Live 9 and Push are here (2024)

Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2013

Today, Ableton has released Live 9, the highly anticipated new version of its popular music creation software. Today also marks the release of Push - Ableton’s first hardwareinstrument.

Ableton Live 9

The latest version of Live features a multitude of innovations and improvements - designedto inspire creative music makers everywhere.

The most important new features at a glance:

• Session automation: In Live 9’s Session View, automation can now berecorded inreal time directly within clips. Automation can move together with clips betweenArrangement and Session View.
• Find sounds fast: In Live 9’s re-designed browser, all instruments, effects, samples, andplug-ins are in one easy-to-navigate view. Drag and drop folders from anywhere onyour computer, search as you type and navigate from the keyboard to find everythingquickly.
• Discover new sounds:Live 9 comes with a large selection of production-ready sounds(more than 3000 in the Suite edition), providing a full range ofsynthesizers, drum kitsand one-shot samples, acoustic instruments, loops and much more - all powered byLive's built-in synthesizers, samplers and effects so they can be tweaked andpersonalized.
• Audio-to-MIDI: Live 9 has three ways to extract MIDI from audio clips. Use Drums-toMIDI to convert drum breaks into MIDI files for use with your own sounds. UseHarmony-to-MIDI and Melody-to-MIDI to get the notes and chords from samples.Sing, beatbox, tap a rhythm, or play any solo instrument, then use Melody or Drums-toMIDI to turn your recordings into MIDI clips to edit and reuse with any sound.
• Get your sound right: Live 9’s studio effects have all been reworked for even bettersound and usability. The Glue Compressor is a new effect - an authentic model of alegendary 1980s console bus compressor. EQ Eight now has an audition mode forisolating frequencies and an expandable spectrum display. The Gate and Compressoreffects feature a Gain Reduction view which shows changes in signal level over time.
• Edit the details: Live 9 introduces new tools and an improved workflow which allowfor fast and flexible editing of musical ideas. Transpose, reverse and stretch MIDI notesor warp clip automation and add curves to automation envelopes.
• Max for Live - now in Suite: The Suite edition of Live 9 comes with Max for Live -giving users access to an ever-expanding array of unique instruments, effects and tools.The included Max for Live boasts 25 new devices such as a convolution reverb, drumsynthesizer instruments, MIDI echo as well as reworked versions of classics such asStep Sequencer and Buffer Shuffler 2.

Live 9 pricing and availability:
Live 9 is available immediately at retailers worldwide and at Ableton.com
Prices start at USD 99 / EUR 79 (Live 9 Intro download version), USD 449 / EUR 349(Live 9 Standard download version) and USD 749 / EUR 599 (Live 9 Suite downloadversion).
Upgrades to Live 9 Standard and Live 9 Suite vary in price depending on the Abletonproducts you already own. More details at: www.ableton.com/shop

More information, including a video tour of Live 9:
www.ableton.com/en/live/new-in-9/

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Ableton releases Push -the hardware instrument formaking songs from scratch.

Push provides direct, hands-on control of melody and harmony, beats, sounds andstructure, powered by Ableton Live 9 running on your computer. High-quality, dynamicpads, buttons, encoders and display combined with aninnovative workflow allow you toplay and compose musical ideas without the need to look at or touch your computer

The most important features at a glance:

• Play and sequence beats: Push’s 64 velocity- and pressure-sensitive multi-color padscan be used to play, step sequence, and navigate within rhythm patterns - all at thesame time. The 11 touch-sensitive endless encoders can control device parameters,adjust velocity, nudge timing and more.
• Play melodies and chords in a new way: Push “folds” a keyboard’s worth of notesinto its 64 pads, with different pad colors showing the key center and other notes in thekey. This allows you to play in every key using the same finger patterns, move betweenkeys at the touch of a button, and explore new harmonies and phrases.
• Improvise with song structure: Push expands the scope of creation with its uniqueworkflow. Using just a few buttons to trigger clips, overdub notes, move between songmaterials and variations lets Ableton Live itself become anintuitively playable instrument.
• Move smoothly from creation to arrangement: Push offers both the inspiringinstrument to start creating music, and the full-featured software to finish off atrack.Everything created with Push is laid out in Ableton Live on your computer - ready forfine-tuning, arrangement and export.
• Includes Ableton Live 9: Push includes Ableton Live 9 Intro and works with any editionof Ableton Live 9 (Intro, Standard, Suite). All the included instruments, effects andsounds, as well as your own libraries, are ready to be played,tweaked, andpersonalized.
• Designed by Ableton, built by Akai Professional:Utilizing Akai Pro’s long-standingexpertise in the field of pad controllers, Push features 64 pressure and velocity-sensitiveRGB (multi-colored) pads with an adaptive layout and a touch strip with 24 LEDs forpitch bending or navigating through a Drum Rack. The 11 touch-sensitive encodersand LCD display adapt dynamically to control and show active parameters.
• Fits inside a backpack alongside a laptop: Push is 370 mm / 14.57 inches wide,293 mm / 11.54 inches deep and is 46 mm / 1.81 inches in height (includingencoders) and weighs 2990g / 6.59 pounds. Backside connections are a USB port,power adaptor input and two assignable footswitch inputs. (Push is USB-powered, thebrightness of the display and LEDs can be increased by using the included powersupply).

Push pricing and availability:
Push includes a download version of Live 9. Prices start at USD 599 / EUR 499 for Push+ Live 9 Intro, USD 849 / EUR 778 for Push + Live 9 Standard, and USD 1099 / EUR998 for Push + Live 9 Suite.

Bundle upgrade discounts are available for owners of previous versions of Live.Push can be ordered via Ableton.com and at Ableton dealers now.Due to anticipated high demand, waiting periods for delivery of Push units areexpectedinitially.

More information, including a video tour of Push:
www.ableton.com/en/push

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High-res images, screenshots and logos,visit:www.ableton.com/press

About Ableton

Ableton makes Live - a unique music creation and performance software - and Push, ahardware instrument for playing and composing with Live. Ableton was founded in 1999and released the first version of Live in 2001. Since then, the company has receivedoutstanding press, numerous awards and attracted a worldwide community of dedicatedmusicians, composers and DJs. The company headquarters are in Berlin, with anadditional office in Los Angeles. Ableton is run by its original founders and currently hasabout 140 employees.

For more information, contact:

Ableton Public Relations
Schönhauser Allee 6/7
10119 Berlin
Germany