Key Features |
|---|
| Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation |
| Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo |
| Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz |
| Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments |
| Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching |
| Group tracksUpdated for Live 10 LiteUse multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily. |
| VST and Audio Unit support |
| Time signature changes |
| Multiple automation lanes |
| Track Freeze |
| Capture MIDINew in Live 10 Lite Recall your best ideas after you've played them – Capture MIDI can turn what you played into MIDI clips, without having to think about recording. |
| Automatic plug-in delay compensation |
| MIDI remote control instant mapping |
| MIDI output to hardware synths |
| MIDI Clock/sync |
| ReWire |
| Multicore/multiprocessor support |
| WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support |
| Ableton Link A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network. |
| 8 Audio & MIDI tracks |
| 8 Scenes |
| 2 Send and return tracks |
| 8 Mono audio input channelsUpdated for Live 10 Lite |
| 8 Mono audio output channelsUpdated for Live 10 Lite |
| Complex warp modesNew in Live 10 Lite Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks. |
Software Instruments |
Drum Rack An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid. |
Impulse A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities. |
Simpler An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters. |
Instrument Rack Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls. |
Ableton Live Vst Instruments
Audio Effects |
Auto Filter Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO. |
Beat Repeat Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal. |
Chorus Create thickening or flanging effects with two parallel modulated delays. |
Compressor Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness. |
EQ Three Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers. |
Erosion Adds 'digital'-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals. |
Redux Bit- and sample-rate reduction for classic lo-fi sounds. |
Reverb Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms. |
Simple Delay Two independent delay lines with feedback and tempo sync. |
Tuner Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune. |
UtilityUpdated for Live 10 Lite Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more. |
Audio Effect Rack Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains. |
Live scans all available plug-ins and once completed they will show up in Live's browser under Plug-Ins. If you've installed the plug-in correctly but it's still not appearing in Live, see our dedicated article: VST/AU plug-in doesn't appear in Live. Live Versions: All Operating System: All Supported Plug-in formats VST2 - 64 & 32-bit VST3 - 64-bit (Live 10.1 and later only).
MIDI Effects |
Arpeggiator Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern. |
Chord Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords. |
Note Length Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off. |
Pitch Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount. |
Random Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes. |
Scale Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes. |
Velocity Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity. |
MIDI Effect Rack Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls. |
VST and AU instruments can only be placed in Live MIDI tracks and, like Live instruments, they will receive MIDI and output audio signals. Plug-in audio effects can only be placed in audio tracks or following instruments. Please see the previous section, Using the Live Devices (see 17.1), for details. Plug-Ins in the Browser. There are other 'Top 5 Free VST Plugin' lists out there, but this one is dedicated to electronic music production, more specifically, in Ableton Live. Synth1 Modeled after the Nord Lead 2, this synthesizer is the best free soft synth around.
Includes Live's core library of sounds and presets
Racks
Vst Plugins For Ableton
- 268 Instrument Racks
- 48 Drum Racks
- 117 Audio Effect Racks
- 5 MIDI Effect Racks
Ableton Live Vst Plug-ins
Presets
Key Features |
|---|
| Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation |
| Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo |
| Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz |
| Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments |
| Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching |
| Group tracksUpdated for Live 10 LiteUse multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily. |
| VST and Audio Unit support |
| Time signature changes |
| Multiple automation lanes |
| Track Freeze |
| Capture MIDINew in Live 10 Lite Recall your best ideas after you've played them – Capture MIDI can turn what you played into MIDI clips, without having to think about recording. |
| Automatic plug-in delay compensation |
| MIDI remote control instant mapping |
| MIDI output to hardware synths |
| MIDI Clock/sync |
| ReWire |
| Multicore/multiprocessor support |
| WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support |
| Ableton Link A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network. |
| 8 Audio & MIDI tracks |
| 8 Scenes |
| 2 Send and return tracks |
| 8 Mono audio input channelsUpdated for Live 10 Lite |
| 8 Mono audio output channelsUpdated for Live 10 Lite |
| Complex warp modesNew in Live 10 Lite Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks. |
Software Instruments |
Drum Rack An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid. |
Impulse A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities. |
Simpler An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters. |
Instrument Rack Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls. |
Ableton Live Vst Instruments
Audio Effects |
Auto Filter Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO. |
Beat Repeat Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal. |
Chorus Create thickening or flanging effects with two parallel modulated delays. |
Compressor Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness. |
EQ Three Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers. |
Erosion Adds 'digital'-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals. |
Redux Bit- and sample-rate reduction for classic lo-fi sounds. |
Reverb Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms. |
Simple Delay Two independent delay lines with feedback and tempo sync. |
Tuner Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune. |
UtilityUpdated for Live 10 Lite Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more. |
Audio Effect Rack Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains. |
Live scans all available plug-ins and once completed they will show up in Live's browser under Plug-Ins. If you've installed the plug-in correctly but it's still not appearing in Live, see our dedicated article: VST/AU plug-in doesn't appear in Live. Live Versions: All Operating System: All Supported Plug-in formats VST2 - 64 & 32-bit VST3 - 64-bit (Live 10.1 and later only).
MIDI Effects |
Arpeggiator Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern. |
Chord Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords. |
Note Length Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off. |
Pitch Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount. |
Random Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes. |
Scale Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes. |
Velocity Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity. |
MIDI Effect Rack Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls. |
VST and AU instruments can only be placed in Live MIDI tracks and, like Live instruments, they will receive MIDI and output audio signals. Plug-in audio effects can only be placed in audio tracks or following instruments. Please see the previous section, Using the Live Devices (see 17.1), for details. Plug-Ins in the Browser. There are other 'Top 5 Free VST Plugin' lists out there, but this one is dedicated to electronic music production, more specifically, in Ableton Live. Synth1 Modeled after the Nord Lead 2, this synthesizer is the best free soft synth around.
Includes Live's core library of sounds and presets
Racks
Vst Plugins For Ableton
- 268 Instrument Racks
- 48 Drum Racks
- 117 Audio Effect Racks
- 5 MIDI Effect Racks
Ableton Live Vst Plug-ins
Presets
Ableton Live Vst3
- 50 Instrument Presets
- 172 Audio Effect Presets
- 109 MIDI Effect Presets
Samples
- 84 Loops
- 1249 Drum Hits
- 513 Multisamples, FX and other one-shots
