Ableton Live 11 Standard

Live comes in three editions: Intro, Standard and Suite. They share common features, but Standard and Suite have additional features, instruments, effects, and Packs.

Overview

• Key Features : Full
  
• Software Instruments : 6
  
• Sounds : 1800+
  
• Library Size : 10+ GB
  
• Audio Effects : 37
  

Live Key Features: 

Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation

Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo

Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz

Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments

Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching

Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project

Group tracks

Use multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily.

VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit support

Time signature changes

Comping New in Live 11

Linked-track editing New in Live 11Link two or more tracks to edit their content simultaneously.

Record multiple takes of a performance, then combine the best ones.

Multiple automation lanes

MIDI Polyphonic Expression New in Live 11

Add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord, add subtle expression variations, morph between chords and create evolving sonic textures more easily.

Track Freeze

Capture MIDI

Recall your best ideas after you’ve played them – Capture MIDI can turn what you played into MIDI clips, without having to think about recording.

Tempo Following New in Live 11

Live listens to and adjusts its tempo based on incoming audio in real time, making it a dynamic part of the band instead of the tempo source that everyone has to follow.

Note Chance New in Live 11

Set the probability that a note or drum hit will occur and let Live generate surprising variations to your patterns that change over time.

Velocity Chance New in Live 11

Define ranges for velocity probability for subtle, humanized variations in the dynamics of your patterns.

Automatic plug-in delay compensation

MIDI remote control instant mapping

MIDI output to hardware synths

MIDI Clock/sync

Multicore/multiprocessor support

WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support

Ableton Link

A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network.

Instrument Racks Updated for Live 11

Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls

MIDI Effect Racks Updated for Live 11

Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls

Drum Rack Updated for Live 11

An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid

• Audio & MIDI tracks : Unlimited
  
• Scenes Updated for Live 11 : Unlimited
  
• Send and return tracks : 12
  
• Audio inputs
  
• Mono audio input channels : 256
  
• Audio outputs
  
• Mono audio output channels : 256
  

Complex warp modes

Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks.

Audio-slicingSlice audio to a Drum Rack or Sampler instance.

Audio to MIDIExtract harmony, melody or drums from an audio sample and convert it to MIDI.

REX file supportSupport for ReCycle/Reason audio files.

POW-r ditheringMastering quality dithering modes for downsampling audio.

Groove Pool and extract groove

A set of templates that lets you adjust the timing and “feel” of sequences or make your own by extracting timing from existing audio material.

Video import/export Updated for Live 11

Import video as a clip and save modified video and audio.

Software Instruments

Drum Rack Updated for Live 11

An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid.

Impulse

A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities.

Instrument Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls.

Simpler

An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters.

DrumSynths Now in Live 11 StandardUpdated for Live 118 devices to create unique drum and percussion sounds using synthesis.

External InstrumentA tool for integrating your external hardware synthesizers into your Live Sets with the ease and flexibility of plug-ins.

Packs

Chop and Swing Updated for Live 11

A homage to the style that made sampling an art form and put a new kind of groove on the musical map. Chop and Swing comes loaded with curated recordings and professional presets perfect for cutting up and re-combining into fresh new tracks.

Drum EssentialsDrum Essentials is a collection of handpicked sounds selected to cover a wide range of styles. A flexible, highly refined Pack to form the rhythmic foundation of any production.

Grand Piano Updated for Live 11Multiple articulations, sampled from a carefully prepared and programmed piano to capture the virtuosity of the classical grand piano sounds.

Guitars and BassA set of electric guitars and basses, expertly multisampled to cover different playing styles, velocities and articulations - from funky slap bass to gently strummed guitar chords.

Mood Reel New in Live 11A collection of sounds for making music with a modern narrative feel. Evocative layered instruments combine organic and synthetic sounds with textural elements to add mood, space and movement to productions.

Skitter and Step Updated for Live 11A sound collection that inhabits the space where growling basses, rinsing pads and jarring melodies collide with jagged, broken percussion. The cavernous spaces, dubby basses and tight drums are ready for production but were designed for deep sound manipulation.

Audio Effects

Audio Effect Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains.

Auto Filter

Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO.

Auto Pan

LFO-driven panning, tremolo and beat-synchronized chopping effects.

Beat Repeat

Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal.

Channel EQ

A flexible and simple EQ with curves and gain ranges suitable for a variety of audio material.

Chorus-Ensemble Updated for Live 11

Create thickening, flanging and vibrato effects. Ensemble is a new algorithm inspired by a thick 3-delay line chorus used in the 70s for string machines.

Compressor

Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness.

Delay

A simple delay with Ping pong behavior, filter modulation and the ability to infinitely repeat the input signal.

EQ Three

Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers.

Erosion

Adds “digital”-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals.

Gate

Dynamics processing for noise reduction and decay or reverb shaping.

Grain Delay

Granular delay with controlled or randomized pitch.

LFO Now in Live 11 Intro and Standard

An LFO with sync to modulate up to eight device parameters with one device.

Limiter

Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering.

Looper

Records, loops and overdubs audio, based on classic hardware looping pedals.

Phaser-Flanger Updated for Live 11

Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges.

Redux Updated for Live 11

Redux adds a wider range of sounds from vintage digital gear including harsh distortion, digital and aliasing artifacts, as well as warm and saturated 8-bit textures.

Reverb

Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms.

Saturator

Waveshaping distortion for adding dirt, punch and warmth.

Tuner

Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune.

Utility

Align Delay New in Live 11.1A Max for Live utility delay to offset incoming signals by samples/milliseconds/meters or feet. Useful for compensating for lag in sending audio, command messages, or other signals out of the digital realm.

Drum BussA one-stop workstation for drums, capable of adding warmth, distortion, drive, compression, transient shaping, plus a dedicated low end section.

Dynamic TubeTube saturation for added harmonics and warmth.

Envelope Follower Now in Live 11 StandardUse the envelope of any audio material to control device parameters.

EQ EightEight parametric filters with a variety of controls for shaping timbre.

External Audio EffectA tool for integrating your external hardware effects into your Live Sets with the ease and flexibility of plug-ins.

Filter DelayThree delay lines with independent filtering, feedback, stereo position, and more.

Glue CompressorAnalog-modeled compressor based on the classic bus compressor from a famous 80s mixing console.

Multi-band DynamicsUpward and downward compression and expansion of up to three frequency bands.

OverdriveDistortion effect based on classic guitar pedals.

ResonatorsFive parallel, tunable resonators that apply a tonal character to incoming audio.

Shaper Now in Live 11 StandardA flexible envelope modulation device for creating custom modulation shapes.

Shifter Updated for Live 11.1Classic frequency shifting, ring modulation and real-time monophonic pitch shifting, for effects ranging from subtle phasing and radically pitched to dissonant, metallic sounds.

SpectrumRealtime analysis and visualization of incoming audio.

Vinyl DistortionEmulates the noise and distortion of vinyl records.

VocoderClassic “talking synthesizer” and robotic voice effects.

Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more.

MIDI Effects

Arpeggiator

Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern.

Chord

Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords.

Expression Control Now in Live 11 Intro and StandardUpdated for Live 11

A control device for pairing MIDI parameters such as velocity, modwheel, pitchbend, aftertouch, and keytrack with any parameter in your Live Set.

MIDI Effect Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls

MIDI Monitor Now in Live 11 Intro and Standard

Monitor your MIDI data stream.

MPE Control New in Live 11

Adjust Live’s response to MPE information from your MPE controller.

Note Length

Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off.

Pitch

Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount.

Random

Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes.

Scale

Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes.

Velocity

Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity.

Envelope MIDI Now in Live 11 StandardTrigger an envelope with incoming MIDI notes to modulate device parameters.

Note Echo Now in Live 11 StandardGenerate echoes for MIDI notes with delay and feedback control.

Shaper MIDI New in Live 11.1A multi-breakpoint envelope which generates modulation data for musical expression that can be dynamically triggered via MIDI notes and velocity.

Export-enabled products

In a growing number of products you can save your ideas as Ableton Live Sets – complete with audio and MIDI clips.

Currently built into the following products:

• BeatHawk
  
• Blocs Wave
  
• EG Pulse
  
• Elastic Drums
  
• FORCE
  
• Groovebox
  
• iKaossilator
  
• Koala Sampler
  
• KORG Gadget
  
• Loopseque 8
  
• MPC Live
  
• MPC Live II
  
• MPC One
  
• MPC X
  
• Ninja Jamm
  
• Patterning 2
  
• Patterning for iPhone
  
• Triqtraq - Jam Sequencer
  
• Live 11 System Requirements
  

macOS

• macOS High Sierra 10.13 to Monterey 12
  
• Intel® Core™ i5 processor or Apple M1
  
• 8 GB RAM
  
• 1280x800 display resolution
  
• Core Audio compliant audio interface recommended
  
• Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)
  
• Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)
  
• Up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound content
  

Windows

• Windows 10 (Build 1909 and later)
  
• Intel® Core™ i5 processor or an AMD multi-core processor.
  
• 8 GB RAM
  
• 1366x768 display resolution
  
• ASIO compatible audio hardware for Link support (also recommended for optimal audio performance)
  
• Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)
  
• Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)
  

Up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound content.