Live 7 supports REX files-files created with Propellerhead Software’s If you’ve worked with drum machines in the past-real or virtual-you understand how useful this feature is. Once you’ve assigned a sample to a button, you can then open that sample in a Simpler module (Live’s included sampler instrument) and edit its envelope, filter, and LFO (low frequency oscillator) settings. You can delete the sound and the effect remains, which is useful if you’ve tweaked the reverb on a snare to your satisfaction, for example, but would like to try a couple of alternate snare sounds in its place without losing the effect. Drop an effect on that button and it’s assigned to the sound. You can play it by clicking the button with your mouse, typing the correct key on your Mac’s keyboard, or by pressing the key or whacking the pad on your MIDI controller that corresponds to that button. Drop a sample from Live’s Browser onto a button to assign it to that button. You can assign sounds to as many as 128 buttons. This drum pad displays 16 buttons assigned to MIDI note numbers (for example, C1, C#2, or D2). Drag a Drum Rack from Live’s File Browser into Live’s Session or Arrangement pane and a drum pad appears in the Device pane at the bottom of the Live window. Now imagine that with a double-tap of that button an editing pane magically appears so you can muck any of the assigned sound’s parameters. For those who’ve worked with hardware drum machines, imagine having the ability to drop any sample on a drum machine’s trigger so that, for example, when you tap the Kick Drum button it plays that sample. Not only can you add and chain together effects (using Live’s built-in effects, Audio Units and VST effects for audio files, and MIDI effects), but you can also edit MIDI controller data (change the velocity data on a series of notes, for example), and you can edit individual samples to change such elements as their pitch, volume, and panning. Unlike GarageBand, Live lets you manipulate clips in a variety of ways. GarageBand ( ), you can alter the speed of your composition, and the clips will stretch (or warp, in Live parlance) so that they match the tempo of the piece without changing pitch (and without introducing ugly audio artifacts that can cause the sound to warble or stutter). Live can also behave like a traditional DAW, providing an Arrangement view where you linearly record digital audio and MIDI tracks as well as add prerecorded clips, virtual instruments, and effects by dragging them from Live’s File Browser pane. Live is absolutely the tool to use for creating and modifying compelling grooves on the fly. The new Live 7 delivers refinements to features found in previous versions, as well as introduces new capabilities that will be welcome to musicians, DJs, and producers. Unlike traditional DAWs, MIDI control makes Live a playable instrument as well as an audio editor and MIDI sequencer. Ableton Live is a digital-audio workstation (DAW) program that lets you trigger prerecorded audio with a Mac’s keyboard, mouse, or a MIDI controller.
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