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Live 12
Suite

Complete studio ā€“ 71+ GB of sounds, Max for Live and all instruments and effects

USDĀ 749

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Live 12
Standard

Full features ā€“ 38+ GB of sounds and more instruments and effects

USDĀ 439

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Live 12
Intro

Essentials ā€“ 16 tracks and 5+ GB of sounds

USDĀ 99

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Live Key Features

Essentials

  • 16 audio and MIDI tracks
  • 16 scenes
  • 2 send and return tracks

  • 8 mono audio input channels

  • 8 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
  • Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project
  • Group tracks
  • VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit v2 and v3 support
  • Time signature changes

  • Comping

  • Multiple automation lanes
  • MIDI Polyphonic Expression
  • Track Freeze
  • Capture MIDI
  • Tempo Following
  • Note Chance
  • Note Compatibility
  • Complex warp modes
  • Note and Velocity Chance
  • Groove Pool and extract groove
  • Video import/export

Updated for Live 12

  • Live Core Library

New in Live 12

  • Tuning Systems
  • Keys and Scales
  • Screen Reader Support
  • Sound Similarity / Browsing
  • User Tagging
  • Custom Browser Labels
  • Browsing History
  • Factory tags

Full features

  • Unlimited Audio and MIDI tracks
  • Unlimited Scenes
  • 12 Send and Return tracks

  • 256 mono audio input channels

  • 256 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
  • Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project
  • Group tracks
  • VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit v2 and v3 support
  • Time signature changes

  • Comping

  • Multiple automation lanes
  • MIDI Polyphonic Expression
  • Track Freeze
  • Capture MIDI
  • Tempo Following
  • Note Chance
  • Note Compatibility
  • Complex warp modes
  • Note and Velocity Chance
  • Groove Pool and extract groove
  • Video import/export
  • Linked-track editing
  • Audio-slicing
  • Audio to MIDI
  • REX file support
  • POW-r dithering

Updated for Live 12

  • Live Core Library
  • Modulation

New in Live 12

  • Tuning Systems
  • Keys and Scales
  • Screen Reader Support
  • Sound Similarity / Browsing
  • User Tagging
  • Custom Browser Labels
  • Browsing History
  • Factory tags

Complete studio

  • Unlimited Audio and MIDI tracks
  • Unlimited Scenes
  • 12 Send and Return tracks

  • 256 mono audio input channels

  • 256 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
  • Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project
  • Group tracks
  • VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit v2 and v3 support
  • Time signature changes

  • Comping

  • Multiple automation lanes
  • MIDI Polyphonic Expression
  • Track Freeze
  • Capture MIDI
  • Tempo Following
  • Note Chance
  • Note Compatibility
  • Complex warp modes
  • Note and Velocity Chance
  • Groove Pool and extract groove
  • Video import/export
  • Linked-track editing
  • Audio-slicing
  • Audio to MIDI
  • REX file support
  • POW-r dithering
  • Max for Live

Updated for Live 12

  • Live Core Library
  • Modulation

New in Live 12

  • Tuning Systems
  • Keys and Scales
  • Screen Reader Support
  • Sound Similarity / Browsing
  • User Tagging
  • Custom Browser Labels
  • Browsing History
  • Factory tags

Software Instruments

8 Software Instruments

  • Drum Rack
  • Impulse
  • Instrument Rack
  • Simpler
  • Drift
  • CV Instrument
  • CV Triggers
  • External Instrument

New in Live 12.1

  • Drum Sampler

13 Software Instruments

  • Drum Rack
  • Impulse
  • Instrument Rack
  • Simpler
  • Drift
  • CV Instrument
  • CV Triggers
  • External Instrument
  • Drum Synths

New in Live 12.1

  • Drum Sampler

Now In Live 12 Standard

20 Software Instruments

  • Drum Rack
  • Impulse
  • Instrument Rack
  • Simpler
  • Drift
  • CV Instrument
  • CV Triggers
  • External Instrument
  • Drum Synths
  • Bass
  • Poli
  • Sampler
  • Wavetable

New in Live 12.1

  • Drum Sampler

Updated for Live 12

New in Live 12

Now In Live 12 Standard

Packs

4

  • Play Chop and Swing

Now In Live 12 Lite, Intro, Standard

Now In Live 12 Intro and Standard

  • Play Drive and Glow

16

New in Live 12

  • Play Golden Era Hip-Hop Drums by Sound Oracle
  • Play Trap Drums by Sound Oracle

Now In Live 12 Standard

  • Play Electric Keyboards
  • Play Orchestral Strings
  • Play Session Drums Club
  • Play Session Drums Studio
  • Play Synth Essentials

Now In Live 12 Lite, Intro, Standard

Now In Live 12 Intro and Standard

  • Play Drive and Glow

33

New in Live 12

  • Play Golden Era Hip-Hop Drums by Sound Oracle
  • Play Trap Drums by Sound Oracle
  • Play Lost and Found
  • Performance Pack

Now In Live 12 Standard

  • Play Electric Keyboards
  • Play Orchestral Strings
  • Play Session Drums Club
  • Play Session Drums Studio
  • Play Synth Essentials

Now In Live 12 Lite, Intro, Standard

Now In Live 12 Intro and Standard

  • Play Drive and Glow

New in Live 12.1

  • MIDI Tools Pack
  • Sequencer Pack

Audio Effects

27 Audio Effects

  • Audio Effect Rack
  • Auto Filter
  • Auto Pan
  • Beat Repeat
  • Channel EQ
  • Chorus-Ensemble
  • Compressor
  • CV Clock In
  • CV Clock Out
  • CV Envelope Follower
  • CV In
  • CV LFO
  • CV Shaper
  • CV Utility
  • Delay
  • EQ Three
  • Erosion
  • Gate
  • Grain Delay
  • Limiter
  • Looper
  • Phaser-Flanger
  • Redux
  • Reverb
  • Saturator
  • Tuner
  • Utility

New in Live 12.1

  • Auto Shift

42 Audio Effects

  • Audio Effect Rack
  • Auto Filter
  • Auto Pan
  • Beat Repeat
  • Channel EQ
  • Chorus-Ensemble
  • Compressor
  • CV Clock In
  • CV Clock Out
  • CV Envelope Follower
  • CV In
  • CV LFO
  • CV Shaper
  • CV Utility
  • Delay
  • EQ Three
  • Erosion
  • Gate
  • Grain Delay
  • Limiter
  • Looper
  • Phaser-Flanger
  • Redux
  • Reverb
  • Saturator
  • Tuner
  • Utility
  • Align Delay
  • Drum Buss
  • Dynamic Tube
  • EQ Eight
  • External Audio Effect
  • Filter Delay
  • Glue Compressor
  • Multi-band Dynamics
  • Overdrive
  • Resonators
  • Shifter
  • Spectrum
  • Vinyl Distortion
  • Vocoder

New in Live 12.1

  • Auto Shift

Now In Live 12 Standard

58 Audio Effects

  • Audio Effect Rack
  • Auto Filter
  • Auto Pan
  • Beat Repeat
  • Channel EQ
  • Chorus-Ensemble
  • Compressor
  • CV Clock In
  • CV Clock Out
  • CV Envelope Follower
  • CV In
  • CV LFO
  • CV Shaper
  • CV Utility
  • Delay
  • EQ Three
  • Erosion
  • Gate
  • Grain Delay
  • Limiter
  • Looper
  • Phaser-Flanger
  • Redux
  • Reverb
  • Saturator
  • Tuner
  • Utility
  • Align Delay
  • Drum Buss
  • Dynamic Tube
  • EQ Eight
  • External Audio Effect
  • Filter Delay
  • Glue Compressor
  • Multi-band Dynamics
  • Overdrive
  • Resonators
  • Shifter
  • Spectrum
  • Vinyl Distortion
  • Vocoder
  • Play Amp
  • Play Cabinet
  • Color Limiter
  • Play Convolution Reverb
  • Echo
  • Gated Delay
  • Hybrid Reverb
  • Pedal
  • Pitch Hack
  • PitchLoop89
  • Re-Enveloper
  • Spectral Blur
  • Spectral Resonator
  • Spectral Time
  • Surround Panner

New in Live 12.1

  • Auto Shift

New in Live 12

Now In Live 12 Standard

MIDI Tools

0 MIDI Tools

New in Live 12

  • Quantize

14 MIDI Tools

New in Live 12

  • Arpeggiate
  • Span
  • Connect
  • Ornament
  • Quantize
  • Recombine
  • Strum
  • Stacks
  • Rhythm
  • Seed
  • Shape
  • Time Warp
  • Euclidean Generator
  • Velocity Shaper

14 MIDI Tools

New in Live 12

  • Arpeggiate
  • Span
  • Connect
  • Ornament
  • Quantize
  • Recombine
  • Strum
  • Stacks
  • Rhythm
  • Seed
  • Shape
  • Time Warp
  • Euclidean Generator
  • Velocity Shaper

MIDI Effects

12 MIDI Effects

  • MIDI Effect Rack
  • MIDI Monitor
  • MPE Control
  • Rotating Rhythm Generator
  • Velocity

Updated for Live 12

  • Arpeggiator
  • Chord
  • Note Length
  • Pitch
  • Random
  • Scale

New in Live 12

  • CC Control

13 MIDI Effects

  • MIDI Effect Rack
  • MIDI Monitor
  • MPE Control
  • Rotating Rhythm Generator
  • Velocity
  • Note Echo

Updated for Live 12

  • Arpeggiator
  • Chord
  • Note Length
  • Pitch
  • Random
  • Scale

New in Live 12

  • CC Control

14 MIDI Effects

  • MIDI Effect Rack
  • MIDI Monitor
  • MPE Control
  • Rotating Rhythm Generator
  • Velocity
  • Note Echo
  • Melodic Steps

Updated for Live 12

  • Arpeggiator
  • Chord
  • Note Length
  • Pitch
  • Random
  • Scale

New in Live 12

  • CC Control

Modulators

2 Modulators

Updated for Live 12

  • Expression Control
  • LFO

6 Modulators

Updated for Live 12

  • Expression Control
  • LFO
  • Envelope Follower
  • Envelope MIDI
  • Shaper
  • Shaper MIDI

6 Modulators

Updated for Live 12

  • Expression Control
  • LFO
  • Envelope Follower
  • Envelope MIDI
  • Shaper
  • Shaper MIDI

FAQ

What is the license policy for Live?

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Live 12 System Requirements

macOSWindows

macOS

  • macOS 11 Big Sur or higher

  • IntelĀ® Coreā„¢ i5 processor or Apple Silicon

  • 8 GB RAM
  • 1280x800 display resolution
  • Core Audio compliant audio interface recommended
  • Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)
  • Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)
  • Up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound contentĀ 

Windows

  • Windows 10 (Version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 22H2 or higher)Ā 
  • 5th generation IntelĀ® Coreā„¢ i5 processor or AMD Ryzen processorĀ (CPU supports AVX2 instruction set)
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 1366x768 display resolution
  • ASIO compatible audio hardware for Link support (also recommended for optimal audio performance)
  • Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)
  • Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)
  • Optionally up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound content