Ableton Live 7 is your companion during every stage of the musical process, from creation to production to performance. Live offers two main views that interact in a powerful and unique way, allowing you to create, produce and perform your music all in a single application. The unique Session View acts as a powerful musical sketch and launch pad, allowing you to try out new ideas easily and improvise freely, The Arrangement View offers a timeline-based approach for traditional multitrack recording, MIDI sequencing and other music production tasks. You can even improvise in the Session View, and all of your actions will be recorded into the Arrangement View, where they can be edited whenever you like. Other features include: Built-in software instruments - Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums Instrument-, Drum-, Effect Racks for creating and managing complex performance setups, drum kits and multi-effects VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation REX file support and native sliced audio file creation Video import and export for scoring to picture or warping picture to music Real-time control of parameters with any MIDI controller just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping Full ReWire support Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation Multicore and multiprocessor support
