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Live 2.0
Mac-based DJs looking to get a groove on are increasingly turning to loop-based sequencing applications. Much like Sonic Forge’s renowned Acid for Windows, Ableton’s Live 2.0 allows you to string together prerecorded audio loops to create dynamic dance tracks (and, if you’re a musician, to overdub tracks of your own).
You “play” Live from your MIDI keyboard by assigning keys on your keyboard to trigger loops and tracks. And because Live supports OS X’s CoreAudio functionality, you can easily record a live audio track—vocals or bouzouki, for example—directly into the program.
Live, with its ease of use, implementation of CoreMIDI and CoreAudio technologies, and cool new features, is the finest loop-based sequencing application available.
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PROS: Solid MIDI and audio support in OS X; new time-stretching features; new Tap Tempo feature.
CONS: No index in manual; interface sometimes not Mac-like.
PRICE: $399
OS COMPATIBILITY: Mac OS 9, Mac OS X
COMPANY: Ableton, www.ableton.com
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