ABLETON RELASE LIVE 8 Y SUITE 8
Berlin, Germany (April 2, 2009) – Ableton Live 8 and Ableton Suite 8 are out now. Two new instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion
are also available; both are included in Ableton Suite 8.
Live 8 and Suite 8 enhance the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted
workflow improvements. These include a new groove engine, revamped warping techniques, live looping, five new effects (including the
Ableton Vocoder), crossfades in the Arrangement View, group tracks and a reworked MIDI editor. Ableton Suite 8 includes all that plus
a massive, inspired sound library and all the instruments a musician could hope for, including a wide range of synths, a sampler, electric
and acoustic drums (new: Latin percussion), mallets (new: Collision), numerous sampled instruments and a new, even mightier Operator.
New in Ableton Live 8:
- New groove engine: new groove library, extract grooves from
audio or MIDI, real-time groove quantize. Includes grooves from
the legendary Akai MPC and E-mu SP-1200 machines
- New warping engine: warp audio events by adjusting the events
on the timeline, updated Beats Warp Mode, new Complex Warp Mode,
slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients
- Looper: classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations
of a hardware device. Record, overdub, undo and more without touching
the computer. “First loop sync,” simple loop management
- New effects: Vocoder, Multiband Dynamics, Overdrive, Limiter
and Frequency Shifter
- Workflow enhancements: including real-time crossfades in the
Arrangement View, enhanced MIDI editing, group tracks, multiple
track selection, a screen magnifier and more
New in Ableton Suite 8:
- World-class sound library: completely new sound library with
real-world “Sound Objects,” presets, grooves, templates and, above
all, over 1,600 beautiful sounds
- Collision and Corpus: a unique physical-modeling instrument
for authentic mallet sounds and creative percussion. Includes Corpus,
a separate effect that reproduces Collision’s resonator section*
- Latin Percussion: a collection of acoustic percussion instruments
from the worlds of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and African music, plus
a wide selection of clips and grooves for authentic usage
- Operator, Ableton’s renowned do-it-all synthesizer, has been
given a major overhaul. New filter types, more modulation routing
options and additive wavetable synthesis with drawable partials
make Operator more powerful and flexible than ever.
Plus these existing Ableton instruments: Sampler, Electric, Tension,
Analog, Drum Machines, Session Drums** and the Essential Instrument
Collection 2**.
*Collision and Latin Percussion are also available separately.
**Boxed version only.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 are available today from your local
retailer and at:
www.ableton.com
- Ableton Suite 8
Boxed version: EUR 699/USD 849
(includes Ableton Live 8, sound library, 10 Ableton instruments
including Session Drums and Essential Instrument Collection 2,
printed manual)
Download version: EUR 549/USD 699
(includes Ableton Live 8, sound library, 8 Ableton instruments)
- Ableton Live 8
Boxed version: EUR 449/USD 549
(includes the Essential Instrument Collection 2, printed manual)
Download version: EUR 349/USD 449
Upgrades to Suite 8/Live 8 vary in price, depending on the Ableton
products you already own. More details at:
www.ableton.com/live-8-upgrades
- Collision: EUR 129/USD 159
- Latin Percussion: EUR 79/USD 99
About Ableton
Ableton is a Berlin-based company that produces Ableton Live, a
unique product for making music with a computer. Since the company
started in 1999, Ableton has attracted an extensive and highly
committed community of musicians, composers, and DJs worldwide.
At the moment, Ableton has about 100 employees in offices in Berlin
and New York.
About Live
Ableton Live is about making music. When writing and composing,
Live is quick and responsive. When recording and developing ideas,
Live has the depth and toolset for intricate production. It’s got
features for advanced DJing and it’s stable and flexible on stage.
However and wherever you make music, whatever music you make, Live
will inspire you.
