Ableton Releases Live 6 LE
Ableton has released Live 6 LE, the “little brother of Live 6” and a great way to experience the Live concept at an economical price point.
Features:
• Studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
• Sixty-four audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing for software instruments
• More than twenty built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs
• Includes two software instruments—Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums
• Supports VST and AU effects and instruments
• Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing
• Tweak Live’s controls in real time with any MIDI controller—just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping
• Multicore and multiprocessor support
• All editing of your musical creations is nondestructive, so you can experiment without worries
• Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
Live 6 LE Includes:
• Sampled Instruments: Essential Instruments Collection LE Edition by SONiVOX (boxed version only)
• Loops and construction kits: Unnatural Selection by Puremagnetik (boxed version only)
• A wide selection of presets for Live 6 LE’s instruments and effects
• Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials
• Printed reference manual in English, Spanish, French, German or Japanese (boxed version only)
Now here’s the fine print: Live 6 LE is limited to twelve simultaneous built-in audio effects, eight built-in instruments, two AU/VST effects and two AU/VST instruments per project. For a full comparo, check out: Live 6 VS. Live 6 LE.
Live 6 LE is available now as a download for $149 / €129 and boxed for $199 / €169. More information on Ableton Live 6 LE.
