It’s easier to see the meters visually thanks to some adjustments to the gradient, and the metering is far more responsive so it’s easier to see level changes, especially transients. Those are much easier to see, but the big improvement is the way the metering works. (The mixer handles look more like the original Star Trek sick bay displays than ever!)įor reference – yeah, I’m sure someone at Ableton watched Trek and that show was ahead of its time. ![]() The Mixer has various refinements – a small color stripe on the bottom, a bigger volume handle, and dB readout on the right. Mixer with improved controls and metering. Yeah, this is also a big help to reorganization. Returns can be duplicated, reordered, copied, and pasted. Also, they’ve kept the view configuration for Arrangement and Session independent, so you can tweak each to show just what you want to see. You can also, at last, toggle the Mixer from Arrangement, not just Session. Finally, you can see the Clip Editor, Device View, automation, and device parameters all at once, without switching. (Couple of my favorites above, in a mix session!)Ĭustom Theme builders will need to target Live 12 separately, and I don’t yet have an answer on how that will work stay tuned. The default theme can now follow the system when swapping light and dark themes for day and night, too. Along with the UI rework, we get entirely new Themes, with a new approach to contrast and complimentary color that’s easier on the eyes. (Note that the menu bar is also now integrated.) Now everything has far less visual clutter and distraction. If you look at a lot of recent theme work, you’ll see many themes even try to hide those elements by manipulating color values. Anyone who’s ever tried to take a screenshot in Live knows exactly what this is about there were just a lot of extraneous elements that often didn’t really align with one another. Ableton has managed to clean house in the entire UI, so that scrollbars, view controls, and all that outlining – corner radius – padding – spacing business is completely reworked and tidied up. View Styling aka “all that extra crap is cleaned up.” Sorry, Ableton has a long and very elegant way of saying what they’ve done, but this is the easier way to put it. It’s still subtle enough that you’ll adapt more or less immediately, but they’ve done a lot of work. ![]() But this is probably the biggest single-version change to the host itself. If you look back at Live 1 and 2, you’ll see the software’s interface has gradually evolved a lot over the years. You’ll naturally first notice the new UI. Let’s take a look, as not everything is in the Live press release: Refined UI and accessibility The focus on Transformations, Generators, Keys, Scales, Tuning Systems, and then tools like the new Performance Pack means you can explore composing and performing with Live in new ways. ![]() It’s not just about a random selection of features, or some handful of new devices. What’s unique in this update is how much is there to play with. Live 12’s public beta will be available soon, but I’ve toured the software with Ableton and spent some time with a prerelease build.
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