Ableton Live 12 Suite is the current version of Ableton Live Suite, the full edition of Ableton’s digital audio workstation for recording, producing and performing music. It is for producers who want every Ableton instrument, effect and Pack, plus Max for Live. It runs on Windows 10 or 11 and on macOS 11.7.10 or later, on Intel or Apple silicon Macs.
What is Ableton Live 12 Suite?
Live is Ableton’s DAW for writing, recording and performing. Suite is the largest edition: it has more instruments, effects and Packs than Live Standard, and it is the only edition with Max for Live and Stem Separation.
Key features
- MIDI Tools: MIDI Generators and Transformations
- Meld, a dual-oscillator synth; Roar, a saturation and distortion device; and Granulator III, a granular synth
- Keys and Scales with the reworked Chord device
- Stacked Detail Views and Sound Similarity Search
- Stem Separation (Suite only)
- Live 12.4, a free update for Live 12 owners, adds Link Audio, Learn View and updates to Erosion, Chorus-Ensemble and Delay
What’s included in Suite
- Around 20 software instruments, nearly 60 audio effects and around 15 MIDI effects
- Over 15 MIDI Tools and 6 modulators
- Over 30 Packs and a sound library of over 70 GB of presets, samples and loops
- Max for Live
- Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks and scenes, 12 send and return tracks, and over 250 mono audio inputs and outputs
Ableton Live Suite vs Standard
Both editions have the same MIDI Tools (over 15), 6 modulators, unlimited tracks and scenes, 12 sends and over 250 audio inputs and outputs. The difference is the content:
- Standard: 12 instruments, over 35 audio effects, over 10 MIDI effects, over 15 Packs and around 40 GB of sounds
- Suite: around 20 instruments, nearly 60 audio effects, around 15 MIDI effects, over 30 Packs and over 70 GB of sounds
Max for Live and Stem Separation are Suite only, as are the Bass, Operator, Poli, Sampler, Wavetable, Meld and Granulator III instruments.
System requirements
- Windows: Windows 10 (22H2) or Windows 11 (22H2 or higher); 5th generation Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen with AVX2; 8 GB RAM
- macOS: macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur or later; Intel Core i5 or Apple silicon; 8 GB RAM
- Disk: about 6 GB (Windows) or 8 to 10 GB (Mac) for the basic install, plus up to around 80 GB of optional sound content
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