinitely capable, Wavetable is a new synthesizer built by Ableton. Stretch, morph and shape a wide range of waveforms into a rich and vast sound palette.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Meld New in Live 12 A bi-timbral, MPE-capable Instrument designed for deep sound-shaping capabilities that generate a wide array of textural and experimental sounds using two easy-to-use macro oscillators.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Granulator III New in Live 12 Use granular synthesis to transform a sample into textures, pads, and atmospheres. Created in collaboration with Robert Henke.	Excluded	Excluded	Included

Packs	Intro	Standard	Suite
Play Chop and Swing A homage to the style that made sampling an art form and put a new kind of groove on the musical map. Chop and Swing comes loaded with curated recordings and professional presets perfect for cutting up and re-combining into fresh new tracks.	Included	Included	Included
Play 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.	Included	Included	Included
Play 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.	Included	Included	Included
Play Drive and Glow Now In Live 12 Intro and Standard Drive and Glow combines swirling synth textures, overdriven guitars and basses and pounding drums. Carefully curated to be mix-ready out of the box, this Pack is perfect for creating tracks that radiate with saturated, indie vibes.	Included	Included	Included
Play Guitar and Bass A set of electric guitars and basses, expertly multisampled to cover different playing styles, velocities and articulations - from funky slap bass to gently strummed guitar chords.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Drum Essentials Drum Essentials is a collection of handpicked sounds selected to cover a wide range of styles. A flexible, highly refined Pack to form the rhythmic foundation of any production.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Grand Piano Multiple articulations, sampled from a carefully prepared and programmed piano to capture the virtuosity of the classical grand piano sounds.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Mood Reel A collection of sounds for making music with a modern narrative feel. Evocative layered instruments combine organic and synthetic sounds with textural elements to add mood, space and movement to productions.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Skitter and Step A sound collection that inhabits the space where growling basses, rinsing pads and jarring melodies collide with jagged, broken percussion. The cavernous spaces, dubby basses and tight drums are ready for production but were designed for deep sound manipulation.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Electric Keyboards Now In Live 12 Standard Electric Keyboards is a new Pack featuring multisampled Fender Rhodes Suitcase, Wurlitzer A-200, and Hammond C3. Special attention was given to making this Pack sound as true-to-life and organic as possible. The result is characterful electric keys for any genre.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Orchestral Strings Now In Live 12 Standard A comprehensive selection of naturally rich and dynamic stringed instruments. Features solo and ensemble violin, viola, cello and double bass, all record in their natural positions within the orchestra, complete with a number of articulations.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Session Drums Club Now In Live 12 Standard A multisampled library of acoustic drums for nuanced play. Features room ambience from club environments.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Session Drums Studio Now In Live 12 Standard A multisampled library of acoustic drums that reproduces the nuances of a recording session. Features clear studio recordings of world-class drum kits, properly miked and ready to play.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Synth Essentials Now In Live 12 Standard Synth Essentials expands the Core Library with fresh presets for Ableton’s synths and samplers. Created by top artists and sound designers, Synth Essentials makes it easy to find the sounds you need with no interruption to your creative flow.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Golden Era Hip-Hop Drums by Sound Oracle New in Live 12 Explore the gritty drums of old-school hip hop with the new beat-focused Pack from heavyweight producer Sound Oracle. Get your hands on warm, authentic-sounding Kits with built-in effects and enhanced MPE functionality, created especially for Live 12.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Trap Drums by Sound Oracle New in Live 12 Southern hip hop pioneer Sound Oracle puts the power of his in-demand trap beats in your hands with a Pack of 20 crisp, futuristic Kits and Clips created especially for Live 12 and loaded with MPE functionality.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Drone Lab Weave complex, evolving threads through your productions with tonal and textural samples, generative noise, multisampled instruments, plus devices and Effect Racks designed for experimentation.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Drum Booth Drum Booth contains carefully curated samples of acoustic kits recorded in a tight, dry room. Perfect on their own or as reinforcement for electronic drums, Drum Booth also offers unique post processing options and experimental recordings not possible with standard acoustic libraries.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Brass Quartet Features a rich blend of trumpet, French horn, tenor saxophone and trombone in your music. The instrument highlights the natural breathiness, range of expression and broad tonality of the brass quartet. Created in collaboration with Spitfire Audio.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Glitch and Wash This collection explores the contrast of organic texture and precise rhythms – combining precision slices, jagged electronic noise and microscopic snippets of sound with warm ambient pads, textures and soundscapes.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Inspired by Nature Six playful instruments and effects that use natural and physical processes as their inspiration. Created in collaboration with Dillon Bastan.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Latin Percussion A collection of acoustic percussion instruments such as congas, timbales, claves, shakers, tambourines and bells from the worlds of Brazillian, Afro-Cuban and African music.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Orchestral Brass A thorough set of vivid and colorful brass instruments. Features solo and ensemble French horn, trombone, trumpet and tuba, with a unique set of articulations in multiple section sizes.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Orchestral Mallets The true essence of symphonic percussion instruments in pristine quality. Features vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, crotales, glockenspiel, tubular bells, cymbals and timpani with a variety of articulations.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Orchestral Woodwinds Features a variety of clear and vibrant wind instruments. Includes solo and ensemble flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe and English horn, with a broad spectrum of articulations.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Punch and Tilt A dancefloor-ready collection of sounds focused on machine rhythms, weighty bass and dark, hypnotizing melodies, textures and noises – a rough sonic aesthetic that started with a small group of underground producers and has grown into a worldwide scene.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Singularities Singularities makes use of single samples and finely tuned, expressive parameters to capture the sound and feel of classic synths and samplers. Included are 40 Instrument Racks, plus MIDI clips and drum kits – all the parts you need for a complete track.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play String Quartet This combination of two violins, viola and cello has a sound that is immediately intimate, and is also a great starting point for sonic exploration. Created in collaboration with Spitfire Audio.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Upright Piano Upright Piano infuses your productions with the instrument’s natural warmth. Close-recorded for an intimate feel, this classic sound is at home in many styles of music – whether it’s used at its purest in a folk song or transformed in an electronic track. Created in collaboration with Spitfire Audio.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Voice Box A comprehensive collection of contemporary vocal samples from multiple voices, a set of playable vocal instruments, and Effect Racks designed for vocal processing.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Lost and Found New in Live 12 Unexpected instruments, unique foley recordings and percussive treasures. Transform these sounds into layers of expressive Instruments, authentic Drum Racks and playful sound effects.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Performance Pack New in Live 12 A collection of devices with functionality designed to let you control your performance in real time. Setup custom global control of your Live Set with a macro page that mimics your controller, store and recall snapshots of anything from your set to a device, loop the arrangment right where you are with the press of a button, pre-arrange your recordings in your Live Set before you even record them, and more.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
MIDI Tools Pack New in Live 12.1 A collection of rhythmic and melodic MIDI Generators and Transformations from Max for Live developer Philip Meyer. Create tumbling patterns, work with evolving polyrhythms and explore stage-based sequencing.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Sequencer Pack New in Live 12.1 A set of sequencers from Ableton that incorporate new approaches to step sequencing, inspired by hardware and classic Live devices.	Excluded	Excluded	Included

Audio Effects	Intro	Standard	Suite
Audio Effect Rack Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains.	Included	Included	Included
Auto Filter Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO.	Included	Included	Included
Auto Pan LFO-driven panning, tremolo and beat-synchronized chopping effects.	Included	Included	Included
Auto Shift New in Live 12.1 A real-time pitch tracking and correction device, suitable for vocals and other monophonic signals. Includes a MIDI sidechain feature that allows signals to be played and harmonised polyphonically.	Included	Included	Included
Beat Repeat Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal.	Included	Included	Included
Channel EQ A flexible and simple EQ with curves and gain ranges suitable for a variety of audio material.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Compressor Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness.	Included	Included	Included
CV Clock In Control Live’s tempo from your Eurorack system.	Included	Included	Included
CV Clock Out Control your Eurorack’s tempo from Live.	Included	Included	Included
CV Envelope Follower Use the envelope of any audio material to control device parameters.	Included	Included	Included
CV In Use CV signals from your gear to control parameters in Live.	Included	Included	Included
CV LFO An LFO with sync to modulate up to eight device parameters with one device.	Included	Included	Included
CV Shaper A flexible and envelope modulation device for creating custom modulation shapes.	Included	Included	Included
CV Utility Merge multiple modulation signals to generate new shapes.	Included	Included	Included
Delay A simple delay with Ping pong behavior, filter modulation and the ability to infinitely repeat the input signal.	Included	Included	Included
EQ Three Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers.	Included	Included	Included
Erosion Adds “digital”-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals.	Included	Included	Included
Gate Dynamics processing for noise reduction and decay or reverb shaping.	Included	Included	Included
Grain Delay Granular delay with controlled or randomized pitch.	Included	Included	Included
Limiter Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering. Now with a smoother release curve to reduce distortion, improved metering, a Mid/Side routing mode, and more.	Included	Included	Included
Looper Records, loops and overdubs audio, based on classic hardware looping pedals.	Included	Included	Included
Phaser-Flanger Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges.	Included	Included	Included
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.	Included	Included	Included
Reverb Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms.	Included	Included	Included
Saturator Waveshaping distortion for adding dirt, punch and warmth. 12.1 introduces a new Bass Shaper curve, ideal for low-end processing, and a more focused user interface.	Included	Included	Included
Tuner Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune.	Included	Included	Included
Utility Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more.	Included	Included	Included
Align Delay A Max for Live utility delay to offset incoming signals by samples/milliseconds/meters or feet. Useful for compensating for lag in sending audio, command messages, or other signals out of the digital realm.	Excluded	Included	Included
Drum Buss A one-stop workstation for drums, capable of adding warmth, distortion, drive, compression, transient shaping, plus a dedicated low end section.	Excluded	Included	Included
Dynamic Tube Tube saturation for added harmonics and warmth.	Excluded	Included	Included
EQ Eight Eight parametric filters with a variety of controls for shaping timbre.	Excluded	Included	Included
External Audio Effect A tool for integrating your external hardware effects into your Live Sets with the ease and flexibility of plug-ins.	Excluded	Included	Included
Filter Delay Three delay lines with independent filtering, feedback, stereo position, and more.	Excluded	Included	Included
Glue Compressor Analog-modeled compressor based on the classic bus compressor from a famous 80s mixing console.	Excluded	Included	Included
Multi-band Dynamics Upward and downward compression and expansion of up to three frequency bands.	Excluded	Included	Included
Overdrive Distortion effect based on classic guitar pedals.	Excluded	Included	Included
Resonators Five parallel, tunable resonators that apply a tonal character to incoming audio.	Excluded	Included	Included
Shifter Classic frequency shifting, ring modulation and real-time monophonic pitch shifting, for effects ranging from subtle phasing and radically pitched to dissonant, metallic sounds.	Excluded	Included	Included
Spectrum Realtime analysis and visualization of incoming audio.	Excluded	Included	Included
Vinyl Distortion Emulates the noise and distortion of vinyl records.	Excluded	Included	Included
Vocoder Classic “talking synthesizer” and robotic voice effects.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Corpus Now In Live 12 Standard Simulates the acoustic characteristics of seven types of resonant objects.	Excluded	Included	Included
Play Amp Emulates the sound and character of seven classic guitar amplifiers.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Cabinet Emulates the sound and character of five classic guitar cabinets.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Color Limiter Another flavor of limiting inspired by the gritty sounds achievable with hardware limiters. The Saturation and Color parameters are the key to its characterful sound.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Convolution Reverb Capture the characteristic reverb of real physical spaces with advanced sound shaping.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Echo The sound of classic analog and digital hardware delays in a single device.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Gated Delay A delay with a gate sequencer that sends the incoming signal to a delay line on activated steps. Much like a send effect that is turned on and off in a defined rhythm.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Hybrid Reverb Combines convolution and algorithmic reverbs. Place your sounds in any space, from accurate real-life environments to those that defy physical reality.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Pedal Brings the analog character of overdrive, distortion and fuzz stompbox effects.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Pitch Hack A single delay line with transposition control, as well as the ability to reverse audio, randomize the transposition interval and fold the delayed signal back into itself.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
PitchLoop89 Create jittery glitch effects, delayed digital shimmers and outlandish vibrato with this Max for Live pitch shifting device created in collaboration with Robert Henke.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Re-Enveloper A multiband envelope processor that divides the signal into three adjustable frequency bands. Attack and Release knobs control the responsiveness of the effect.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Spectral Blur Creates sounds and textures best described as reverb-like. A user-defined frequency range of a signal is blurred to create a dense, cloud of sound.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Spectral Resonator A sound mangling device that can make anything passing through it sound completely unlike the source material. Use the MIDI sidechain input to process material in key with its surrounding musical elements – like playing an effect as if it were an instrument.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Spectral Time Re-synthesize your sounds and feed them into a network of filters, dynamics, reverb and delay, to add metallic echoes, pitch shifting and space to any sound source. Freeze the sound to capture and hold a slice of the audio and alter its characteristics in real time.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Surround Panner Multichannel Panning device for surround mixing with multi-channel speaker setups.	Excluded	Excluded	Included
Play Roar New in Live 12 A coloring and saturation device with a variety of non-linear saturation curves. The flexible routing options allow you to work with precision, while the extensive modulation matrix lets you add dynamic motion to static sounds.	Excluded	Excluded	Included

MIDI Tools	Intro	Standard	Suite
Arpeggiate New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Arpeggiate lets you turn the notes in your clip into a rhythmic pattern. With settings for pitch order, rate and note lengths.	Excluded	Included	Included
Span New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, time Span is a tool to elaborate phrasing and articulations in a sequence of notes, including legato and length offset	Excluded	Included	Included
Connect New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Connect allows you to connect successive notes or chords in the input.	Excluded	Included	Included
Ornament New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Ornament adds ornamental notes such as flams and grace notes before selected notes.	Excluded	Included	Included
Quantize New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Live's existing Quantize feature is now implemented as a Note Transformation.The settings are available as a panel among other note transformations, which will be reflected on the audio clip side.	Included	Included	Included
Recombine New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Recombine changes the order of MIDI note parameters like pitch, duration and velocity.	Excluded	Included	Included
Strum New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Strum replicates the behavior of strummed chords.	Excluded	Included	Included
Stacks New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Generators, Stacks allows you to explore different voicings in order to come up with chord progressions.	Excluded	Included	Included
Rhythm New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Generators, Rhythm allows you to generate rhythmic patterns.	Excluded	Included	Included
Seed New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Generators, Seed generates a set of notes with pitch, time, duration and velocity.	Excluded	Included	Included
Shape New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Generators, Shape is a guided melodic line generator. Select or draw an overall shape and define the octave range and density and Live adds the notes.	Excluded	Included	Included
Time Warp New in Live 12 One of Live 12's MIDI Transformations, Time Warp lets you edit and apply a tempo curve to generate an accelerando, ritardando and other speed change and movements.	Excluded	Included	Included
Euclidean Generator New in Live 12 One of Live 12's Max for Live MIDI Generators, generates euclidean rhythms for up to four voices simultaneously.	Excluded	Included	Included
Velocity Shaper New in Live 12 One of Live 12's Max for Live MIDI Transformations, velocity shaper lets you create velocity curves with a looping envelope tool.	Excluded	Included	Included

MIDI Effects	Intro	Standard	Suite
Arpeggiator Updated for Live 12 Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern.	Included	Included	Included
CC Control New in Live 12 Control up to 16 CC parameters from freely-assignable Macro controls	Included	Included	Included
Chord Updated for Live 12 Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords.	Included	Included	Included
MIDI Effect Rack Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls	Included	Included	Included
MIDI Monitor Now in Live 11 Intro and Standard Monitor your MIDI data stream.	Included	Included	Included
MPE Control Adjust Live’s response to MPE information from your MPE controller.	Included	Included	Included
Note Length Updated for Live 12 Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off.	Included	Included	Included
Pitch Updated for Live 12 Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount.	Included	Included	Included
Random Updated for Live 12 Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes.	Included	Included	Included
Rotating Rhythm Generator Create organic rhythms and experiment with modular style beat generation.	Included	Included	Included
Scale Updated for Live 12 Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes.	Included	Included	Included
Velocity Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity.	Included	Included	Included
Note Echo Now in Live 11 Standard Generate echoes for MIDI notes with delay and feedback control.	Excluded	Included	Included
Melodic Steps A fast and intuitive MIDI sequencer for evolving melodies with an interface designed to encourage experimentation and new discoveries through play.	Excluded	Excluded	Included

Modulators	Intro	Standard	Suite
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	Included	Included	Included
LFO Updated for Live 12 An LFO with sync to modulate up to eight device parameters with one device.	Included	Included	Included
Envelope Follower Updated for Live 12 Use the envelope of any audio material to control device parameters.	Excluded	Included	Included
Envelope MIDI Updated for Live 12 Trigger an envelop with incoming MIDI notes to modulate device parameters	Excluded	Included	Included
Shaper Updated for Live 12 A flexible envelope modulation device for creating custom modulation shapes	Excluded	Included	Included
Shaper MIDI Updated for Live 12 A multi-breakpoint envelope which generates modulation data for musical expression that can be dynamically triggered via MIDI notes and velocity	Excluded	Included	Included

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