What's New in Live 5?
(features found in live 5 not present in live 4 + previous)
1.2.1 Remix Features
- Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg FLAC and FLAC compressed audio files (see Sample Files)
- Auto-Warp (see Syncing Longer Pieces)
- Complex Warp Mode (see Complex Mode) for warping music containing beats, tones and textures
- Clip scrub, nudge and improved transport controls (see Clip Offset and Nudging)
1.2.2 Organizational Tools for Files and Sets
- File search function (see Searching for Files)
- Better browsing for files and folders (see Working with the File Browsers)
- LiveClip(seeLiveClips)formatforeasystorageandretrievalofclipanddevicesettings
- Import and export of Live Sets (see Importing and Exporting Sets with the Browser) and their components directly from the Browser
- Open Recent Set command
1.2.3 Clip and Track Enhancements
- Track Freeze (see Track Freeze) for conserving CPU resources and simplifying project sharing
- Track Delay controls (see Track Delays) to control for human, acoustic and hardware delays
- Multi-selection clip editing (see Clip View)
- Clip deactivation option (see Clip Activator Switch)
1.2.4 Working with Arrangements
- Launchable Arrangement Locators (see Launching the Arrangement with Locators)
- New Arrangement Transport (see Transport)
- Track I/O in the Arrangement View (see Routing and I/O)
1.2.5 Editing MIDI
- Detailed and adaptive MIDI quantization options (see Arranging and Quantizing Notes)
- Preview in the MIDI Editor (see The MIDI Editor)
- MIDI note deactivation option (see Deactivating Notes)
1.2.6 MIDI and Key Remote Control
- Mackie Control support (see Mackie Control)
- Improved mapping for the crossfader (see Using Live's Crossfader)
1.2.7 Resources
- Valuable library (see The Library) of clips, device presets and Live Sets
- Library expansion and customization with Live Packs (see Live Packs)
- New interactive built-in program lessons (see Learn About Live)
1.2.8 Live Effects and Instruments
- Beat Repeat (see Beat Repeat) for reorganizing and shredding beats and vocals
- Phaser (see Phaser) and Flanger (see Flanger)
- Auto Pan (see Auto Pan) for LFO-driven manipulation of amplitude and panning
- Saturator (see Saturator) for subtle-to-drastic distortion effects
- Arpeggiator (see Arpeggiator)
- New features for Simpler (see Simpler) and Operator (see Operator)
1.2.9 Using Devices
- Browser-based device preset management (see Live Device Presets)
- Device groups (see Device Groups) for saving multi-effect combinations together with instruments
- Device delay compensation (see Device Delay Compensation) for Live and plug-in instruments and effects
- Live can receive MIDI messages from plug-ins
- VST Plug-ins can be stored in various directories (see The VST Plug-In Folder)
1.2.10 Miscellaneous
- (PC) / Ctrl (Mac) context menus for many commands and settings
- Zoom-adaptive or fixed grid options (see Using the Editing Grid)
- Count-in recording (see Recording with Count-in)
- Monitoring status easily visible when the In/Out section is hidden
- Files, Sets and presets can be dragged into Live from the Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac)
