Live Intro

Ableton Live Intro gives you the essentials of Ableton Live at a great price. Whether you're a talented newcomer or a seasoned professional, Live Intro has got what you need for writing songs, making beats, recording, remixing, DJing and performing your music live on stage.
If you're just starting out, Live's fluid workflow, real-time audio manipulation and an impressive 7 GB audio content package provide a smart step into the world of music production and digital DJing.

For established DJs and producers, Intro provides studio-quality sound and an opportunity to plug Live's renowned composition and performance features into your current setup. A whole new way to write and perform for less than the price of a plug-in.

Start making music: Get started quickly with intuitive composition tools, beats, samples, instruments and interactive lessons.

Enhance your studio setup: Inject your sequencer with Ableton Live power via ReWire. Plus full AU and VST support, and up to 32-bit/192-kHz quality.

Play live on stage: Perform, improvise and remix live: Intro plays like an instrument and it's completely stable.

DJs, get creative: Enter the world of digital DJing or power-up your current DJ set with live remixing, effects and recording.

Intro's audio package proves that quality and quantity can go hand-in-hand. 7 GB of loops, beats and instruments from renowned sound designers cover the whole style spectrum from gritty hip hop through soul to edgy, avant-garde electronica. 500 instruments and drum kits, arranged in Ableton's Rack format, provide inspiring sounds that you can tweak and manipulate for perfectionist sound-shaping. If you're just starting out, all the sounds you need are right here.

Key features

• Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
• Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
• Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
• Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
• Top-grade content package with loops and beats from premium sound designers
• 500 built-in Instrument Racks and Drum Racks plus Simpler (a sampler) and Impulse (a virtual drum machine)
• 200 built-in audio and MIDI effects
• New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
• VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
• Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
• Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
• Multicore and multiprocessor support

Also includes

• 7 GB of loops, instruments and beats
• Printed Getting Started Guide in English, French or German
• Built-in interactive lessons
• Practical "Construction Kits"

Démos video

	Introducing: Ableton Live Intro

System requirements

Mac

• Intel Processor, 2 Ghz or more
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• Mac OS X 10.5 or later
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet connection for installation

Windows

• 2 GHz or more (multicore CPU recommended)
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime recommended
• Internet connection for installation

The installation size of the Instrument Collection

• 40GB for Suite 8
• 15 GB for Live 8
• 7GB for Live Intro

Product activation:
An internet connection on any computer is required to authorize / activate the product (Challenge/Response).