eAbleton Live 7 Production Software. Your companion during every stage of the musical process, from creation to production to performance. The boxed version of Ableton Live 7 includes the Essential Instrument Collection 2, a multi-gigabyte library of meticulously sampled instruments providing a choice selection of acoustic and electric pianos, guitars, bass, drums, orchestral strings, brass, woodwinds and more. Ableton Live 7 sees the renewal of the core of Live, with enhancements to the audio engine including 64-bit mix summing, new and improved devices with side-chaining capability, better MIDI timing and hardware integration. Also included in Ableton Live 7 are the most-requested features, such as time signature changes, video export, multiple automation lanes and much more. Version 7 marks the arrival of the new Drum Rack which streamlines beat production via an easy drag-and-drop interface and offers native sliced audio and REX file support, bringing endless creative possibilities to beat lovers. This boxed version of Ableton Live 7 includes the Essential Instrument Collection 2, a multi-gigabyte library of meticulously sampled instruments providing a choice selection of acoustic and electric pianos, guitars, bass, drums, orchestral strings, brass, woodwinds and more. Features : * Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192kHz * Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo * Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments * Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files, for improvisation and instant remixing * A comprehensive selection of built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs * Built-in software instruments: Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums * Instrument-, Drum-, Effect Racks for creating and managing complex performance setups, drum kits and multi-effects * VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation * REX file support and native sliced audio file creation * Video import and export for scoring to picture or warping picture to music * Real-time control of parameters with any MIDI controller-just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping * Full ReWire support * Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation * Multicore and multiprocessor support * Ableton Live 7 system requirements - Mac: Any G4 or faster, (Intel Mac recommended) 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive. Windows: 1.5 GHz CPU or faster, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive