Many popular DAWs have featured comping for years, so it’s cool that Live users can now benefit from this time-saving function.

You can then select any portion of those takes you want to keep, and compile those portions, or “comp” them, into a single track.

This makes it convenient to record as many takes as you may need of say, a verse’s vocals, a finger-drumming performance, or even a full song’s worth of either audio or MIDI before stopping the recording. “Comping” refers to a method of track recording and editing where the DAW repeatedly records multiple takes for a selected region until recording is stopped. However, it’s not practical to cover the overall ins and outs of the entire workstation – so if that’s what you’re after, seek out one of the many great video courses or books on Ableton Live. This review covers all the major new features in Live 11. Each new version has brought it closer and closer to doing everything that the pro studio standards like Avid Pro Tools and Apple Logic Pro X can do, while also maintaining and strengthening its foundation of electronic music production based on the complementary Session (clip) Views and Arrangement (timeline) Views and the elastic treatments of pitch and time. – Windows: Windows 10 (Build 1909 or later) Intel Core i5 or AMD 8 GB RAM up to 76 GB disk space for sound content 20 years of Liveįrom humble and literally radical beginnings in 2001 as a loop-based music machine for live performance, Ableton Live has risen up to become the most popular DAW for producing electronic music, and one of the most popular DAWs in general. – macOS: OS X 10.13 or later Intel Core i5 or later, including Apple silicon 8 GB RAM up to 76 GB disk space for sound content – Live 11 Standard: $449 or $159 to upgrade from Live 1-10 Standard – Live 11 Suite: $749 or $229 to upgrade from Live 7-10 Suite How well does the new version perform? Are all the new bells and whistles worth the upgrade? A major update to Ableton Live rarely makes its way around, so we’ll dive into every big addition – including comping, tempo following, MPE support, new instruments, effects, Live Packs, and much more.īut with that comes a few questions. The time has finally come – Ableton Live 11 is here.

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