

Live tempo following employs Live’s trusty time-stretching to automatically match the project tempo to incoming audio in real time. Live 11 adds Live tempo following, Macro snapshots and racks of up to 16 macros each. Hybrid Reverb, for example, combines convolution and algorithmic engines while the Spectral stuff breaks audio into partials to shift and shape them into oblivion.Īdded to these are six new sound banks – Voice Box (playable vocal samples with effects racks), Mood Reel (synthetic textures), Drone Lab (probably goes BURRR), and three treats from Spitfire Audio – Upright Piano, Brass Quartet, and String Quartet. Their descriptions are very promising and these devices will surely help further Live’s tremendous out-of-the-box sound design potential. These are Hybrid Reverb, Spectral Resonator, Spectral Time, Inspired by Nature, and PitchLoop89. Live 11 will introduce at least 5 new devices to play with. The Wavetable, Sampler, and Arpeggiator devices are MPE-ready, and so is the new Expression View where you’ll be able to edit the pitch, slide, and pressure envelopes of each note.

MPE support unlocks per-note parameter editing for even more powerful expression possibilities. We’ll have to see how this plays out, but I assume Ableton will do it right and provide a meaningful upgrade to Live’s editing facilities. Additionally, two or more tracks can be linked for simultaneous editing. It’s also a great approach to layering and distressing audio for sound design purposes. Multiple passes of your audio and MIDI performances will be recorded as individual takes to let you compile them into one successful take. Version 11 brings Ableton’s take on the track comping functionality present in competing DAWs like Logic Pro X.
