Tag: Ableton Live 8

\"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.

Ableton Live 8 Tips, Incorporating How To Sound Like Steve Reich

[blip.tv ?posts_id=2000386&dest=-1] Ableton’s Dennis DeSantis talks about some of his favorite production techniques for making use (and misuse) of groove extraction and the frequency shifter in creative, unexpected ways. Dennis is a founding member of Alarm Will Sound and a talented composer, so this definitely falls beyond some of the usual Live techniques. Part I:… Read More Ableton Live 8 Tips, Incorporating How To Sound Like Steve Reich

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