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Ableton Live 7 £369
The latest version of Ableton's groundbreaking DAW hits the mark in many respects, but isn't the major leap forward we might have expected.
The MusicRadar Team, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 3:10 pm GMT
Manufacturer's description
Ableton Live 7 renews the core of Live with enhancements to the audio engine, new and improved devices, better MIDI timing and hardware integration. We have also included the most-requested features and much more. Version 7 marks the arrival of the new "Drum Rack" which streamlines beat production, bringing endless creative possibilities to beat lovers.
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User comments (8)
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What can I say that hasn't already been said. Its a great product, I've been with it since version 5 and I love it. It's missing a few key features but makes up for it in other ways. Its the most creative DAW on the market (in my opinion anyway). With out doubt 5 stars.
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This product keeps getting better and better. Before this version, I used Live with Sonar, but now I actually don't feel the need for both programs. I can do everything that I want in Live.
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I love it. Easy to learn and inspiring to use. I would say it's best for those who like to mprovise as the UI allows for this with no effort at all. Really good ideas come this way that probably wouldn't have come through a less dynamic approach. BTW it comes from Germany not Africa, i'm not sure where the reviewer received that information!
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Ooops! I accidentally rated this product one star, this is a five star product! Everyone should own this!
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My band has been using Ableton Live since version 1.2 and we wouldnt consider using anything else.
Before we started using this software we had tried pretty much everything available out there but nothing really suited us, we had tried Cubase, Nuendo, Cakewalk, Acid and others and while all these different platforms had some good qualities Ableton Live had the initial advantage that it was much faster to work with and as new versions appeared with added features like midi support it just left the competition in its dust.
There is a lot of good software out there but Ableton Live is to my mind the most suitable software for bands to record and work on songs on the fly so to speak, a lot of other software can bring the process of making music to a grinding halt, Ableton Live is more helpful than hindering to this process. -
Really like the new instruments & drum racks, Live core program not radically improved.
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Good: really easy to get at instruments and effects, and it's very easy to map MIDI controllers (any of them that you have) to any knob in the program. The Session view UI is great.
Bad: Basically the grid based approach (for me anyway) seems more suited towards electronic and loop-heavy tracks, and arrangement view isn't so good for multitrack recording/editing as in some other software.
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Specification
Live 7
- Price:
- £369
- Country of Origin:
- Germany
- OS Requirements:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, Microsoft Windows XP or later
- Platform:
- MacOS/Windows
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Sun 9 Nov 2008, 5:58 pm GMT
User rating 5 of 5