Ableton Live 9.5 Standard + Novation LaunchKey Mini Combo

Ableton Live 9.5 Upgrade from Lite

Create, produce and perform. Create ideas, make changes without stopping, and capture everything as you work. If you’ve used music software before, you’re already familiar with one half of Ableton Live. Live’s Arrangement View is a familiar working space: time moves from left to right, while tracks are stacked vertically. But Live also features the revolutionary Session View: a unique sketchpad for improvising, playing and performing with musical ideas, without the constraints of the timeline. Freely and independently start and stop any number of audio or MIDI loops - everything stays in sync. Almost everything in Live works in real-time - add, reorder or remove devices, play with Live’s flexible track routing and more - all without interrupting your creative flow.

The instruments and sounds you need to make music.
Live comes with a collection of instruments, sounds, kits and loops for creating any kind of music.

5 Synths and 3 Samplers
Live’s raw devices are the foundation of sound design in Live, including FM and physical modelling synthesis as well as sampling.

390 Drum kits
Classic analogue drum machines, one-shot samples and multi-sampled acoustic drum kits.

25 Packs
Over 3000 Sounds including vintage synthesisers, acoustic instruments and cutting-edge combinations of sampling, effects and synthesis.

4000 Loops
Audio and MIDI patterns, ready to use in your own productions, covering everything from 60s Soul and Hip Hop to electronica. Live 9 Suite comes with the full collection of instruments and sounds.

• Operator – a versatile synthesizer combining frequency modulation and subtractive synthesis. Included in Suite.
• Effects, processing and tweaking. For getting your sound right (or wrong in just the way you like it) Live has a full range of effects from corrective to creative.
• 34 Audio Effects
  Live comes with a wide selection of audio processors, from the classic to the unique 7 MIDI Effects
  Devices to rearrange, constrain or randomize MIDI notes for creating endless variations Live 9 Suite comes with the full collection of audio and MIDI effects. 
• Amp – emulates the sound and character of seven classic guitar amplifiers. Included in Suite.

Work with instruments and effects the way you want to.

Live provides easy and flexible ways for combining and integrating all kinds of devices.

• External hardware
  Use your external hardware synthesizers or effects units as if they were plug-ins, via Live’s unique External Instrument and External Audio Effect devices.
• Make your own racks
  Racks let you combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device. Each of the eight Macro knobs can be mapped to any number of parameters in a Rack, allowing for customized controls.
• VST and Audio Units
  Use VST or Audio Units instruments and effects alongside Live’s native devices.

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. If you're an app developer who's interested in joining the band of music-making apps that have Link built in, contact .

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Launchkey Mini Produce and perform, at home or on stage

Launchkey Mini is an exciting new compact mini-key instrument/controller featuring 16 velocity sensitive, three colour illuminated launch pads - use them to launch loops, sounds, effects, transport controls, and more.

Launchkey Mini also features a 25-note keyboard, eight assignable rotary controls, seven function buttons, and a further two performance buttons. Compact and portable, Launchkey Mini is great for producing and performing at home or on stage. 

Launchkey Mini works immediately with the new free-to-download Novation Launchpad and Launchkey iPad apps, and gives you hands-on control of major Mac and Windows based music software including Ableton Live, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Cubase, Reason, and Logic.

A keyboard and launchpad controller for iPad and computer

The latest in the growing family of Novation “Launch” products, Launchkey Mini is an instantly-accessible mini keyboard and launch pad controller for a wide range of software apps on iPad or computer. It’s a keyboard/DAW controller with 26 assignable controls, offering fuss-free hands-on control of major music software via Novation’s intuitive “InControl” technology. The 16 launch pads are velocity-sensitive – use them to play drum sounds and samples expressively, as well as launch clips and scenes in Ableton Live. Ableton Live Lite is included in the package, along with an extensive Loopmasters sample pack and other software packages.

Powerful iPad Apps - free

Launchkey Mini comes with a duo of powerful apps for iPad, which transform it into a true production and performance instrument. Use the Launchpad app with Launchkey Mini on your iPad to trigger the included professional sample library and control effects, letting you produce and perform music straight away. Load in new sound packs and import your own samples for an even more unique performance – then share your creation with a growing fan base. Launchkey Mini connects directly to your iPad with the Apple Camera Connection Kit (not included) and it’s powered by the iPad – so there's no need for batteries or an additional power supply.

The Launchkey app for iPad is a synth filled with Novation technology, allowing you to control notes with the Launchkey Mini's keyboard while warping the sound with the knobs or via intuitive multi touch control on the iPad's screen. The Launchkey and Launchpad apps sync together perfectly for simultaneous use – set an arpeggiator on the Launchkey app and switch to the Launchpad app to build the beats behind it, for example – and both apps are fully Audiobus compatible. Launchkey Mini also integrates with the included V-Station and Bass Station soft synths for Mac and