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Ableton Suite 8 Music Production Software
The Ableton Suite 8 music production software package gives
you a rich world of sound, perfectly complementing the tools and features in
Live 8. Suite 8 includes Live 8 software and 10 instruments, including a wide
range of synths, a powerful sampler, electric and acoustic drums, mallets and
numerous sampled instruments. Suite 8 provides all a musician could hope for.
Included in Suite 8 Ableton Live 8:
- New - World class sound library
- New - Collision and Corpus
- New - Latin Percussion
- New - Operator - more power
- Electric Tension
- Analog
- Sampler
- Drum Machines
- Session Drums
- Essential Instruments Collection
World-Class Sound Library
Ableton Suite 8's library completely surpasses everything
that Ableton has ever offered before. With the hard-working creative
professional in mind, Ableton has put together a well-balanced and comprehensive
tool set, including synthesis, real-world "Sound Objects," presets, grooves,
templates and, above all, a wide-ranging set of beautiful sounds. No need to be
quiet in this library.
1,600 Expressive Sounds
Ableton
has worked with some of the world's top sound designers to create a
comprehensive set of truly useful, high-end sounds, each one an instrument in
its own right. The sounds are provided as instrument Racks with a finely
calibrated combination of instruments and effects.
Library Info Texts
Many
resources now have descriptive Info Texts explaining the characteristics and
structure of the sound or Rack, so you know what the sound is before you load
it.
Versatile Configuration
Options
All instrument racks feature thoughtfully mapped Macro
controls for both subtle and dramatic adjustments without the confusion of too
much detail. For detail, just open up the rack and get in close. Effect Racks
for professional-grade mastering, mixing and creative sound processing.
Construction Kits
Flexible song
kits containing loops and phrases in a number of styles. A useful resource for
getting started or for firing up your imagination.
Sound Objects Lite
To
complement and extend the synthesized sounds, Ableton and SonArte have worked
together to produce a tool kit of real-world object recordings for advanced
sound design. 440 MB of abstract, experimental loops from renowned music
software pioneers Cycling '74. Over 400 loops and samples from Zero-G in a wide
range of styles, including smooth '70s grooves, gritty hip hop and edgy,
abstract weirdness.
Thousands of Single-Device
Presets
Simple components for making new sounds and exploring
synthesis.
Clearly Organized Library
All
resources organized pragmatically and sensibly.
Song Templates
Practical
templates for different recording scenarios (e.g. 8-track recording), with
pre-configured tracks and routing.
Collision and Corpus
Collision is a unique instrument for authentic mallet sounds
and creative percussion. Co-developed with AAS, it uses physical modeling
technology to reproduce real-world instruments such as xylophones, marimbas and
glockenspiels, but also provides enough depth to create truly dramatic new
instruments and sounds. Corpus, a separate effect that reproduces Collision's
resonator section, widens the scope even further, giving you a far-reaching
sonic continuum from authentic real-world sounds to exotic, experimental
effects.
Latin Percussion
Latin Percussion is a collection of acoustic percussion
instruments such as congas, bongos, timbales, claves, shakers, tambourines and
bells from the worlds of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and African music. It includes a
wide selection of clips and grooves, so you don't only get the drums, you also
get the drummer. The package contains over 1GB of carefully sampled percussion
instruments, 8 multi-articulation kits, 32 individual instrument groups, 50
clips of patterns and phrases, and a set of Latin grooves. The instruments
feature realistic articulations, detailed velocity layers and additional
features to ensure playability and stress-free integration with your hardware.
Latin Percussion was produced in association with E-Instruments.
More Operator - More Power
Operator, Ableton's renowned do-it-all synthesizer, has been
given a major overhaul. Ableton opened up the hood, took a long hard look inside
and did some serious hot-rod stuff. New filter types, more modulation routing
options and additive wavetable synthesis with drawable partials make Operator
more powerful and flexible than ever.
- User Waveforms - Draw your own
waveforms by adjusting the amplitudes of each oscillator's harmonics. You can
also edit the built-in waveforms. Feedback is now available for all
oscillators that are not being modulated by another oscillator.
- New Filter Types - New ladder
modes and SVF filters bring the total number of Operator's filter types to
fourteen. There is also a frequency response curve view in the filter display
and an integrated waveshaper in the filter, featuring an adjustable drive
amount and four curve shapes.
- The filter, LFO and pitch envelopes now feature
Adjustable Slopes, like those found in Sampler.
- There's a MIDI Modulation Section in the global display,
with multiple destination and amount settings for five MIDI control sources.
We've also added new modulation options for the LFO and pitch envelope.
System Requirements for Macintosh:
- 1.25 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel Mac recommended)
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
- Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
System Requirements for Windows:
- 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Celeron compatible CPU or faster
(Multicore CPU recommended)
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) Windows XP or Windows Vista
- Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support
recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- QuickTime recommended
Note: Ableton Suite installation requires 48 GB of hard
drive space.