Midiman to Distribute Ableton's Software to US, UK, and Canada
November 4, 2001
Midiman and Ableton have announced that Midiman will assume
exclusive distribution rights of the company's software products in the US, Canada, and the UK. Ableton's software program
Live, the company's first offering, has been greatly anticipated since it's preview at the 2001 Winter NAMM show and Musik
Messe in Frankfurt
.
Live is an audio sequencer that is played like an instrument. Live allows the user to improvise in real time with a palette of audio
clips; clips can be turned on/off, manipulated, looped, reordered, combined, effected, and re-recorded on the fly. All the samples
used are adjusted to the tempo of the song in real time and without changing the pitch.
Live records 24-bit audio, in addition to
all actions made during a session so that everything can be saved and post-edited in detail. All clips and parameters within Live
can be triggered via MIDI, computer keyboard or mouse. The program supports both Mac and PC, uses the Rewire and VST
protocols, and syncs to MIDI clock and MIDI time code
.
"We are very pleased to be working with Midiman," says Ableton CEO, Gerhard Behles. "Live is finally going to fill a void
that has always existed in audio software, and Midiman is strategically placed to help us fuel this next stage in the evolution of
music production."
"When people see Live 1.0 the typical reaction is 'why has no one ever come up with this before?' " says Rutger de Groot,
Commercial Director for Ableton AG. "No other audio sequencer has been developed from the perspective of improvising and
live use. Ableton is proud to make available a one of a kind program that is intelligently conceptualised and developed, intuitive
and powerful."
For more information, visit their web site at www.ableton.com and www.midiman.net. |
