Claim Your Free Copy Of Ableton Live Lite 8

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Claim Your Free Copy Of Ableton Live Lite 8

What is Ableton Live Lite 8 ?

Ableton Live Lite is a customized version of Ableton Live that is packaged with selected products.

Live Lite provides a fresh and easy way to write music, features for audio recording and production as well as powerful tools for live performance. It's not time-limited and you can save and mix-down your work.

All the fundamentals of Live 8 are included: Live's intuitive workflow, Session View, Arrangement View, effects and two software instruments: Simpler (a sampler) and Impulse (for drums). Live Lite also includes 200 MB of audio loops from Loopmasters and 50 Instrument Racks (tweakable instrument plus effect configurations) so you can start making music straight away.

Will it run ok on my system ?

Yes there should not be any problems but to be on the safe side here are the recommended minimum specifications.

Mac: 1.8 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel® Mac recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended, if supported by your computer), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM drive

Windows: 2 GHz Pentium® 4 or Celeron® compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended on Windows Vista and Windows 7), Windows XP (home or Pro), Windows Vista or Windows 7, sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime recommended

How come this is free, whats the catch ?

There is no catch. Its a limited offer between soundcloud and Ableton.

Ableton recently added a new feature that allows you to upload your tracks direct to Soundcloud and to celebrate both companies decided to run this promotion. Soundcloud are offering 5 months of Pro membership to Ableton users and Ableton are offering a FREE version of Live Lite 8 to soundcloud users. Saying that though I had no problems downloading and installing Ableton Live Lite 8 without being logged into soundcloud.

How to get your free copy of Ableton Live Lite 8

Simply follow this link to soundcloud and and click on Get this app then register with Ableton to get your free copy o f Lite Live 8

http://soundcloud.com/apps/ableton-live

Or go here to get yourself a free Pro upgrade on your soundcloud account if your an Ableton user

http://www.ableton.com/free-soundcloud

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phantomjp31 9th May 2012 22:55 - 13 years ago

downloading now. will update after i play.

Scobra 9th May 2012 01:45 - 13 years ago

downloading now. great stuff.

visionarysoundsystem 7th May 2012 21:31 - 13 years ago

Quick report from me. I have had Ableton download for just shy of 24 hours and have already managed to record & edit a short piece using the packaged sounds & templates. I'm now looking to add vsti's and other stuff but I will say that after struggling at first things kinda started falling in place with the use of the interface. So far my humble judgement is that I may use this to create riffs & loops but end up sorting them properly in my usual DAW of choice .

ShortBusMusic 7th May 2012 18:36 - 13 years ago

I have purchased several pieces of equipment and many came with Ableton Live Lite. After installing the program, and spending a few days watching tutorials, I never was able to record anything on Ableton.

For me, this one has way too steep of a learning curve. I like my DAW's to be pretty much plug and play - by that I mean start the computer, start the DAW, plug in my USB interface (Digitech, Zoom, M-Audio, etc.), and hit record. Ableton might work that way for some, but it didn't work that way for me. I literally was never able to record a thing, even after following the directions (and I hate to follow directions).

I'm not trying to denigrate the program, I just think it is way too complicated for my needs. I did make a nice wind chime out of all of those Ableton CD's though and they look cool spinning in the desert winds :)

visionarysoundsystem 6th May 2012 19:33 - 13 years ago

Downloading as I type, once I install it I will post again after I have had a play, and with someone like me who can struggle with new music software you will get a good idea of what it's like for novice users.

StarTropix 6th May 2012 13:16 - 13 years ago

This is actually really good... people lookin for DAWs best check this out, especially if you are working with instruments and just need a recording/arranging DAW.

Poizoneheart 5th May 2012 16:29 - 13 years ago

@looperman aww...too bad...i was hoping i could just get some more minutes to upload music...i mean, i can't afford to make upgrades and stuff, that's why i got excited for these free stuff now... anyway, i'm glad that i even saw that Ableton got free even for a few weeks... i'll start making music now (legimatelly :D)

Looperman 5th May 2012 16:27 - 13 years ago

you wont get 5 months of pro soundcloud unless your a paid up member of ableton.

Poizoneheart 5th May 2012 16:24 - 13 years ago

@ theHumps sorry man thanks for the heads up!!! anyway, i just downloaded the free version of this blaster program... but when i go to claim the 5 months of Pro Soundcloud it says it's not valid? so what's the problem??? help anyone?

theHumps 5th May 2012 15:29 - 13 years ago

@ poisonheart

no talk of torrent anything here at looperman or you can find yourself booted off. No copy written material can be used here without permission either. Shan runs a tight ship.

Poizoneheart 5th May 2012 15:14 - 13 years ago

hey, if i have torrented Ableton can i get those 5 free months of free Soundcloud?

StereoMathematics 5th May 2012 00:51 - 13 years ago

free ableton live (even tho its lite)?!?!? what is this world commin to?
long time ableton user. some words of encouragement for everyone tryin to come to grips with the beast that is live: take it in stride. at first, its about as complicated as trying to get your money back from mf global, but once you get the hang of it its a breeze. take plenty of time to get to know where everything is and, literally, read the manual. it comes in like 7 languages so no excuses.

chad3 5th May 2012 00:22 - 13 years ago

You can't beat free.And like topvega I'm a Reaper user but a full version of live is great to have.

theHumps 4th May 2012 23:37 - 13 years ago

What a great offer, how can you lose!

LazarusBlack 4th May 2012 23:05 - 13 years ago

This Lite version of Ableton live 8,came bundled with my Akai mpd26.It's a solid program..Myself,being used to working with Magix and Studio One,it took me a few times round to figure it all out,but its simple enough to figure out the routing for plugins and controllers.My biggest complaint,and the reason I dont really use it it because,the Lite version has its limitations,the biggest one being that it limits you to only 8 tracks.idk,maybe its just the version I have,but other than that,its a good freebie for Ableton fans.

SS3LDOG }:)-

topvega 4th May 2012 22:11 - 13 years ago

I am a big Reaper fan but will be DL'ing this tonight....interested in seeing how it works. Thanks for the info and link.

WongKiShoo 4th May 2012 19:32 - 13 years ago

On the case right now.. I think it's a great opportunity to see the inner workings of Ableton without DL'ing a demo copy - which has limitations..

If, like me, you mostly use vst's for your sounds, rather than the "on-board" one's, then you should be set to go..

I'll report back once I've had a chance to look around the new DAW :)

Looperman 4th May 2012 19:06 - 13 years ago

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