Ableton Live 8
Here's a guide to Ableton Live 8, including Live 8 tips, tricks and tutorials.
Here’s what’s 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
We've got Ableton Live 8 specs and pricing, an Ableton Live 8 preview, Ableton Live video tutorials and more in the posts listed below.
Articles about Ableton Live 8:
Max For Live Video Theremin
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Filed under: Computer Music, Software Effects & Audio Processors, Software Synthesizers & Samplers
This is a demo video for a video theremin, created with Max For Live in Ableton Live 8. Read more…
Robert Henke On Max For Live
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Filed under: Interviews, Software Effects & Audio Processors, Software Synthesizers & Samplers
Ableton’s Robert Henke (Monolake) discusses Max For Live and his history with Max. Read more…
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Steven Ness is working on a version of Terry Riley’s minimalist classic In C, using Max For Live and Ableton Live 8.
In C consists of 53 musical phrases, lasting from half a beat to 32 beats that should be played in order, but can be repeated any number of times.
In this video demo, Ness explains how he’s using Max For Live to recreate the logic of In C using the capabilities of Max For Live.
Best quote: “Oh my god! Max For Live Is Going To Blow Your Mind!”
The Wacom Tablet Theremin
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Filed under: Electronic Instruments, Synthesizers, theremin
This video demonstrates using Max For Live with a Wacom Tablet to control the Analog synth instrument in Ableton Live 8.
The “Wacom Theremin” offers a lot of expressive musical potential, with 5 degrees of control over the sound.
Details below. Read more…
Launchpad Propaganda
Sunday Synth Jam: This track was done using only the Novation Launchpad and Ableton Live 8. Plugins used were Native Instruments Massive, Discovery DSP and ABL2.
It would have been nice to get an inset of the screen on this.
