So, I got my copy of Ableton Live 9 Suite. For me the ordering, payment, download and authorization went really smooth. Not so for many of those who jumped on the upgrade express train the very moment the release was announced on Tuesday morning. It turned out that the Ableton website couldn’t handle the traffic and it was taken down for a few hours. Patience is a virtue so I waited till the rush was over and made my purchase and download without any interruption during a couple of hours late Tuesday night.
When opening Live 9 for the first time it looks much like the previous version, only now with an updated look. The look is quite nice and I like the new default colour scheme. In the Preferences menu you can change to a different look, although the selection seem to be somewhat reduced compared to Ableton 8. Who cares.
What’s under the hood? The list of new features and enhancement is not endless, but for me the upgrade from Live 8 Suite to Live 9 Suite was a no brainer.
New features:
· Record automation into clips in Session View
· New automation curves
· Enhanced browser
· Glue Compressor
· Improved EQ Eight
· Compressor has got a new display (graphical representation of real-time audio processing)
· Gate has got a new display (graphical representation of real-time audio processing)
· Converting audio to MIDI
· New MIDI editing tools
· Live Suite now comes with Max for Live
· Convolution Reverb
I’ve only had a couple of hours with Live 9, but so far my impressions are very good. Live was already a music production software of its own kind, designed to give the user the best framework for creativity in sound design and electronic music production. With the new version it’s now even better. The 64 bit version of Live 9 was rock solid and glitch free on my Mac (OSX 10.7) during these hours of initial testing.
Read more here: https://www.ableton.com/en/
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