Ableton launch Able10: Ten years of Ableton

Only founded in 1999, Ableton are best known for their Live software, which has become something of a standard for live laptop performance in a relatively short space of time. To celebrate their first decade, Ableton have arranged a series of special offers. The most significant is a 20% discount off new and upgrade licenses for Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8, which puts the price of the downloadable version of Live down from 349 to 299 Euros, and Live Suite down from 549 to 449 Euros.

Ableton have also announced the release date for Max for as the 23^rd November 2009. Max for Live is designed to bring the power of Cycling 74’s Max/MSP modular programming environment to Live users, allowing them to build their own instruments and effects. Max for Live will be available from the Ableton web shop, at a cost 249 Euros for Live 8 users, and with a discount available for Max/MSP 5 owners. Various independent web-groups have already appeared for Max for Live at www.maxforlive.com, and www.max4live.info.

Finally, Ableton have announced a new version of Live called Live Intro. Previously, a stripped-down version of Live called Live Lite was given away with specific hardware, but was limited depending on the capacity of the hardware, usually to around eight audio tracks. Live Intro allows up to 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks, and allows 12 Live audio effects per project. What’s more, Ableton Live LE users can upgrade to Live Intro for absolutely nothing, while new users will find it very reasonably priced at 99 Euros. There are various other subtle limitations imposed on the function of the software, which are listed on the Ableton web site.

Discount offers are available from the 4^th November 2009 to the 15^th January 2010

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