Ableton Releases Live 7 LE

July 29, 2008

Ableton announces the release of Live 7 LE, an easy-to-use, professional-grade music-making solution that everyone can afford. Live 7 LE is built on the same fundamental concepts as Ableton Live, the music production and performance solution that has won numerous awards for its innovative workflow and refreshing simplicity. Offering most of Ableton Live 7's new features, the LE version makes music-making fast, easy and fun.

Ableton Live 7 LE gives you an intuitive interface and pro features for recording, songwriting, remixing and DJing. It includes:

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
Two software instruments-Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums
VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing
Real-time tweaking of Live's controls with any MIDI controller-just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping
Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
Multicore and multiprocessor support

Live LE is limited to two simultaneous stereo audio inputs and outputs, twelve built-in audio effects, eight built-in instruments, two AU/VST effects and two AU/VST instruments per project. Live 7 LE has everything you need to start making music, including:

Sampled instruments: Essential Instrument Collection 2 LE Edition by SONiVOX and ChocolateAudio (boxed version only)
Loops and construction kits by Puremagnetik (boxed version only)
A wide selection of presets for Live LE's instruments and effects
Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials
Printed reference manual in English
Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

Pricing and Availability

Live 7 LE is available as a download from the Ableton webshop for €129/$149. The boxed version is available in stores and at the Ableton webshop for €169/$199.

Upgrades from Live 6 LE to Live 7 LE are available for €49/$59 (download version) and €79/$99 (boxed version) from the Ableton webshop.

Upgrades from Ableton Live LE to Live 7 and Ableton Suite are available for €299/$349 (download version) and €329/$389 (boxed version). Upgrades to Ableton Suite start at €539/$609.

For all available upgrade offers, please visit: http://www.ableton.com/upgrade

For more information, visit their web site at www.ableton.com.

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