Albeton Live

Albeton Live as a producing software has only been recently released and it is definitely a favourite in the producing world. 

Okay so let me tell you a little about it. Its master features include:  a music sequencer, a digital audio workstation, composing ability, live recording, arranging and mixing beats, mastering, crossfading and has compatible turntables for both Mac and Windows unlike some programs which do not allow for this such as Fl Studio. In that case for Fl Studio you need to download Boot Camp on Mac to have this software. The great thing is that for Ableton Live there is no worry about having to download any extras and it is one of the first music software out there that automatically beat matches songs. I can say that I definitely take my hat off to these developers.  

I have put a list of some of the great audio effects on Albeton Live and it is a BIG list. The effects that I love include: auto filter, auto pan, beat repeat, chorus, compressor, corpus, dynamic tube, eq eight, eq three, filter delay, flanger, frequency, shifter, grain delay, limiter, looper, multiband dynamics, ping pong delay, redox, resonators, reverb, saturator, simple delay, spectrum, utility, vinyl distortion, midi effects, arpeggiator, chord, note length, pitch, random, scale and velocity. There is so much there so it may be a good idea to check out the website for more information. 

Albeton Live shares many features with the other software that we will be talking about throughout the different posts we put up. Even though the features can be similar to FL Studio and MixCraft, a lot of people have labelled Albeton Live as software with quality. My absolute favourite feature in Albeton Live is live recording which is perfect in terms giving your voice dynamics and really stepping up the overall quality of the entirety of the song. 

On the down side it is not the easiest producing software to use. It can be daunting. It is important to really learn and master this software to get the most out of its potential because the final and professional result is worth aiming for. 

This software is quite costly compared to the others we are mentioning but worth the money. Live 9 Introduction costs $599, Live 9 Standard costs $948 and Live 8 Suite costs $1198. These are discounted prices and students can take off a further 40% off the prices. There is also an opportunity for users to buy an upgrade instead of having to purchase a brand new Live version.

https://www.ableton.com/en/sh

Check it out. Definitely worth the money...

Till next time ... George