Ableton Live 9.5 Suite Educational + Push Controller Combo

Ableton Live 9.5 Suite Educational + Push Controller Combo

Live 9.5

This free update for Ableton Live 9 is now available for all Live 9 users. Here's what's new and improved in Live 9.5:

       

Redesigned Simpler

Live's powerful yet easy-to-use sampling instrument has been completely overhauled with a new interface, warping and slicing capabilities, and new analog-modeled filters. Now Simpler lets you slice samples across the keyboard, play single hits, or warp long samples so that they always stay in time with your song.

Great-sounding analog-modeled filters
Live 9.5 introduces new filters based on classic vintage hardware that will self-resonate, produce feedback, and distort beautifully. Built in collaboration with Cytomic, these filters are now included in Simpler, Sampler, Operator, and Auto Filter.

Improved meters and waveforms
Mixer volume meters now show both peak and RMS levels, indicating both sudden changes in level, as well as perceived loudness. This makes controlling your track's dynamics easier. Plus, new waveforms show more visual detail of your audio samples, with smoother zooming and scrolling.

Inspiring new instruments
Live 9 Suite owners can enjoy three new Max for Live synthesizers that offer a wide range of sound design possibilities within a streamlined set of controls. These include Bass, a monosynth designed for bass sounds; Poli, a polyphonic synth that excels at strings, pads, and stabs; and Multi, a synth designed for immediate tweakability from Push.

Link

Coming soon, Link is a new technology that lets you play in time with multiple instances of Live and a growing number of iOS apps. It syncs devices' timing over a wireless network, so you can set up almost instantly and jam with others as freely as a live band.

How Link works
To set up, just switch on Link, connect to the same network and start jamming. Anyone can start and stop their part while others keep playing. And anyone can adjust the tempo and the rest will follow. No MIDI cables, no installation, just free-flowing sync that works.

With Live and beyond
Link will soon be available to Live users as a free update, and to the wider music-making community as a built-in feature of a growing number of iOS apps.

Record automation into clips. Edit automation with curves. Session View automation lets you capture your performance or add movement to your loops. Use curves to make automation more musical.

Live’s unique Session View makes it easy to improvise with musical ideas. In Live 9.5, you can now record parameter changes directly into Session View for even more flexibility. Edit automation curves with the mouse to create smooth mix transitions or radical parameter changes in your clips.

In one click, create new Session View scenes from your Arrangement tracks, or drag and copy individual clips from Arrangement to Session. The automation comes with them, making it easier than ever to move from improvising to arranging and back.

See recording and editing of Session automation in action

Find sounds fast. With Live’s new browser, spend less time finding sounds and more time making music.

Live’s new browser puts all of your instruments and effects, samples, Packs and VST/Audio Units plug-ins in one easy-to-navigate view. Drag and drop folders into the browser from anywhere on your computer. Search as you type, navigate from the keyboard and sort items by various categories.

See how Live’s new browser and library make it easier to find the right sound.

• Browse by type: your samples, devices, presets, and VST/Audio Units plug-ins are all available from the same view
• External storage: store your sounds and Packs on any hard drive you like, even multiple drives
• Instant search: Live’s browser filters as you type
• Sort by rank: view items by how frequently you’ve used them in the past
• Instant preview: all Ableton Packs come with instant audio previews

• Core Library
• Konkrete Breaks
• Retro Synths
• The Forge by Hecq
• Breakbeats by KutMasta Kurt
• Piano, Guitars and Bass
• Orchestral Instruments
• Digicussion and Bomblastic

Play new sounds. Live’s library includes new Instrument Racks and sounds to get you going fast.

Live 9 Suite comes with more than 3000 production-ready sounds that give you the full range of vintage synthesizers, drum kits and one-shot samples, acoustic instruments and loops - all powered by Live's built-in synthesizers and effects so they can be tweaked and personalized. All sounds are organized for Live 9's new browser and work seamlessly with all common hardware controllers.

Get your sound right. The new analog-modeled Glue Compressor and redesigned studio effects help you get a better sound in less time.

Live’s new Glue Compressor, developed in collaboration with Cytomic, is modeled on a classic 80s console bus compressor, both for its great sound and also to provide musical results with a simple set of controls. Live’s studio effects - Compressor, Gate and EQ Eight - have been improved with new displays, enhanced controls and better sound, making it easier to see and hear your changes.

Watch the Glue compressor and our improved studio effects in action.

The Glue Compressor is an analog-modeled compressor based on the bus compressor from a classic console from the 80s. EQ Eight now has a breakout display, an Audition mode for soloing frequencies, an analog-style adaptive Q option, and improved filters. Compressor’s new display makes it clear what’s happening. And improved sound means better results with less effort. Gate – a new display and enhanced controls make it easier to dial in the right sound. Reclaim the music in your samples....Live 9’s new tools for converting audio to MIDI give you unprecedented flexibility to extract musical ideas from your samples and build upon them.

Convert your favorite drum break with the Drums-to-MIDI feature and reuse it with your own sounds. Speed up your remixing work by using Harmony-to-MIDI to get the notes and chords from the original audio stems. Or simply seed your creativity with inspiring, natural-feeling MIDI grabbed directly from the most exciting parts of your music collection.

Use the rhythm from a sampled break with new sounds See the possibilities Harmony, Melody and Drums to MIDI creates. ...or sing the music in your head. Sketch out ideas quickly by singing (or beatboxing) into Live and converting your recording to MIDI.

Your voice is the new keyboard: sing, beatbox, tap a rhythm on your desk, or play any solo instrument to capture your musical ideas as they come. Then use the Melody- or Drums-to-MIDI feature to turn your recordings into MIDI clips that you can edit and reuse with any sound.

Capture guitar chords and use them with a synth Beatbox your drum loop Record any instrument to create melodies Edit the details. Powerful MIDI note manipulation tools and an improved editing workflow help you create new musical ideas fast.

• Transform MIDI notes New controls in the MIDI editor let you quickly invert, reverse, transpose and speed up or slow down selected MIDI notes in a single click.
• Move notes on and off the grid Beats are easier to see when editing, and editing grids are now “sticky,” allowing notes to be freely moved and resized while still snapping when close to grid lines.
• Stretch MIDI notes MIDI Note Stretch markers let you speed up, slow down - or even reverse - selected MIDI notes.
• Warp clip automation Audio clip automation is warped alongside the audio itself. Envelopes in MIDI clips can be stretched using MIDI stretch markers.
• Edit automation more easily Add or remove breakpoints with a single click. Hover the mouse near envelope segments to select and drag them without using a modifier.
• Add curves to automation Hold a modifier while dragging to create and edit curves in automation envelopes.

See some of the refinements to editing in Live 9

Max for Live is now included in Suite.Expand and extend your musical possibilities with Max for Live.

Max for Live, based on Cycling 74's Max 6, is now included with Live 9 Suite. Get access to all of the 900+ devices built by the Max for Live community.

Explore new Suite devices. Get 26 new instruments and effects with Max for Live - including Convolution Reverb and Drum Synth 

Because Live 9 Suite comes with Max for Live included, it comes with 26 new devices built with Max for Live. These include synths and effects, but also LFOs, envelopes, note delays and control modifiers to bring new expressive and creative possibilities.

New creative tools in Live 9 Suite

• Convolution Reverb – capture the characteristic reverb of real physical spaces.  Included in Suite. 1/14

Introducing Push. An instrument for song creation. Push is a new instrument that solves an old problem: how to make a song from scratch. With hands-on control of melody and harmony, beats, sounds, and song structure, Push puts the fundamental elements of music making at your fingertips - and it fits in a backpack alongside your laptop.

Play and sequence beats. 64 pads give you multiple ways to make beats. Play, step sequence, and adjust your loop - all at the same time. New in Live 9.1: Parameter step sequencing

See the range of beatmaking capabilities of the Push

• Play beats live with velocity-sensitive pads made by Akai Professional, and adjust sounds and kits while you play with eight touch-sensitive endless encoders.
• Hold a pad to repeat notes in time with your track while adjusting swing or the repeat divisions in real time.
• Play
• Step Sequence
• Adjust

Play beats live with velocity-sensitive pads made by Akai Professional, and adjust sounds and kits while you play with eight touch-sensitive endless encoders. Hold a pad to repeat notes in time with your track while adjusting swing or the repeat divisions in real time.

A new way to play notes and chords. Play in every key using the same finger patterns. Move between keys at the touch of a button. Step sequence and edit both notes and parameters. New in Live 9.1: Note and parameter step sequencing

Push’s note entry layout can bring inspiration

When playing instruments, Push’s pads “fold” a keyboard’s worth of notes to its 64 pads. Different pad colors show the key center, other notes that are in the key, and any notes you’ve already recorded. Push's condensed, symmetrical pad grid means large intervals can be reached easily, and melody and chord patterns can be played using the same fingerings in every key. Use Push's touch slider for pitch bend.

• Play notes on the grid

• Choose a scale

• Step sequencing notes and chords

Step sequencing automationWhen playing instruments, Push’s pads “fold” a keyboard’s worth of notes to its 64 pads. Different pad colors show the key center, other notes that are in the key, and any notes you’ve already recorded. Push's condensed, symmetrical pad grid means large intervals can be reached easily, and melody and chord patterns can be played using the same fingerings in every key. Use Push's touch slider for pitch bend.

Packed with sounds. Make music with a studio full of instruments and effects. Control them all with Push. Push uses the power of Ableton Live running on your computer. Live provides Push with a comprehensive collection of instruments and effects. All of your sounds are ready to be played, tweaked, and personalized. Fine-tune parameters in your instruments and effects using Push’s touch-sensitive encoders and see everything from Push’s display.

Push lets you work with sounds

• Start with Push and Live 9 Intro which includes 3 instruments and 700+ sounds.
• Intro Core Library
• Electronic Drums
  
• Or get more with Live 9 Suite: 9 instruments, 41 effects, 3000+ sounds and Max for Live.
• Drums
• Max for Live
• Synthesizers
• Adjust the selected instrument or effect
• Browse the library to find sounds, presets or devices
• Adjust volumes for all tracks, or detailed mix parameters for a single track
• Adjust the selected clip or loop

Improvise and play with song structure. Capture all of your musical ideas. Duplicate and create variations. Trigger, re-arrange, and create new combinations. Capture everything you play with Push’s unique recording workflow. Overdub new notes or create variations of phrases, moving quickly between your song materials with just a few buttons. After you’ve created ideas, switch to another mode to try them out in various combinations. When you’re ready to get into detailed arranging, editing, and exporting your finished song, switch from Push to your computer to find your music already laid out in Ableton Live - the software that was powering your work the whole time. Push gives you the best of both worlds for making music: inspiring hardware for hands-on control at the beginning, and full-featured music creation software for fine-tuning the details at the end.

Push and Live let you record ideas, experiment with variations and work with song structure

Designed by Ableton. Engineered by Akai Professional. Push takes full advantage of Akai Professional's decades of experience building pad controllers for performers and producers. Push’s pads are engineered to offer both extreme sensitivity for nuanced playing of instruments and a deep, solid feel for beatmaking.

Push combines Ableton’s vision for music making with Akai Professional’s years of experience making instruments.

• Pads
• Touch strip
• Encoders and Display
• Connections

If you’re familiar with Live, Push complements what you already know. Live runs in the background, filling your Set with clips and scenes as you create with Push. You can switch between Push and Live when you’re ready to finalize your song, and you’ll find all of your song materials ready for you in Live’s Session View. Push is also the ultimate performance controller, with pads that can be instantly repurposed into a clip launching grid. And Live’s tight integration with Max for Live lets you customize Push for your own working style, or reprogram it to add new features and workflows.

Push works with Ableton Live 9.

Live runs on your Mac or PC and provides multitrack recording, instruments, effects, and everything else you need to make music.