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Ableton Live 8 provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music.

Ableton  Suite  is  the XL version of Ableton Live. Suite 8 gives you  all  of  the features in Live 8 plus SOUND, with a radically
new  Library  packed  with  beautiful  new sounds and a wealth of
useful   resources.  Suite  8  contains  10  Ableton  instruments
including   synths,  a  sampler,  electric  and  acoustic  drums,mallets,  numerous  sampled  instruments  and  the  new reworked Operator.  Two  completely  new  instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion,  round  off  the  set.  Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package: the tools AND the sounds.

Key features

*Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
*Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
*Powerful  MIDI  sequencing  of software and hardware instruments
*Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
*Library  with  over  1600  expressive sounds, each with versatile
control options
*A  comprehensive  selection  of  built-in  audio and MIDI effects
*A wide range of software instruments
*Instrument  Racks  for  simple  management  of complex instrument setups
*Drum Racks for intuitive and responsive beat-making
*Effect Racks for professional-grade  mastering,  mixing  and
creative sound processing
*New  groove  engine;  apply  and  extract  grooves  in  real time
*Construction  kits  containing  loops  and phrases in a number of
styles
*Sound  Objects Lite, from SonArte: a toolkit of real world object
recordings
*440  MB  of  abstract,  experimental  loops  from  renowned music software pioneers Cycling '74 *
*Over 400 loops and samples from Zero-G 
*1000s  of single-device presets: simple components for making new sounds and exploring synthesis
*Song   templates   with   pre-configured   tracks   and   routing
*Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
*VST and AU  support;  automatic  plug-in  delay  compensation
*REX file support plus built-in audio to MIDI slicing
*Video import and export for scoring, video warping
*Simple  MIDI  mapping  plus instant mapping for selected hardware
*Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
*Multicore and multiprocessor support