

Suite includes Max for Live functionality, made possible in partnership with Cycling '74. Live is available directly from Ableton in three editions: Intro (with limited key features), Standard, and Suite (with the most features). It is also used by DJs, as it offers a suite of controls for beatmatching, crossfading, and other different effects used by turntablists, and was one of the first music applications to automatically beatmatch songs.

In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing, recording, arranging, mixing, and mastering. A screenshot of Ableton Live 9 running on a Windows operating system, with a project open in Arrangement ViewĪbleton Live, also known as Live (often colloquially misnomered as "Ableton"), is a digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows developed by the German company Ableton.
