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**Ableton Live**
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Fully featured MIDI sequencer
Developer(s)	Ableton Team
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	5.2.2
Preview release	6.0
Compatibility
Operating system	Windows, OS/X, Linux/BSD (Wine Emulation)
Additional information
Use	MIDI Sequencing
License	Propreitary
Website	http://www.ableton.com/

Introduction

What is Ableton Live? Ableton Live is a commercial music sequencer that is designed to be an instrument and a live performance tool for composing and arranging. Live was rewritten in C++ from a design in MAX/MSP a graphical editing enviroment and released under a commercial license in 2001. It is popular amongst the electronic music community circles and with DJ's worldwide.

Features

Instruments

DSP Effects

Ableton Live uses a post-processing rig designed with extensive Digital Signal Processing effects. The layout is designed so that electronic musicians and DJ's can drag and drop effects on the fly during a live performance, making it easy to manipulate samples and other elements.

Audio Filter
Auto Pan
Beat Repeat
Chorus
Compressor I
Compressor II
Dynamic Tube
EQ Three (Band)
EQ Eight (Band)
Erosion
Filter Delay
Flanger
Gate
Grain Delay
Phaser
Ping Pong Delay
Saturator
Simple Delay
Redux (Quantizer)
Resonators
Reverb
Utility

including MIDI only effects, arpeggiator, chord, scale, velocity, etc.

Resources

Ableton Live forum an unofficial forum dedicated to tutorials and topics in reguard to using Ableton Live.

External links

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