<s>
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Live	O
(	O
often	O
colloquially	O
misnomered	O
as	O
"	O
Ableton	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
Ableton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
software	O
sequencers	O
,	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
instrument	O
for	O
live	O
performances	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
composing	B-Application
,	O
recording	O
,	O
arranging	O
,	O
mixing	O
,	O
and	O
mastering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Gerhard	O
Behles	O
,	O
Robert	O
Henke	O
and	O
Bernd	O
Roggendorf	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Behles	O
and	O
Henke	O
met	O
while	O
studying	O
programming	O
at	O
the	O
Technical	O
University	O
of	O
Berlin	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
programming	O
language	O
Max	B-Application
to	O
perform	O
techno	O
as	O
their	O
band	O
Monolake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Live	O
was	O
not	O
developed	O
in	O
Max	B-Application
,	O
Max	B-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
prototype	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
industry	O
figures	O
to	O
recognise	O
Live	O
's	O
potential	O
was	O
the	O
Hollywood	O
composer	B-Application
Hans	O
Zimmer	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
Live	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
tempo	B-Application
of	O
a	O
loop	B-Application
without	O
altering	O
its	O
pitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roggendorf	O
,	O
another	O
programmer	O
,	O
joined	O
Behles	O
and	O
Henke	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
90s	O
and	O
helped	O
them	O
turn	O
their	O
Max	B-Application
patches	O
into	O
a	O
general	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
retail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Pro	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
,	O
which	O
focuses	O
on	O
multitrack	O
recording	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
was	O
designed	O
for	O
performing	O
with	O
loops	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
sophisticated	O
tools	O
for	O
triggering	O
loops	B-Application
,	O
playing	O
samples	O
and	O
timestretching	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
immediately	O
popular	O
with	O
electronic	O
music	O
producers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
's	O
timestretching	O
algorithm	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
warping	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
particularly	O
notable	O
and	O
gave	O
DJs	O
greater	O
control	O
over	O
mixing	O
and	O
beatmatching	O
,	O
smoothly	O
blending	O
tracks	O
of	O
different	O
tempos	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
expanded	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
MIDI	O
sequencer	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
virtual	B-Application
studio	I-Application
technology	I-Application
(	O
VST	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Ableton	O
introduced	O
Max	B-Application
for	I-Application
Live	I-Application
,	O
enabling	O
connectivity	O
between	O
Max	B-Application
and	O
Live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIDI	O
triggers	O
notes	O
on	O
Live	O
's	O
built	O
in	O
instruments	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
third	O
party	O
VST	B-Application
instruments	I-Application
or	O
external	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latin	O
Percussion	O
-	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
sampled	O
latin	O
percussion	O
hits	O
and	O
loops	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akai	O
Professional	O
makes	O
the	O
APC40	O
mk	O
II	O
,	O
a	O
MIDI	O
controller	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
solely	O
with	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
MIDI	O
controllers	O
compatible	O
with	O
Live	O
,	O
these	O
Akai	O
units	O
try	O
to	O
closely	O
map	O
the	O
actual	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
layout	O
onto	O
physical	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Live	O
's	O
effects	O
are	O
already	O
common	O
effects	O
in	O
the	O
digital	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
world	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
fit	O
Live	O
's	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effects	O
featured	O
in	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
are	O
grouped	O
into	O
two	O
categories	O
-	O
MIDI	O
effects	O
and	O
audio	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
is	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
host	O
VST	B-Application
plugins	I-Application
and	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
Audio	B-Operating_System
Unit	I-Operating_System
plug-ins	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Max	B-Application
for	I-Application
Live	I-Application
devices	O
since	O
Live	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
Live	O
to	O
shift	O
these	O
samples	O
to	O
fit	O
into	O
loops	B-Application
that	O
are	O
tied	O
into	O
the	O
piece	O
's	O
global	O
tempo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
artists	O
and	O
online	O
stores	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Covert	O
Operators	O
and	O
Puremagnetik	O
,	O
now	O
make	O
available	O
sample	O
packs	O
that	O
are	O
pre-adjusted	O
,	O
with	O
tempo	B-Application
information	O
and	O
warp	O
markers	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
also	O
supports	O
Audio	O
To	O
MIDI	O
,	O
which	O
converts	O
audio	O
samples	O
into	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
MIDI	O
notes	O
using	O
three	O
different	O
conversion	O
methods	O
including	O
conversion	O
to	O
Melody	O
,	O
Harmony	O
,	O
or	O
Rhythm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
Fourier	B-Algorithm
transform	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
now	O
supports	O
latency	O
compensation	O
for	O
plug-in	B-Application
and	O
mixer	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
