Here we go: http://www.ableton.com/pages/live_8/announcement/home

New in Ableton Live 8
Version 8 enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements.


New groove engine
Groove patterns can add life and swing to straight sequences. Live 8's new groove engine lets you apply groove patterns in real time, extract grooves from audio or MIDI sources, quantize audio and MIDI in real time. It also comes with a new groove library.

New warping engine
Live 8 introduces a new, more direct way of working with warping and some important Warp Mode enhancements. You can now warp audio events by adjusting the events themselves on the timeline. Beats Mode has been updated, and there's a completely new Complex Warp Mode. Plus you can slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients.

Looper
A much-requested feature, the Ableton Looper effect gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.

New effects
Live 8 includes five powerful new effects: Vocoder, Multiband Dynamics, Overdrive, Limiter and Frequency Shifter. These effects cover all the well-known aspects of these devices, but really shine due to some innovative features and enhancements from the Ableton labs.

Workflow enhancements
Version 8 makes Live easier with a number of most-wanted enhancements and some deceptively simple detail work including real-time crossfades in the Arrangement View, enhanced MIDI editing, group tracks, a screen magnifier and more.

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

jeez

didn't 7 just come out?

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yay

Looking forward to this, as I have with every other previous release of Ableton.

Looking forward to the new looping stuff and the additional effects.

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>>> Beatport Stuff <<<

quote:

Originally posted by sot jeez didn't 7 just come out?

Live 7 came out over a year ago. Really excited for the midi editing improvements and the grouped tracks. And everything else really.

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

Any news on a release date yet?

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>>> Beatport Stuff <<<

2nd Quarter 2009, so probably April-May.

Beta to start by end of Jan.

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

Finally watched all the videos on the site...........This is going to be off the fucking hook

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>>> Beatport Stuff <<<

Nice
Finally they are using the élastique Pro algorithm for complex warping.

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https://soundcloud.com/j-t-parker

I tell you what up until I found out about the below and the Akai APC40 I was a bit meh but with their linkup with the Max/MSP ppl Cycling '74 Im going to think seriously about using it for more than playing live.

http://www.ableton.com/extend

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Kuroi
@ web/Kuroi Music
@ myspace/Kuroi Music

promo track: Mirco de Govia - Voller Sterne (Kuroi Remix)

The Akai APC40 is a tempting purchase.

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There's absolutely zero chance that I won't be buying it =P Apparently it's only $399 MSRP

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

crazy price! Prob be £400 here through

Shame about $ to £ exchange rate as would import for USA

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Kuroi
@ web/Kuroi Music
@ myspace/Kuroi Music

promo track: Mirco de Govia - Voller Sterne (Kuroi Remix)