Need help getting started? Included with a number of apps and hardware products, Live 10 Lite is a lightweight version of Ableton Live Watch: What is Live Lite?
Both for writing solo or recording a band, Live Lite is fast and flexible software. And all the instruments, sounds and effects you need are there to start songs, shape your sound and finish off your music. Learn Live Setting up an audio interface. Take your sketches from music-making apps further in Live Lite. Save your project as a Live Set, then transfer onto your laptop and arrange and mix your songs.
Check out the latest Export-enabled applications. Operator A versatile synthesizer combining frequency modulation and subtractive synthesis. Poli A virtual analog synth designed for classic polyphonic chords and phrases. Its vintage character comes from de-tunable oscillators, a powerful modulation section and built-in chorus. Sampler Updated for Live 11 Sampling instrument with multisample playback and import as well as profound sound design options.
Tension Updated for Live 11 Physical modeling string synthesizer. Wavetable Updated for Live 11 Immediately playable, infinitely capable, Wavetable is a new synthesizer built by Ableton. Stretch, morph and shape a wide range of waveforms into a rich and vast sound palette.
Packs Intro Standard Suite Play. Chop and Swing Updated for Live 11 A homage to the style that made sampling an art form and put a new kind of groove on the musical map. Chop and Swing comes loaded with curated recordings and professional presets perfect for cutting up and re-combining into fresh new tracks.
Drum Essentials Drum Essentials is a collection of handpicked sounds selected to cover a wide range of styles. A flexible, highly refined Pack to form the rhythmic foundation of any production. Grand Piano Updated for Live 11 Multiple articulations, sampled from a carefully prepared and programmed piano to capture the virtuosity of the classical grand piano sounds. Guitars and Bass A set of electric guitars and basses, expertly multisampled to cover different playing styles, velocities and articulations - from funky slap bass to gently strummed guitar chords.
Mood Reel New in Live 11 A collection of sounds for making music with a modern narrative feel. Evocative layered instruments combine organic and synthetic sounds with textural elements to add mood, space and movement to productions. Skitter and Step Updated for Live 11 A sound collection that inhabits the space where growling basses, rinsing pads and jarring melodies collide with jagged, broken percussion. The cavernous spaces, dubby basses and tight drums are ready for production but were designed for deep sound manipulation.
Beat Tools With more than Drum and Instrument Racks, over loops for slicing, tweakable effects chains and more, Beat Tools has all the sounds you need for hands-on beatmaking — especially with Push. Brass Quartet New in Live 11 Features a rich blend of trumpet, French horn, tenor saxophone and trombone in your music. The instrument highlights the natural breathiness, range of expression and broad tonality of the brass quartet.
Created in collaboration with Spitfire Audio. Build and Drop Build and Drop is loaded with ecstatic leads, enveloping bass, slamming drums and a range of rises, sirens and sounds effects. A creative toolbox for building the irresistible anticipation and release this music uses to keep the party going. Drive and Glow Updated for Live 11 Drive and Glow combines swirling synth textures, overdriven guitars and basses and pounding drums. Carefully curated to be mix-ready out of the box, this Pack is perfect for creating tracks that radiate with saturated, indie vibes.
Drone Lab New in Live 11 Weave complex, evolving threads through your productions with tonal and textural samples, generative noise, multisampled instruments, plus devices and Effect Racks designed for experimentation. Drum Booth Updated for Live 11 Drum Booth contains carefully curated samples of acoustic kits recorded in a tight, dry room.
Perfect on their own or as reinforcement for electronic drums, Drum Booth also offers unique post processing options and experimental recordings not possible with standard acoustic libraries. Special attention was given to making this Pack sound as true-to-life and organic as possible.
The result is characterful electric keys for any genre. Glitch and Wash This collection explores the contrast of organic texture and precise rhythms — combining precision slices, jagged electronic noise and microscopic snippets of sound with warm ambient pads, textures and soundscapes. Inspired by Nature New in Live 11 Six playful instruments and effects that use natural and physical processes as their inspiration. Created in collaboration with Dillon Bastan. Latin Percussion A collection of acoustic percussion instruments such as congas, timbales, claves, shakers, tambourines and bells from the worlds of Brazillian, Afro-Cuban and African music.
Orchestral Brass A thorough set of vivid and colorful brass instruments. Features solo and ensemble French horn, trombone, trumpet and tuba, with a unique set of articulations in multiple section sizes. Orchestral Mallets The true essence of symphonic percussion instruments in pristine quality.
Features vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, crotales, glockenspiel, tubular bells, cymbals and timpani with a variety of articulations. Orchestral Strings A comprehensive selection of naturally rich and dynamic stringed instruments. Features solo and ensemble violin, viola, cello and double bass, all record in their natural positions within the orchestra, complete with a number of articulations.
Orchestral Woodwinds Features a variety of clear and vibrant wind instruments. Includes solo and ensemble flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe and English horn, with a broad spectrum of articulations. Probability Pack A collection of creative sequencers that introduce probability and chance to your music.
Punch and Tilt A dancefloor-ready collection of sounds focused on machine rhythms, weighty bass and dark, hypnotizing melodies, textures and noises — a rough sonic aesthetic that started with a small group of underground producers and has grown into a worldwide scene.
Session Drums Club A multisampled library of acoustic drums for nuanced play. Features room ambience from club environments. Session Drums Studio A multisampled library of acoustic drums that reproduces the nuances of a recording session.
Features clear studio recordings of world-class drum kits, properly miked and ready to play. Singularities Singularities makes use of single samples and finely tuned, expressive parameters to capture the sound and feel of classic synths and samplers.
String Quartet New in Live 11 This combination of two violins, viola and cello has a sound that is immediately intimate, and is also a great starting point for sonic exploration. Created by top artists and sound designers, Synth Essentials makes it easy to find the sounds you need with no interruption to your creative flow. Voice Box New in Live 11 A comprehensive collection of contemporary vocal samples from multiple voices, a set of playable vocal instruments, and Effect Racks designed for vocal processing.
Audio Effects Intro Standard Suite. Audio Effect Rack Updated for Live 11 Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains.
Auto Pan LFO-driven panning, tremolo and beat-synchronized chopping effects. Beat Repeat Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal.
Channel EQ A flexible and simple EQ with curves and gain ranges suitable for a variety of audio material. Chorus-Ensemble Updated for Live 11 Create thickening, flanging and vibrato effects. Ensemble is a new algorithm inspired by a thick 3-delay line chorus used in the 70s for string machines.
Compressor Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness. Delay A simple delay with Ping pong behavior, filter modulation and the ability to infinitely repeat the input signal.
Gate Dynamics processing for noise reduction and decay or reverb shaping. Grain Delay Granular delay with controlled or randomized pitch. Limiter Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering. Looper Records, loops and overdubs audio, based on classic hardware looping pedals.
Phaser-Flanger Updated for Live 11 Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges. Redux Updated for Live 11 Redux adds a wider range of sounds from vintage digital gear including harsh distortion, digital and aliasing artifacts, as well as warm and saturated 8-bit textures. Reverb Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms. Saturator Waveshaping distortion for adding dirt, punch and warmth. Tuner Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune.
Utility Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more. Drum Buss A one-stop workstation for drums, capable of adding warmth, distortion, drive, compression, transient shaping, plus a dedicated low end section. Dynamic Tube Tube saturation for added harmonics and warmth.
Envelope Follower Now in Live 11 Standard Use the envelope of any audio material to control device parameters. EQ Eight Eight parametric filters with a variety of controls for shaping timbre. External Audio Effect A tool for integrating your external hardware effects into your Live Sets with the ease and flexibility of plug-ins. Filter Delay Three delay lines with independent filtering, feedback, stereo position, and more. Frequency Shifter Classic frequency shifting and ring modulation, for effects ranging from subtle phasing to dissonant, metallic sounds.
Glue Compressor Analog-modeled compressor based on the classic bus compressor from a famous 80s mixing console. Multi-band Dynamics Upward and downward compression and expansion of up to three frequency bands. Overdrive Distortion effect based on classic guitar pedals. Resonators Five parallel, tunable resonators that apply a tonal character to incoming audio. Shaper Now in Live 11 Standard A flexible envelope modulation device for creating custom modulation shapes.
Spectrum Realtime analysis and visualization of incoming audio. Vinyl Distortion Emulates the noise and distortion of vinyl records.
Amp Emulates the sound and character of seven classic guitar amplifiers. Cabinet Emulates the sound and character of five classic guitar cabinets.
Color Limiter Another flavor of limiting inspired by the gritty sounds achievable with hardware limiters. The Saturation and Color parameters are the key to its characterful sound. Convolution Reverb Capture the characteristic reverb of real physical spaces with advanced sound shaping. Corpus Updated for Live 11 Simulates the acoustic characteristics of seven types of resonant objects.
CV Envelope Follower Use the envelope of any audio material to control device parameters. CV Shaper A flexible and envelope modulation device for creating custom modulation shapes. CV Utility Merge multiple modulation signals to generate new shapes. Echo The sound of classic analog and digital hardware delays in a single device.
Gated Delay A delay with a gate sequencer that sends the incoming signal to a delay line on activated steps.
