Ableton Live 8, APC40 & Remote 49 SL Compact

Live 8, APC40 & Remote 49 SL Compact description:

This bundle includes Live 8 for APC owners, AKAI APC40 Controller and a Novation Remote 49 SL Compact Controller Keyboard.

The Ableton Live 8 Production and Performance DAW enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements.

The Ableton Live 8 Production and Performance DAW features an enhanced groove engine and warping engine. Also a looper, five powerful effects and all-round improved workflow.

The Ableton Live 8 Production and Performance DAW Main Features Include:

• Groove patterns dynamically influence the timing and velocity/volume of audio and MIDI material. This can add life and swing to straight patterns, give a track more drive, or lend a piece an easy, laid-back feeling.
• Apply groove patterns to any audio or MIDI clips in real time. Change the feel of the whole piece or just selected clips.
• Choose from an extensive library of groove patterns, captured from songs played by some of music's most original, expressive and soulful drummers.
• Extract groove patterns from any audio or MIDI source to build your own groove library from your favorite tracks.
• Quantize audio and MIDI in real time: non-destructive velocity and timing adjustments for rhythmic correction.
• Randomize audio and MIDI timing for a more human feel.
• Intuitive warping allows you to adjust events on the timeline instead of stretching and squeezing the timeline around the events.
• Transient handles: Live analyzes and assigns handles to the transients in audio files automatically.
• Slice by transient: slice audio to MIDI based on Live 8's new transient analysis.
• Enhanced Beats Warp Mode for improved warping of percussive material and new control options.
• Improved Complex Warp Mode using élastique Pro for warping complex, polyphonic material with fewer artifacts.
• One-touch operation: Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more using a single footswitch (not included) and without touching the computer.
• Endless overdubs, tape-loop style for infinite improv jams.
• First loop sync: Live reads the tempo from the length of the first loop you record and automatically syncs up. This eliminates timing issues and lets you record without the click.
• Simple loop management: drag and drop a loop from Looper into a clip slot to make a clip; drag a clip back again to reload it into Looper.
• Multiple Looper sync lets you run as many Loopers as you want without any synchronization headaches.
• Five powerful new effects, each with a strong personality and serious "classic" potential. These effects add a special Ableton shine to the well-known aspects of these devices, giving you effects that are not only practical and easy to use but also inspiring.

Vocoder
Multiband Dynamics
Overdrive
Limiter
Frequency Shifter

• Crossfades in Arrangement View
• Enhanced MIDI editor
• Group tracks
• Multi-parameter manipulation
• Magnify the user interface
• Browser waveform display
• Plug-in parameters and many more...
• Mac System Requirements: Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive
• Windows System Requirements: 1.5 GHz CPU or faster, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive

The Akai APC40 Ableton Control Surface was developed in joint partnership with Ableton to be used as a control surface for the Ableton Live DAW.

The Akai APC40 Ableton Control Surface automatically maps all controls and functions to Ableton Live so you dont have to. However Controls can be re-mapped to your preferred settings.

The Akai APC40 Ableton Control Surface Main Features Include:

• Clip Matrix: 8x5 grid of 40 triggers
• User can access any number of clips in a project
• Multicolor triggers
• LED rings surround each knob
• 4 banks of 8 Global Parameters
• 8 banks of 8 Track Parameters
• Knobs are dynamically re-assigned to selected track

The Novation ReMOTE SL COMPACT 49, combined with Automap Universal, provides an affordable route to automatic, instant and intelligent control of all major sequencers and all automatable plug-ins.

The Novation ReMOTE SL COMPACT features a huge 144-character screen display shows up to eight assigned parameters at once, with the essential data laid out logically right before the user’s eyes. Novation’s Automap Universal software, unique to the SL range, ensures that little or no user setup is required. Sequencer controls are automatically mapped to the SL COMPACT the moment the sequencer boots up, whilst all VST or AU parameters are intuitively assigned as soon as a plug-in opens.

With the SL COMPACT, artists are free to focus on what matters most – their music. SL COMPACT also ships with Novation’s new Xcite+ bundle, which features a host of exciting software solutions, including Ableton Live Lite 6; ideal to get the new user started, or to expand the experienced user’s creative toolbox.

Novation ReMOTE SL COMPACT 49 main features include:

• 144-character screen displays up to eight assigned parameters at once
• Novation’s Automap Universal software included
• pointer-assigned control technology
• professional, semi-weighted 2 octave keyboard featuring aftertouch
• USB bus powered
• Incluiding Xcite+ software bundle, featuring a host of exciting software solutions