Ableton Live Intro

Ableton Live Intro contains all the essential elements of the highly acclaimed software Ableton Live, at an unbeatable price. Live Intro is the "Medium" version of Live. Included are 7 GB of beats and loops, and over 500 preset instruments. This is perfect for composers, performers, DJs and producers whether they be pros looking to expand their setups or beginners wanting a first piece of music software. Ableton Live Intro is made to produce fully professional quality audio with reliability and ease.

What's in the Box

Intro's audio package proves that quality and quantity can go hand-in-hand. 7 GB of loops, beats and instruments from renowned sound designers cover the whole style spectrum from gritty hip hop through soul to edgy, avant-garde electronica. 500 instruments and drum kits, arranged in Ableton's Rack format, provide inspiring sounds that you can tweak and manipulate for perfectionist sound-shaping. If you're just starting out, all the sounds you need are right here.

Create and compose

Ableton Live Intro offers a unique, non-linear approach to songwriting and beatmaking. Record and sketch out ideas as they hit you, record different versions of a riff and select the best one later, try out new ideas, experiment and improvise: Intro's fluid workflow won't get in the way of your creativity.

Freedom on stage

When you're performing your music, Intro is stable and reliable. More importantly, you're free to improvise, respond to the crowd and other musicians, re-work your songs, speed up, slow down and remix live in real-time: Intro plays just like a "real" instrument. Go beyond simple playback and be one of the band.

Enhance your DJ sets

For DJs, Intro does two key things: firstly, it makes life easier and allows additional flexibility. Intro features BPM-based audio warping, automatic tempo-matching and it's easy to integrate your music library. Secondly, Intro lets you go far beyond simply "spinning tunes"—creative effects, integrated sampling and live remixing tools let you get into the tracks on your set list and make them your own.

Perfect mixes

Record your DJ set live and open it up later as a multi-track session for fine-tuning, detailed editing and erm... correcting any mistakes you made. Intro lets you capture the vibe of your performance AND iron out the details giving you, your fans and your friends perfect mixes.

Ultimate remixes

It's simple to sync up audio files, loops and entire songs—Intro allows the most brutal tempo changes without sacrificing audio quality. Intro's effects provide an arsenal of sonic fireworks ranging from standard EQ techniques to serious audio manipulation, re-sampling and live remixing.

Full ReWire support

Inject your current sequencer with the best of Ableton Live via ReWire. Add Live's unique, non-linear recording and playback to Reason, Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase or your personal digital audio weapon of choice, and run a new way to compose and perform alongside the tools you know. Intro can be a ReWire Master or Slave, so your options are open.

Loves your hardware

Intro, like all versions of Live, lets you plug in your hardware and get playing right away. Intro offers instant mapping for most popular controllers and dedicated Ableton Live controllers, like the Novation Launchpad and Akai Professional's APC40, work seamlessly with Intro. Want to create custom mappings or set up personal control settings? Intro's intuitive mapping mode makes it easy.

Supports your plug-ins

Intro supports all VST and AU instruments, effects and plug-ins. You can use any software instruments you already own and your favorite effects will work just fine with Intro. Intro lets you use up to 4 virtual instrument plug-ins and up to 6 effect plug-ins in one Live Set.

No compromises

The bottom line of any recording is sound quality. Intro makes no compromises here, with studio-quality multi-track recording up to 32 bit/192 kHz. Enough said.

What's the catch

This is a valid question and we don't believe in hiding things. Live Intro obviously isn't the same as Ableton Live or Ableton Suite; there are limitations. Ableton have made sure that the limitations won't affect the sound or the quality of the music you make with Intro. The limitations are "quantitative" rather than "qualitative," i.e. you're limited to 64 audio tracks, 2 effect sends, 12 Ableton effects at once and so on. Basically, Intro provides everything you need to compose, record and perform a track.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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

Mac:

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