![]() A month ago, that would have been competitively priced with Apple’s Logic Studio, except - whoops. And Ableton’s timing isn’t so hot: they just introduced a bundle of all the new instruments with Live itself for US$999, calling it Live Suite. The only potential disappointments: Ableton still isn’t talking about the fruits of their collaboration with Cycling ’74, though I expect we may hear that information soon. Spectrum View is a powerful new feature for impressing people at clubs as they look over your shoulder I’ll be mirroring my display and running it to a projector …erm… you know, doing serious Audio Things. In the form of Analog Studio, Lounge Lizard, and String Studio, respectively, those represent to me some of the best-sounding software synths available, and unquestionably the best realistic physical models of strings that are commercially available. I can’t wait to get my hands on the first beta to see how the implementation feels, and see if it’s as good in practice as it looks on paper … or pixels, anyway.Īnd in the “something I’d wish for if I had imagined to wish for it,” there’s also a new range of Live instruments based on Applied Acoustics’ fantastic physical models for analog synths, electric pianos, and plucked-string instruments. I expect your list may look different, but personally, I love upgrades that address the little things that make a good tool into a great tool. Is this, item for item, exactly what I would wish for in a new version of Live? Heck, yes. Is this what you’d use to market Live? Absolutely not. Is this the full feature list for Live 7? No way. I’m not just writing avant-garde music or doing Yes remixes, either I’ve even heard DJs complain about that. That actually basically sums up my wish list for Live, especially the ability to mix meters. (Come on, occasionally you must want to look at volume and a delay setting at the same time, yeah? View more than one lane of automation at a time in Arrangement view.Export video (warped and unwarped) to files, so Live becomes an alternative video editor and a real scoring tool.Anti-aliased processing in Operator, Dynamic Tube, and Saturator, so when you don’t want them to sound glitchy and digital, you have an option. ![]() Side-chaining for Compressor, Gate, and Auto Filter.(Not everyone wants to stay at 133bpm for four hours.) The ability to nudge tempo up and down, for electronic music / DJing / changing tempo live for other reasons.Time signatures in Session View scenes, so you can create songs that switch meter or put sets of songs into one big Session file.With various applications running roughly an annual release schedule, and lots of competition for attention, just what would it take to get me excited about an upgrade to Ableton Live? My list would look something like this: There’s also time signature support in Arrangement view, which while anything but revolutionary, is a big relief. Want more complex rhythms? Want full sets of songs in a single Session? Now it’s possible. Hallelujah, Live 7 finally allows time signatures in Session View. ![]() ![]()
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