Ableton announced the upcoming release of Live 3, a new upgrade of their award-winning sequencing instrument for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows. Live 3 is scheduled for release in October of this year and will be available for public beta testing from www.ableton.com this weekend. Live 3 is the first integrated audio sequencing tool that gives users control "inside" of the sample. Live 3 now offers sound designers and musicians a whole new world in which they can easily and flexibly animate their samples.
Some of Live 3 new features : MIDI Key mapping, velocity sensitivity, clip envelopes, new legato mode, new effects, new quantization values, VST plug-in improvements...
Live 3 for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X : EUR/US$ 399 (MSRP) in October. Upgrades from previous Live versions will be available online at www.ableton.com. Upgrades from LIVE 2 are EUR/US$ 69 for the download version and EUR/US$ 99 for the boxed version. Upgrades from LIVE 1 are EUR/US$ 99 for the download version and EUR/US$ 129 for the boxed version. Users that buy or unlock Live 2 for the first time after August 1st 2003 will be eligible to receive a free upgrade to Live 3.
We should show Live 3 on our stand at Apple Expo.
