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Ableton Press ReleaseAbleton announces Live 9 and PushBerlin, October 25, 2012Ableton is excited to announce two groundbreaking new music-making products: Live 9, the music creation softwarewith inspiring new possibilities, and Push - Ableton’s first hardware instrument for Live.Live 9The upgrade to version 9 greatly expands the creative possibilities of Ableton’spopular Live software.The most important new features at a glance: Session automation: In Session View, automation can now be recorded in real time directly within clips. Automation canmove together with clips between Arrangement and Session View. Find sounds fast: Live’s new browser puts all instruments, effects, samples, and plug-ins in one easy-to-navigate view.Drag and drop folders from anywhere on your computer, search as you type and navigate from the keyboard to findeverything quickly. Discover new sounds: Live comes with a large selection (3,500 in the Suite edition) of production-ready sounds, whichwere carefully crafted with the help of over 40 artists, sound designers and engineers. All sounds feature Macro controls forfast access to their most meaningful, musical parameters. Get your sound right: Live’s studio effects have all been reworked for even better sound and usability. The GlueCompressor is a new effect - an authentic model of a legendary 1980s console bus compressor. EQ Eight has an auditionmode for isolating frequencies and an expandable spectrum display. The Gate and Compressor effects feature a GainReduction view which shows changes in signal level over time. Extract music from samples: Live’s new Harmony, Melody and Drums to MIDI tools extract natural-feeling MIDI directlyfrom the favorite parts of your music collection. You can also sing, tap a rhythm, play any solo instrument, then use Melodyor Drums to MIDI to turn your recordings into MIDI clips that you can edit and reuse with any sound. Edit the details: Transpose, reverse and stretch MIDI notes or warp clip automation and add curves to automationenvelopes. New tools and an improved workflow allow fast and flexible editing of musical ideas. Max for Live - now in Suite: The Suite edition of Live 9 comes with Max for Live and its many unique instruments, effectsand tools. Max for Live itself includes 24 new devices such as a convolution reverb, new drum synthesizer instruments,MIDI echo as well as reworked versions of classics such as Step Sequencer and Buffer Shuffler 2.
Ableton Press ReleasePricing and AvailabilityPrices start at USD 99 / EUR 79 (Live 9 Intro download version), USD 449 / EUR 349 (Live 9 Standard download version)and USD 749 / EUR 599 (Live 9 Suite download version).Upgrades to Live 9 Standard / Live 9 Suite vary in price depending on the Ableton products you already own.More details at: www.ableton.com/shopAbleton Live 9 will be available in the first quarter of 2013.Beta testing will begin shortly.Starting immediately, Ableton Live 8 is available for 25% off the regular price and includes a free upgrade to Live 9as soon as it is released.More informationMore information about Live 9 including video tutorials:www.ableton.comPress MaterialPDF version of this press release as well as high-res images, screenshots and logos:www.ableton.com/press
Ableton Press ReleasePushAbleton presents a new hardware instrument designed to solve an old problem:how to make a song from scratch.Push provides direct, hands-on control of melody and harmony, beats, sounds and structure, powered by Ableton Live runningon your computer. High-quality, dynamic pads, buttons, encoders and display combined with an innovative workflow allowyou to play and compose musical ideas without the need to look at or touch your computer, and more importantly, withoutinterrupting the musical flow.The most important features at a glance: Play and sequence beats: Push’s 64 velocity- and pressure-sensitive multi-color pads can be used to play, step sequence,and navigate within rhythm patterns - all at the same time. The 11 touch-sensitive endless encoders can control deviceparameters, adjust velocity, nudge timing and more. Play melodies and chords in a new way: Push “folds” a keyboard’s worth of notes into its 64 pads, with different padcolors showing the key center and other notes in the key. This allows you to play in every key using the same finger patterns,move between keys at the touch of a button, and explore new harmonies and phrases. Improvise with song structure: Push expands the scope of creation with its unique workflow. Using just a few buttons totrigger clips, overdub notes, move between song materials and variations lets Ableton Live itself become an intuitivelyplayable instrument. Move smoothly from creation to arrangement: Push offers both the inspiring instrument to start creating music, and thefull-featured software to finish off a track. Everything created with Push is laid out in Ableton Live on your computer - readyfor fine-tuning, arrangement and export. Includes Ableton Live 9: Push includes Ableton Live 9 Intro and works with any edition of Ableton Live 9 (Intro, Standard,Suite). All the included instruments, effects and sounds, as well as your own libraries, are ready to be played, tweaked, andpersonalized. Designed by Ableton, built by Akai Professional: Utilizing Akai Pro’s long-standing expertise in the field of pad controllers,Push features 64 pressure and velocity-sensitive RGB (multi-colored) pads with an adaptive layout and a touch strip with24 LEDs for pitch bending or navigating through a Drum Rack. The 11 touch-sensitive encoders and LCD display adaptdynamically to control and show active parameters. Fits inside a backpack alongside a laptop: Push is 370 mm / 14.57 inches wide, 293 mm / 11.54 inches deep and is46 mm / 1.81 inches in height (including encoders) and weighs 2990g / 6.59 pounds. Backside connections are a USBport, power adaptor input and two assignable footswitch inputs. (Push is USB-powered, the brightness of the display andLEDs can be increased by using the included power supply). Push cover: An optional steel cover doubles as a sturdy, angled stand for performance.Pricing and availabilityPush will be available in the first quarter of 2013 for USD 599 / EUR 499.Push includes Ableton Live 9 Intro and works with any edition of Ableton Live 9 (Intro, Standard, Suite).Bundle upgrade discounts will be available for owners of previous versions of Live.
Ableton Press ReleaseMore information, including a video tour of Push:www.ableton.comPress MaterialPDF version of this press release as well as high-res images, screenshots and logos:www.ableton.com/press
Ableton Press ReleaseAbout AbletonAbleton makes Live - a unique music creation and performance software - and Push, a hardware instrument for playing andcomposing with Live. Ableton was founded in 1999 and released the first version of Live in 2001. Since then, the company hasreceived outstanding press, numerous awards and attracted a worldwide community of dedicated musicians, composers andDJs. The company headquarters are in Berlin, with an additional office in Los Angeles. Ableton is run by its original foundersand currently has about 140 employees.www.ableton.comFor more information, contact:Ableton Public RelationsSchönhauser Allee 6/710119 er: www.twitter.com/abletonFacebook: www.facebook.com/ableton
Prices start at USD 99 / EUR 79 (Live 9 Intro download version), USD 449 / EUR 349 (Live 9 Standard download version) . Starting immediately, Ableton Live 8 is available for 25% off the regular price and includes a free upgr
