Ableton 11 update#

(They also couldn't be more different from a sonic standpoint.)Ībleton was smart enough to update a few of its stock instruments to support MPE too, like Wavetable and Sampler. I mention those two in particular because they've been my go-to testbeds for exploring MPE. That means instruments that respond to MPE like Arturia's Pigments and sonicLAB's Fundamental can be that much more expressive when paired with the right controller, like the Sensel Morph. Bitwig has it, Logic has it, even Garage band has it.

Ableton Live is one of the last major DAWs to add support for MIDI polyphonic expression. Lets start with arguably the marquee feature - MPE support. Here's a quick overview of what's new and the standout features (to me). So if your machine was already struggling after the last big update, you might want to wait until you can upgrade your hardware too. And Live 10 was a lot more resource intensive than Live 9. Just know that Live 11 is a bit more resource intensive that Live 10.

I've been using the beta since it was announced back in November and while I haven't put every new feature through its paces, I can say unequivocally that Live 11 is a solid upgrade from 10 and well worth your time. That's in addition to lots of little interface tweaks and updates to Push support. The list of new features in Live 11 is long and impressive: Comping linked track editing MPE support expression editing live tempo following macro improvements updated devices and soundpacks five new devices, including a hybrid reverb and new pitch shifting plugin chance tools plus a host of improvements to Max for Live. The latest version of its incredibly popular DAW is out of beta and available to all. Ableton announced Live 11 in mid November and now it's finally here.

Ableton 11