Ableton Suite is the XL version of Ableton Live. Suite 8 gives Windows users all the Live 8 features plus SOUND, and also includes a Library packed of new sounds and useful resources.

Contained within Suite 8 are 10 Ableton instruments including electric and acoustic drums, synths, mallets, a sampler, numerous sampled instruments and the reworked Operator. The last two instruments to complete the set are the Latin Percussion and Collision. Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package, giving users access to both the tools AND the actual sounds.

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Features:

• Up to 32-bit/192 kHz of multitrack recording
• Unlimited undo and nondestructive editing
• MIDI sequencing of hardware and software instruments
• Real-time time-stretching and warping
• 1600 sounds, each with it's own control options included in the library
• Built-in MIDI and audio effects
• A range of software instruments
• Manage complex setups with Instrument Racks
• For intuitive and responsive beat-making, users can use the Drum Racks
• Professional-grade Effect Racks for creative sound processing, mixing and mastering
• Extract and apply grooves in real time with the new Groove Engine
• Basic Construction kits are available with phrases and loops in a number of genres
• 1000s of single-device presets: components for exploring synthesis and making new sounds
• Contains a set of real world object recordings from Sound Objects Lite made by SonArte
• Pre-configured tracks and routing within Song templates
• Supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
• VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
• Audio to MIDI slicing and REX support
• Video warping, video export and import for scoring
• Instant mapping for selected hardware
• ReWire support; runs as Master or Slave
• Multiprocessor and Multicore support

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Changes in 8.4.1:

• User satisfaction survey. After several hours of usage, Live will ask you to rate the software.
• Support for Novation Launchkey series.
• Support for M-Audio Axiom Air Mini 32.
• Bugfix for exporting video at 48 kHz

Updates in 8.3.4:

• Now shows word size in splash screen
• Email address of user now shown on About window
• Improved the authorization dialogue when launching Live as a Trial version.
• Various bugfixes
• (8.3.3)Minor changes for usage data reporting.

Updates in 8.3.2:

• Rewire engine bugfix
• (8.3.1)Improved performance when recording many MIDI CC data into MIDI clips.
• (8.3.1)Default takeover mode is chaged to none
• (8.3.1)Minor changes in usage data reporting
• (8.3.1)Various bugfixes

Updates in 8.2.5:

• Tracks are now routed properly when imported.
• The Takeover default mode in MIDI Preferences is now set to Value Scaling and not Pick-up.
• MIDI sync was improved when Live is used as a MIDI clock slave.
• To prevent Live from crashing, users are prevented from choosing the Windows root folder for their plugins location.
• Other bugfixes are available at Ableton Suites latest release information.

Updated in 8.2.1:

• Improvements to Amp presets including better folder organization, additional guitar and bass amp presets and various other changes.
• Improvements to sound quality in Drum Machines.
• Performance optimizations on many Rack presets.
• Many delay devices now use the “Fade” Delay Transition mode, to avoid clicks.
• All Latin Percussion sounds are additionally available as chromatically tuned Simpler presets.
• Amp is now available in the trial version of Ableton Suite.
• Removed duplicate Amp presets.
• Fixed Hot-Swap behavior for a number of Session Drums and Drum Machines presets.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the use of soundcards with only one input on OS X.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when using a ReWire slave such as Reason and manipulating devices in the slave that were referred to by clips in Live.