Create and customize your own songs by writing the music in the dedicated suite supporting multiple tools for recording and modifying the compositions. MIDI sequencing on up to eight tracks is available. Live playing of analog instruments compatible with the suite is also possible.
Ableton Live Lite is equipped with numerous features that allow users to record audio streams, perform mixing operations, and apply various effects to audio files.
In order to start using its features, you need to arm yourself with patience because the installation process does take several minutes to complete. Once completed, you discover a modern interface, with a few theme variations, but looking overcrowded and requiring a steep learning curve. On top of that, the text size seems too small and the font looks unprofessional.
Skipping to its features, Ableton Live Lite offers users a Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation.
It comes with multiple automation lanes, Track Freeze, and it supports VST and Audio Unit while being able to manipulate formats like WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or AIFF.
The program also has a wide range of audio effects, such as Erosion, Redux, Audio Filter, Compressor, Audio Rack Effect, or Simple Delay.
Furthermore, the built-in library provides users up to 268 instrument racks, 117 audio effect racks, 5 MIDI effect racks and many more presets and samples.
All in all, Ableton Live Lite is a comprehensive audio editing tool, equipped with rich features, but consuming a lot of systems resources.
v10.0 [Oct 15, 2018]
-Arrangement Editing
Added "Clear All Envelopes" to the context menu of the Clip View’s Envelope Editor.
-Automation
When hovering over automation, the cursor now indicates that a mouse click would create a new breakpoint.
Modulation envelopes of disabled warper parameter envelopes now appear grayed out.
The state of the Lock Envelopes switch is now ignored when pasting track content to a frozen track, and when pasting automation. This ensures that clips will sound the same when the track is unfrozen.
-Control Surfaces
Users of the "Komplete_Kontrol_A" script no longer need to use wrapper Instrument Racks in order to control Komplete Kontrol plug-in instances. Also, the last auto-armed track will no longer remain armed upon the "Komplete_Kontrol_A" and "SL_MkIII" scripts being disconnected.
When a Komplete Kontrol A device is connected, it is now automatically selected in the Preferences.
-Interface Improvements
Improved Live's drawing performance.
Previously for macro-mapped parameters, the modulation envelope would appear grayed out. Now, the automation envelope appears grayed out instead, since the modulation still has an effect on the mapped value, whereas the automation has not.
Unified the off-grid color indication for the vertical automation guide line and markers in the Arrangement and Detail View.
Improved the speed of text rendering on HiDPI/Retina screens.
Added minor graphics improvements for device chains.
Replaced "Master/Slave" references:
"ReWire Master/Slave" is now "ReWire Host/Device"
"Tempo Master/Slave" is now "Tempo Leader/Follower"
Analog’s Filter 2 "Slave" switch is now called "Follow"
