Ableton Live Suite 12.1.11 macOS

New Features and Updates in Live 12

🎵 Play Freely with Ideas

- MIDI Transformations: Add articulations, simulate guitar strums, draw velocity curves, and more.
- MIDI Generators: Create original melodies, rhythms, and chords based on customizable parameters.
- Max for Live MIDI Tools: Customize or build new MIDI tools based on your ideas.
- MIDI Editing Improvements: Sort by pitch, velocity, or duration; reshape notes, and apply scale-based transformations.
- Keys and Scales: Set and highlight scales in clips; sync with Push and MIDI instruments.
- Expanded Probability: Assign probability to groups of notes or randomly trigger individual notes from a chord.
- Microtuning Support: Use custom tuning systems outside the traditional 12-tone scale.

🔊 Explore New Sounds

- Meld: A bi-timbral MPE instrument for rich, experimental tones.
- Granulator III: Now supports MPE and real-time audio capture for granular manipulation.
- Roar: A powerful sound coloring/saturation effect with multiband, feedback, and modulation options.

🌀 Improved Modulation

- Parameters stay adjustable even when modulated, allowing more expressive performance and workflow flexibility.

📦 New Sound Packs

- Lost and Found: Percussive textures and expressive objects for unique sound layering.
- Performance Pack: Live performance enhancements, macro control layers, and arrangement helpers.

🧠 Smarter Workflow & Interface

- Stacked Detail Views: See devices and clip editor at once.
- Arrangement View Mixer: Mixer now available in Arrangement View.
- Visual Improvements: Cleaner design with more intuitive layouts.

🔍 Enhanced Browser

- Tagging & Filtered Search: Find sounds faster with smart labels and custom collections.
- Sound Similarity Search: AI-powered tool to find similar samples and presets.
- Browser History: Revisit previously browsed sounds and categories.

🛠 Accessibility and Navigation

- Screen reader support and extended keyboard navigation.
- Customizable UI themes, including high-contrast mode.

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