In this Ableton Live Review, we’ll be looking at my favorite DAW. Live Suite is a complete software studio and includes 17 instruments, 60 audio effects and over 70GB of sounds. In addition you’ll find 16 midi effects as well as Max for Live. This is a great tool to create your own instruments and effects. The Ableton 11 upgrade brings a whole host of new features including MPE support and workflow improvements, which we’ll look at below.
Notable Features
Beyond the standard features you would expect in a DAW, Live has certain aspects which can assist you with writing and production. There’s “Capture MIDI” which I use very frequently. This will create midi clips of what you have just been playing – even when you weren’t recording. So if you like to tinkle on the MIDI piano but don’t want to leave Live recording all the time, you can now save that great sequence you just came up with while experimenting.
Another impressive feature is Live’s warping ability for audio clips. Preserving or altering the timing and pitch of audio is a breeze in Live, and with the advanced parameters it can lead to creative sound design possibilities. With the Suite version of Live, you receive a vast collection of soundpacks and instruments, including a selection from Spitfire Audio such as “String Quartet”. Last of all, Ableton Live now runs natively on Apple silicon with multicore support.
