Live's user interface is composed of two 'Views' – the Arrangement View and the Session View. Live itself was not prototyped in Max, although most of the audio devices were. They released the first version of Live in 2001 as commercial software. HistoryĪbleton co-founders Gerhard Behles, Robert Henke, and Bernd Roggendorf developed Live from homemade software that Behles and Henke had created to facilitate their live music performances as Monolake. Live is available in three editions: Intro (with limited key features), Standard, and Suite. It is also used by DJs, as it offers a suite of controls for beatmatching, crossfading, and other different effects used by turntablists, and was one of the first music applications to automatically beatmatch songs.
In contrast to many other software sequencers, Ableton Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing, recording, arranging, mixing, and mastering. Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation developed by Ableton for macOS and Windows.
