Ableton released version 9.5 of it's groundbreaking DAW, Live.

It comes with a massive overhaul:


Better sampling with Simpler

Get more from your samples with the overhauled Simpler
Simpler, Live’s powerful but easy-to-use sampling instrument, has been completely overhauled with a new interface, warping, slicing, and new analog-modeled filters built in conjunction with Cytomic. Slice samples across the keyboard, play single hits, or warp long samples so that they always stay in time with your song.

Improved waveforms and coloring

Improved waveforms, meters, and coloring.
New waveforms show more detail and zoom and scroll smoothly. To help keep your Sets organized, new clips take their track’s color, and tracks are now automatically colored by default.

Peak and RMS meters

Updated meters show both peak and RMS, to indicate both sudden changes in level as well as perceived loudness. This makes it easier to control the dynamics of both individual tracks and your overall mix.

Analog-modeled filters

Great sounding analog-modeled filters
Live 9.5 introduces new analog-modeled filters based on classic vintage hardware models that will self-resonate, feedback, and distort beautifully. These filters were built in collaboration with Cytomic and are included in Simpler, Sampler, Operator, and Auto Filter.

More sounds, samples, and drums

More sounds, samples, and drums
The library of included sounds has been updated for Live 9.5 to get you making music even faster. This includes new drum kits, presets using the new analog-modeled filters, hundreds more one shots, and new audio clips.

New Max Essentials

Play inspiring new instruments
The new Max Essentials Pack includes three stunning new synthesizers with wide-ranging sound design possibilities and a streamlined set of controls.

Play in time with Link

Play with others, in perfect sync
Jam with multiple instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps – Link is a new technology that keeps you in time over a wireless network.

Create a song with Push 2

Introducing Push 2. The next generation of Ableton’s song-creation instrument is here.


https://www.ableton.com/en/live/new-in-9-5/
https://www.ableton.com/en/push/

 

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The new waveforms' design is just ace, very pleasant to look at and useful when zooming in/out. All the other updates are on point too, with the analog-modelled filters and the new palette of factory sound that truly bring Ableton back to back with the competition (I'd have personally preferred a more surgical Auto-filter to finally put all those external filters in the bin, but I don't mind an upgraded one which basically behaves like the old one but better...)