Ableton Live 12 Out Now

Ableton Live 12 is now available. This major update gives music makers new tools for starting and building on their ideas, exciting sounds and devices to spark inspiration, and workflow changes to encourage uninterrupted creative flow.

Get Ableton Live 12 here!

What’s new in Live 12

Sound Similarity Search – Start with a sample and tell Live’s browser to find comparable sounds and instrument or drum presets.
Similar Sample Swapping – Use sound similarity to find and swap comparable samples in Simpler or Drum Rack.
Browser tagging – Discover new sounds and find them again more easily with Live’s new tagging system.
MIDI Transformations and Generators – Use MIDI Transformations to add ornaments and articulations, draw acceleration and deceleration curves, connect successive notes and chords, and simulate the strum of a guitar.
Max for Live MIDI Tools – Try out additional Max for Live Transformations and Generators that give you deeper ways of working with MIDI, or go even further by building new ones.
Keys and Scales – Transform or generate ideas within the confines of the selected scale, or sync the scale of MIDI devices to the clip being played.
Tuning Systems – Work outside 12-tone equal temperament, and use your chosen tuning.
Meld – A highly expressive 12-voice MPE-capable synthesizer that uses FM, subtractive and granular synthesis.
Roar – Create everything from subtle and precise mastering-grade warmth to wild and unpredictable sound degradation.
Stacked Detail Views – Stack Live’s Clip and Device Views to see more of what’s going on in your track at a glance.
View styling – Live 12’s cleaner, more modern look removes visual complexity and keeps the focus on your music.
Mixer improvements – Use Live’s Mixer in Arrangement View to get more information and control without moving to Session View and breaking the flow.