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Ableton has announced Ableton Live Intro – their new entry-level version of Ableton Live.

Live Intro has the same basic features as Ableton Live at a lower price and comes with 7 GB of Sampled Instruments, Drum Loops, Beats and Breaks, 200 Audio and MIDI Racks and Effects and 500 Instruments and Drum Kits from the Ableton Live Suite library.

So you’re probably wondering what the differences are between Ableton Live Intro and Ableton Live.

The biggest differences are:

• Live Intro is limited to 2 stereo inputs and outputs
• It’s limited to 8 Ableton instruments per project
• Live Intro doesn’t include the Looper or the Vocoder
• Live Intro is limited to 4 VST/AU instruments and effects per project
• Live Intro is limited to 8 scenes per project
• Live Intro doesn’t support External Instrument and Audio Effect devices
• No video import/export

Full details on the differences are available in chart format at the Ableton site.

Ableton has announced Ableton Live Intro – their new entry-level version of Ableton Live.

Description:

The new Live Intro has all the essential basic features as Ableton Live at a lower price and comes including a huge library of sounds from Hip Hop, Rock, Soul, Techno – Including 7 GB of Sampled Instruments, Drum Loops, Beats and Breaks, 200 Audio and MIDI Racks and Effects and 500 Instruments and Drum Kits from the Ableton Live Suite library.

Also included a Getting Started Manual, Integrated Step By Step Tutorials and Practical Song Templates.

Key-Features:

• Studio Quality Recording up to 32 bit / 192 kHz
• Full REWIRE Support / Slave or Master
• 64 AUDIO Tracks / Unlimited MIDI Tracks
• Instant Mapping of MIDI Hardware, Controllers etc.
• MIDI Sync to other software / Incl. Impulse and Simpler
• Supports all VST and AU Instruments, Effects and Plug ins
• MAC OSX and WINDOWS XP / VISTA compatible

Live Intro will be available shortly at a street price of €99 or $99. There is a free upgrade to Live Intro for  Live 6 LE and Live 7 LE users.

via Macmusic

Apple released Logic Pro v9.0.2.

This update improves overall stability and provides numerous fixes and enhancements. Issues addressed include:

• Flex Markers can align & snap to MIDI notes
• Performing a punch-in recording with Replace Mode now behaves correctly
• The I/O plug-in adds an option for latency measurement
• TDM plug-ins now behave as expected. (Only affects users with Pro Tools HD audio hardware.)

The update is recommended for all users of Logic Pro 9.

Ready to make some sick beats and stuttered vocals with Cakewalk Sonar 8.5?

You’d better check out this video, first…..

via Cakewalk

Sonic State takes a look at Apple’s Logic Pro 9. In the review, SS’s Nick Batt focuses on new features, like Flex Time, Edit Groups, Convert to Sample Track, Bounce in Place and Quick Swipe Comping and Import.

He summarizes his thoughts on the upgrade at the Sonic State site.

Are you using Logic Pro 9? If so, leave a comment with your thoughts on it.