Live

Improvements and feature changes:

The word size of the Live application is now shown in the splash screen.
Live is now showing the email address of the currently authorized user account in the "About" window.
Improved the authorization dialogue when launching Live as a Trial version.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug which could cause a "memory corruption error" when launching Live.
Fixed a memory leak which could occur when using the "Complex" warp mode.
The Session View selection frame of the APC40 or Launchpad could get stuck after deleting scenes or undoing the creation of scenes.
Live device parameters would no longer update correctly after deleting a Max for Live device which was mapped to that parameter via live.remote~.
Fixed a problem with the Max for Live engine, which would cause Live to freeze when setting an audio buffer size smaller than 21 samples.
Fixed a graphical glitch in the Session- / Arrangement View amoeba after toggling views (mixer, crossfader, etc.).
Fixed a problem with the Windows installer which could lead to an incomplete installation on some computers. Symptom: The Live application would not launch at all and an error message "The application has failed to start due to a side-by-side configuration error" would be shown instead.
Under certain conditions, the playback position in audio clips was incorrect after changing clip start markers in unwarped clips and then re-enabling 'warp'.
Fixed a bug which prevented some VST plugins stored in the OS X system library folder to show up in Live's browser.

Minor changes for usage data reporting.

Native 64-bit support

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug with the Rewire engine which occurred with Live 8.3.1.

Improvements and feature changes:

Added support for Mac OS 10.8 "Mountain Lion".
Improved performance when recording many MIDI CC data into MIDI clips.
The default takeover mode for control surfaces has been changed to "none" (this will only affect new installations).
Minor changes for usage data reporting.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug which could lead to degraded resolution of automation data when recording automation for VST plugins running in Novation's automap shell.
Fixed a bug which prevented samples from being opened in an external sample editor.
Fixed a crash which could occur when importing two identical audio files into Live.
Fixed a bug which could lead to two undo steps when freezing a track.
Fixed a bug which could cause the save dialogue to disappear in OS X Lion.
Under certain conditions, Live's splash screen wouldn't appear on OS X Lion.
Opening an alias file of a Live set wouldn't work on OS X Lion.
Fixed login problems in the Soundcloud uploader on Windows.
Fixed a rare crash which could occur with automatic updates on certain Windows computers.

Improvements and feature changes:

A new "Upload to SoundCloud" option is available in the Export Audio/Video dialog. When enabled, Live will open an upload client after the file has been rendered to disk, so you can upload the rendered file directly to your SoundCloud account.
Added automatic software updating. When enabled, Live will automatically download and install software updates in the background. Users who update to Live 8.3 from an older Live version will see a dialog box when launching Live 8.3 for the first time, where Automatic Updates can be enabled or disabled. You can always change the settings in Live’s "Licenses/Maintenance" Preferences. More detailed information about Automatic Updates is available in our Knowledge Base.
Changed the naming of the Live application. The application is now called "Ableton Live 8" and does not include a specific revision number. The revision number can still be found in the About screen in the Help menu.
The Windows installer has been updated to a newer version.
The default installation path of the Live application has changed on Windows. More information can be found in our Knowledge Base.
Added usage data collection. When enabled, Live will send data about your Live installation and usage to ableton.com. This data will be used to help our developers identify bugs and improve the software. Usage data collection is optional and can be enabled/disabled in the "Licenses/Maintenance" Preferences. More information can be found in our Knowledge Base.
Added control surface support for Akai MPK Mini.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a crash that could occur when modulating a parameter in the Corpus device with Max for Live.
Fixed crashes and audio dropouts that could occur when hot-swapping through AAS instruments.
Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing the deletion of the last warp marker in an audio clip.

Improvements:

Added support for the Ableton Improvement Program, an automatic usage and data reporting tool. To enable, add this line to your Options.txt file:
-ImprovementProgramParticipation=On

More information about the Ableton Improvement Program can be found in our forum announcement.

(For more information about using the Options.txt file, see http://www.ableton.com/pages/faq/options_text)

Bugfixes:

Receiving MIDI CCs on a MIDI track’s input was causing a high CPU load on OS X Lion.
Fixed a bug in the "Beats" warp mode which could lead to unwanted clicks in rare cases.

Improvements and feature changes:

There is a new entry in the Options menu: "Reduced Latency When Monitoring", which toggles latency compensation on and off for tracks which have input monitoring on. When enabled, input-monitored tracks will have the lowest possible latency but may be out of sync with some other tracks in your Set. When disabled, all tracks will be in sync, but input-monitored tracks may have higher latency. Before, the option was only available via the 'StrictDelayCompensation' options.txt, and was ON per default. It now defaults to OFF.

When restarting after a crash, Live will now display a warning in the Help View if the crash was caused by an issue with a VST plug-in. Note: this is currently for Mac OS X only.

Bugfixes:

Authorizing a full version of Live would sometimes activate a feature-limited version (Live Lite or Live Intro).

Fixed a bug that prevented setting the start marker of an audio clip before the sample start.

On Mac OS X, saving a Live Set could lead to an unresponsive Save dialog box, if the destination folder contained an alias file which points to an unavailable volume.

Fixed a crash which occurred when importing a Drum Rack with a routing to a return track.

3 additional crashes were also fixed.

Improvements and feature changes
Added support for Novation Impulse controllers.

Bugfixes
In Live 8.2.5, it was not possible to try Amp or Max for Live.

Live 8.2.5 introduces compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Known issue: As of 10.7, Java is no longer installed by default on Mac OS X. In addition, there is a bug that can cause applications that require Java to crash. This affects Max for Live; when a user tries to open a M4L device that requires Java, first Max, and then Live, will crash. We have worked on a fix for this on our side, which is available in this latest build, but the fix is not yet available in Max. Cycling '74 will release a Max update shortly with the fix. For now, users with Max for Live should install Java separately if it is required by their devices, to avoid the crash.

Improvements and feature changes

MIDI sync has been improved when Live is a MIDI clock slave
Imported tracks (from the Live Browser) now route to Master if their original output routing can't be resolved, instead of "Sends Only."
The default for the Takeover mode in the MIDI Preferences is now Value Scaling instead of Pick-up.
We now prevent choosing the root of the system hard drive (or the Windows system folders on Windows machines) as the third-party plugin location. Doing that would crash Live on startup, because these folders contain files that are interpreted as third-party plugins.

Bugfixes

Live would freeze and crash on OS X Lion when sending MIDI data to any MIDI port.
Under certain conditions, quantizing transient markers could lead to overlapping warp markers, which would cause various problems when editing the warp marker or its segment BPM value.
Under certain conditions, the "Transient"-based Beats warp mode would play double attacks. With this bug fixed, it is possible that some clips sound different.
Excluding a plug-in from the scan process didn't work if Live crashed because of the first scanned plug-in, after enabling the VST plug-in source via Live's Preferences (Mac only).
Rendering a Live Set containing an EQ3 at sample rates below 44.1 KHz would result in an audio file containing pure silence.
Fixed a crash when loading a Live 7 Set with invalid clip color information in Live 8.
Detail view appeared empty after Hot-Swapping an unfolded Rack, because devices were scrolled out of view.
Infinitely long clips would be created if rewinding the global transport while making a new recording.
Track names could be incorrectly displayed when unfolding a Live set in the Live Browser. This only happened for "automatic names" that tracks get from the Instrument they contain. For Live Sets saved in earlier versions, names of tracks containing Racks, Max for Live devices or third-party plugins may still look wrong. Re-saving the Sets will fix the problem.
Some Operator presets could sound different when loading them, and then creating or moving a track.
The Frontier Design Tranzport was not getting updated when switching tracks.
The green zoom button was sometimes disabled when using Live with Mac OS X.
Resuming a clip in Session view while the track is armed but OVR is OFF could result in the clip not playing its notes.
Toggling OVR ON and OFF doesn't create an UNDO step anymore
Certain Library content wasn't usable for Live Intro users since version 8.2.
Enabling a clip loop via the loop switch or the Set Loop Length button would sometimes stop the clip.
Fixed a crash which could occur when hot-swapping a certain Drum Rack pad.
Eleven additional crashes were also fixed.

Note on Lion: This Beta introduces compatibility with OS X 10.7 Lion.

There is one known issue with OS X 10.7 Lion. As of 10.7, Java is no longer installed by default on Mac OS X. In addition, there is a bug that can cause applications that require Java to crash. This affects Max for Live; when a user tries to open a M4L device that requires Java, first Max, and then Live, will crash. We have worked on a fix for this on our side, which is available in this latest build, but the fix is not yet available in Max. Cycling '74 will release a Max update shortly with the fix. For now, users with Max for Live should install Java separately if it is required by their devices, to avoid the crash.

---- Changelog -----

· Live would freeze and crash on OS X Lion when sending MIDI data to any MIDI port.
· When loading a Live Set while receiving MIDI clock in Live 8.2.4b3, Live would immediately start the playback of the Set.
· Under certain conditions, quantizing transient markers could lead to overlapping warp markers, which would cause various problems when editing the warp marker or its segment BPM value.
· Under certain conditions, the "Transient"-based Beats warp mode would play double attacks. With this bug fixed, it is possible that some clips sound different.
· Excluding a plug-in from the scan process didn't work if Live crashed because of the first scanned plug-in, after enabling the VST plug-in source via Live's Preferences (Mac only).
· Rendering a Live Set containing an EQ3 at sample rates below 44.1 KHz would result in an audio file containing pure silence.
· Fixed a crash when changing the skin in Live 8.2.4b3 (Mac only)
· Fixed a crash when loading a Live 7 Set with invalid clip color information in Live 8.
· Fixed two more crashes

Improvements and feature changes

* Added bank names for Amp instant mapping, which in turn fixes a problem with the Axiom DirectLink control surface.
* Fixed problems with the Mbox2 related to non-integer sample rates.
* Added control surface support for Akai Professional LPD8.
* From now on, betas will ask to check for updates only once a week, and starting a week after first run.
* the "Peek" button on the Axiom Pro now works as a momentary control

Max for Live improvements and feature changes

(Note: Most of these changes require an update to the latest version of Max, which is available from http://cycling74.com/downloads/)

* Devices inside Racks can now be accessed via the Max for Live API
* Return tracks can now be observed via the Max for Live API

Live devices and parameters can now be much more easily mapped to controls in Max devices. Devices can safely be moved within a Live Set without breaking any existing mappings. Also, devices and Sets can be saved and loaded without breaking existing mappings. The following changes make this possible:

* There is now a simple way to observe the selected parameter via the Max for Live API, using "live.path live_set view selected_parameter." This can be used, for example, to build a custom "map mode" to quickly map parameters in your Live Set to controls in a Max device.
* Live objects like tracks, clips or parameters retain their identity (id nn) during operations like move, save/restore, cut/paste, delete/undo, the identity is global and can be communicated via Max's Send and Receive objects.
* live.object, live.observer and live.remote~ are now able to remember their target objects when Live sets or presets are saved and restored or when objects are moved within the Live set.
* Ableton protected samples can now be used in Max for Live device, via the Live.drop object
* fixed a bug where clip slots would lose their id on moving a clip
* fixed navigating and observing control surfaces via the LiveAPI
* Repeatedly calling "goto control_surfaces" on a live.path object was producing a different id each time
* Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting a Rack containing a Max for Live device, where a Remote~ was controlling one of the Macro knobs, and then Undoing the delete action
* Navigating the Live Object Model is about two times faster
* Fixed a crash that occurred when moving tracks that contained automated Max for Live devices
* Fixed a crash that occurred when replacing one Max for Live device with another if certain modulations existed
* If a native Ableton device has parameters that are mapped to a Max for Live device, the mappings will be preserved after hot-swapping the Ableton device
* The Track/Chain Activator and Song Tempo are now accessible via the "selected_parameter" property and their path can be queried
* "live_app" and "live_app view" can now be persistent in the Max for Live API
* Mapping some mixer component on the APC40 (for example) through the Max for Live API wouldn't work without pressing the Pan or Send button on the APC40, which reset the component. This has been fixed.
* "goto live_set tracks 2 devices" in a set with one track produced id -1, which is wrong. Now it produces id 0.
* If the LOM id of the observer is persistent, the property of an observed LOM object is persistent, even if it is dynamically changed using a message.
* Max for Live devices that control the Application objects (e.g. live_app (live_app view)) or which get information about the Live version and document name (e.g. get_major_version (focus_view)) will work when loading the Set, without requiring user interaction.

Bugfixes

* Fixed a problem with nested Macro mappings when the range of a mapped ON/OFF switch, or of a selector switch (such as a filter type switch), is not at default values. In such a case, the right value would be displayed, but the wrong value would be used internally.

Note: with this fix, you will now hear what you see, although this may mean that previously saved Sets that contained the bug may sound different.

* Deleting time in the Arrangment View could delete crossfades in certain cases.
* When using an APC40 and Scratch Live, Scratch Live would sync to the APC but would not initially show the return tracks .
* If the VST plug-ins folder contained shorcuts/aliases to files in another location on disk, the folder would be rescanned each time Live starts. This has been fixed.
* When launching a scene with via Key/MIDI mapping or a control surface such as the APC40 while "Select on Launch" is enabled, the Master track became selected. This would result in the selected device switching to the device on the Master track. Now, launching a scene via remote control behaves the same as when launching with the mouse; the device selection doesn't change.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking the status bar, while it displays "Media files are missing", and just after having adjusted a Macro knob.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when adding an audio clip, scrubbing in the clip detail view, and pressing Undo while the mouse was still down for scrubbing.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when switching between certain audio interfaces on a Mac
* updated Complex Pro libraries to prevent a potential crash
* fixed Transport button behavior for the Akai MPK61 and 88
* fixed a crash that could occur when opening very large Live Sets
* fixed a crash that could occur when a clip referencing a sample was in the clipboard and when pressing the Edit button (in the File Manager or Clip View) to set the sample offline and then on again
* Holding a note while recording a MIDI clip and stopping the transport while the note is held would result in a silent note during play back
* If a clip was in Gate Mode, releasing the trigger key within the launch quantization period would still launch the clip
* Fixed a bug that caused a clip in Gate launch mode to continue playing after clicking another clip for a very short time
* Fixed a bug in how MIDI effect Racks handle latency. Now chains compensate properly against each other

Improvements and feature changes
* Improvements to Amp presets including better folder organization, additional guitar and bass amp presets and various other changes.
* Improvements to sound quality in Drum Machines.
* Performance optimizations on many Rack presets.
* Many delay devices now use the "Fade" Delay Transition mode, to avoid clicks.
* All Latin Percussion sounds are additionally available as chromatically tuned Simpler presets.

Bugfixes
* Amp is now available in the trial version of Ableton Suite.
* Removed duplicate Amp presets.
* Fixed Hot-Swap behavior for a number of Session Drums and Drum Machines presets.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the use of soundcards with only one input on OS X.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when using a ReWire slave such as Reason and manipulating devices in the slave that were referred to by clips in Live.

Improvements and feature changes
* Support for The Bridge, our collaborative project with Serato. The Bridge is free for users of Live/Suite 8.
* Amp, an audio effect that models guitar amps and cabinets. Amp is free for Suite users.
* Some changes were made to the Help Pages regarding how to report a crash and how to contact support. When restarting Live after a crash, Live produces a file named "Ableton Crash Report... .alp", whereas choosing "Get Support.." in Live's Help menu produces a file named "Ableton Status Report... .alp".

Bugfixes
* Improved compatibility for Antares Harmony VST. Now the plugin works in Stereo mode only when inserted in a track, while previously its 5 channels were active in such a case.
* Fixed a bug that could prevent Live from deleting temporary Projects.
* Fixed a rare crash that could occur with a combination of control surface selected in the Preferences, Ableton devices moved from track to track, and then tracks moved to different positions.
* Fixed a crash that could occur after undoing the move of a track containing a clip into a group track, which occurred with a specific state of the Live Set.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when entering mapping mode while a Max for Live device was in the clipboard.
* Fixed a crash that occurred after triggering a 'stop slot' and recording outside the punch region.
* Fixed a crash happening after pressing Del (return to default) after editing the volume of at least two Rack chains at once.
* Fixed a crash that would happen while Live is slaved, and opening a Live Set containing a MIDI clip ready to Overdub, which would try to be triggered when loading the Set, before the undo history is ready.
* Fixed a bug that would create corrupt documents if the user uses 'Save a Copy' but overwrites the original Live Set, then tries to restore that Set after a crash. Now, overwriting the current Set using 'Save a Copy' does the same thing as 'Save'.
* Fixed a crash that occurred while remotely changing scenes while editing some clip property.
* Core Audio driver is now listening for external sample rate changes, on the Mac.
* Fixed a crash that could occur after undoing the pasting of an Instrument into an empty MIDI track. The crash could happen in other ways too, but that's the easiest to describe.
* In some cases Live could crash when loading a document that overcomes limitation (like a Live set containing Operator on a computer where Operator is not unlocked).
* Fixed a crash caused by a rounding error, causing some memory corruption
* It was previously not possible to map a track group slot when the group track was unfolded, because the selection spreads over the whole local scene. Now the selection changes upon entering map mode, or when existing it, allowing to map the slot, and restoring the correct selection when done.
* Fixed a crash that happened when moving a Max for Live device containing a "getpath" object to another track.
* Live could hang changing clip parameters while jumping in the song while recording.
* On some systems, Live is able to create Live packs that exceed 2 Gb, but could not read them. This is fixed by upgrading our packing Libraries.
* Fixed a crash that happened in rare cases (revealed by using The Bridge, but it is not directly related to it) when trying to insert a first warp marker in an audio recording.
* Fixed a crash happening when some MIDI targets where not available anymore but called. For example, it happened when having 2 MIDI clip selected in Session view, in a track containing at least a device, and then flattening the track.
* Fixed a crash happening when rebuilding the set from the Undo history, related to 3rd devices.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to open a certain kind of corrupt document
* Disabled editing the value of a VST plug-in parameter via the computer keyboard (only in the Ableton view of the plugin, not in the plugin's own interface). The VST specification doesn't allow Live to set the value correctly.
* Fixed a crash that happened on a Mac whenever the number of channels for the opened audio interface would change. For example, changing the sample rate for some devices would implicitly change the number of inputs and/or outputs.
* Fixed the drawing of notes while recording a MIDI clip in the Arrangement view.
* Fixed many issues that caused memory corruption when using Complex Pro. A bug that made 192Khz files sound distorted when stretched with Complex Pro has also been corrected.
* Fixed the display of looped MIDI clips in the Arrangement, which was a regression due to a fix that made MIDI notes draw correctly while recording (viewtopic.php?f=25&t=149012)
* Fixed a crash that could occur when uninstalling a Live Pack and making the Library unavailable, by unplugging the external drive it is on, for example.
* Fixed crashes that could occur when using sample files that have a sample rate greater than 192KHz and set to Complex or Complex Pro.
* Fixed a crash that happened when using "dead keys" in message boxes, like pressing "z" when the "Do you want to save this Live set" dialog box was displayed.
* Fixed a crash which was triggered by moving a fader or knob on a MIDI controller while in MIDI learn mode, and quitting Live at the same time.
* Fixed a crash happening when having an incoming MIDI mapped message that would reach Live while loading a document. This had to do with the Undo history not yet being created, while the incoming message needed to access it.
* Fixed Japanese text input. It was not possible to rename tracks with Japanese characters, for example.

Bugfixes

Unwarped clips could be placed incorrectly after opening a Live Set, if the Set was saved after changing the global tempo without first confirming the change with the Enter key or by clicking somewhere else in the interface.

Fixed a visual bug that made MIDI clips entirely black while recording, but before the first note was input.

Fixed a crash when observing 'has_stop_button' of a Group Track Slot via M4L GroupTrackSlot.

Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a Group preset containing an AU plug-in that is missing.

Fixed a crash that could occur with clips warped in Beats mode, Transients and back-and-forth envelope settings, when the loop extends outside the sample data.

Fixed a bug where typing a tempo in the BPM field of a warped clip would give a slightly wrong number (i.e. you type "100" and "100.0001" gets entered," which led to some neutrality problems.

3rd party plug-in windows now always get the focus when clicked.

Blocked certain keys when a 3rd party plug-in window has the focus, such as the "Delete" and "Backspace" keys, which fixes the bug that would delete a plug-in or a track when pressing Delete/Backspace while editing a 3rd party plug-in in its own GUI.

Fixed a bug that would make a group slot lose its MIDI/Key mapping when moving the corresponding scene (viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140895)

Fixed a bug that prevented adding or removing the stop button of a group track slot while the group track is folded (viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140895)

Fixed a visual bug where a green overlay could be left orphaned in a 3rd party Ableton GUI

The Min or Max parameters in the mapping Browser, for mapped 3rd party plug-in parameters, could lose the focus as soon as they were touched. This made it impossible to edit them via the computer keyboard arrow keys.

The Ableton GUI of an AU plug-in would be empty after loading a native AU preset, for plug-ins having fewer than 32 parameters. In such a case, the GUI should be automatically populated.

Fixed a bug that prevented removing a parameter from the Ableton GUI of a 3rd party plu-gin while Configure mode is ON, if it was Macro-mapped.

Dragging a first warped clip in a non-empty Arrangement would sometimes set the tempo of the Live Set. The correct condition is that this should only happen if the Arrangement contains no clip at all.

It was not possible to click inside a multi-selection while in Key or MIDI map mode in order to change the selection and select only one of its constituents. This is now fixed.

Fixed another key handling problem for some plug-ins using a Cocoa view.

Fixed a bug where MIDI notes could hang if an AU plug-in was deactivated and then reactivated.

If the last note within the Loop brace, in a MIDI clip, overlapped the Loop end, selecting the loop brace and choosing "Duplicate" would duplicate the looped material's offset. Now duplication correctly duplicates the Loop length, at the correct position.

When an External Instrument was routed to a multi-timbral MIDI instrument, and that instrument or the containing track was moved, the routing would be reset to the default output. Now routings are correctly remembered.

Improved audio streaming performance for specific Live Sets with many audio files.

Corrected a bug that would make computer keyboard selection behave incorrectly after selecting a clip via remote control.

Fixed crash when mouse was pressed in the detail view before sample analysis finished.

Fixed crash when dragging MIDI from XLN's Addictive Drums.

Fixed a crash that occurred when zooming into a large waveform with an extreme zoom factor.

Fixed a bug that made Collision silent after deleting it and undoing.

Various other stability improvements

Improvements

Combination Mode is now active when multiple Akai APC40/20s are in use. This means that the topmost controller selected in your preferences will control tracks 1-8, the second controller selected will control tracks 9-16, and so on. When an APC40 and an APC20 are connected at the same time, the APC20's buttons will default to Track Selection, and its faders will default to volume.

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that caused the Drum Machines LD Live Pack to not work in Live Intro.

Fixed a rare crash that could occur when deleting a Drum Rack pad.

Fixed a crash that could occur when moving a track with an automated parameter that is also MIDI mapped.

In very rare cases, Live would crash when running extremely loud signals through Overdrive.

Custom Min/Max values for MIDI- or key-mapped parameters on VST plug-ins would be lost after saving and reloading the Set.

When using clip envelopes to modulate the parameters of third-party plug-ins, the modulation range would be broken after saving and reloading the Set. (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=141378&start=0)

Some Sets which were saved in earlier versions of Live could not be opened in recent versions.

In certain cases, clips would not blink properly when using Follow Actions with launch quantization set to None. (viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140427)

Dragging a sample onto the waveform of an existing clip in Session view would reset the Launch settings of the clip.

In certain cases, launching a warped audio clip would play the unwarped version simultaneously.

In some cases, Gate launch mode for Session view clips would not behave correctly.

In certain cases, conflicting fade and volume envelopes would inadvertently mute audio clips in the Arrangement.

Occasionally, loud clicks could occur when using crossfades in the Arrangement.

When recording into the Arrangement, clicks could occur when "Create Fades on Clip Edges" was enabled.

In certain cases, clicks could occur when turning on the filter in Sampler/Simpler while holding a note.

The faders on the Mackie Control would not behave correctly when volume is automated in Live.

In certain cases, when recording a clip in Session View, the APC40 would not flash red to reflect the state of the clip. (viewtopic.php?f=25&t=133154)

Fixed a bug that would cause automation to always be overridden when using Ultra Analog. This would result in the Back to Arrangement button becoming active.

In some cases, the dialog box that should show trial options when starting Live without an authorization would be empty instead.

On OS X, missing media files without a file extension could not be replaced.

In certain cases, a dialog about temporary files would be shown even though there were no temporary files.

Live now ignores invalid MIDI data (for example, MIDI CC values that don't exist.)

Fixed a rare crash that occurred when opening documents while the mouse moves in certain areas.

Fixed a crash that occurred when dragging a Live Set which contains a sample that has been shortened outside of Live to the Session view, while this sample is already in use in the Arrangement view.

Fixed an issue in which configuring a third-party plug-in by clicking one of its parameters in the plug-in GUI while Configure is ON would not show the right value for the parameter in the Live GUI of the plug-in.

The APC 40 wouldn't always update its state properly when loading a new Live set.

Live could hang when undoing the deletion of a parameter mapping in the Live GUI of a 3rd party plug-in.

Fixed a crash that occurred when firing a scene while moving a Group Track.

We now ignore "non automatable" parameters for AU plug-ins, in terms of assigning them in the Live plug-in GUI.

Fixed a rare crash that could occur when loading a new song or quitting Live while the mouse hovered a Max for Live device.

Various other stability improvements

Bugfixes

Bugfixes:

A very short MIDI note at the beginning of a clip would not be audible. [6130]

Recording via 'Resampling' would not properly compensate latency. [6124]

Under certain conditions, it would be possible to get 2 Arranger tracks highlighted. [6144]

Using the Launchpad as control surface and additionally for manual mappings would not always work properly.

When installing Live Packs which have dependencies to other content, Live would show the corresponding message twice. [6153]

Using a Rex file could crash Live. [6157]

'lock control surface' function would not properly work in user remote scripts. [6064]

A particular Live set could not be loaded and would lead to a 'Invalid Product ID Error' message. [6165]

In the Arranger, punch In/Out would delay notes by the 'punch in time' in beats. [6167]

Using the pads of the Akai MPD18 would not work properly.

Having a Live set with particular Drum Racks could increase the CPU usage of the main thread, which would result in very slow graphical updates. [6181]

Installing a new Library from within a second running instance of Live could crash Live. [6171]

Certain operations like sample crop/reverse/replace would remove the tempo envelope. [6179]

Using Novation's Launchpad, when switching between Automap and Live control would not work properly.

Under certain conditions, editing or creating parameter automation would not work properly. [6188]

Playing a 32-bit audio file immediately after a 16-bit audio file could cause a click in the audio. [6152]

Moving the last track out of a track group onto a closed group track in the Arranger could crash Live. [6193]

In the Auto Pan device, switching shape to random would not show the 'Width' knob. [6192]

Loading a Max device would crash if Pluggo was already active.

It would not be possible to create a new Project in the File Browser if the root is set to 'Workspace'.

Fine tuning of macro knobs would not work via key modifier. [6180]

Starting clips via the Launchpad while changing parameters via mouse could crash Live. [6143]

Moving the mouse over a certain Sampler preset could crash Live. [6207]

Loading a Live set containing not yet authorized add-ons could crash Live. [6203]

Under certain conditions, fade creation would not work properly. [6195]

An Ableton preset of a third party plug-in would not change the On/Off mapping range. [5652]

Receiving an invalid parameter index from Max could crash Live.

Inverting a macro mapping range would not work properly. [6238]

Under certain conditions, extracting an existing groove from a clip would crash Live. [6235]

Having a Max device sending many blob changes during saving could crash Live.

A malformed database file would interrupt user interactions like renaming files, saving presets, recording, etc. [6230]

Having a particular Live set loaded and searching for media files could crash Live. [6241]

On Mac OS X, under certain conditions, making Live the foreground window could lead to a crash.

The context menu of a frozen clip would have enabled audio fades commands. [6253]

In the Arranger, changing the mixer properties like volume, pan etc. would not show the changed value in the status bar. [3238]

Having a multi selection of Arranger track and use the 'Show Automation' command would destroy the selection. [6243]

Choosing a custom VST directory within the preferences would not keep this new directory until the next start of Live if the required rescan leads to a crash. [6190]

On Mac OS X, duplicating a track with Fab Filter Twin 1+2 could crash Live. [6063]

The Looper display would use the wrong colour in 'play' mode. [6234]

Holding SHIFT + Space Bar would make the transport play button flicker. [6227]

The area to click on an Arranger clip would be too small by a few pixels. [6261]

Particular Live sets, especially with a lot of transient data, could not be loaded. [6263]

Pasting 3 unstretched and crossfaded Arranger clips could crash Live [6289]

Changes from Live 8.0.9 to Live 8.1


Improvements:

Updated manuals

Updated Help Pages

MaxForLive support

Filter Delay offers 3 options for smoothing time transitions now.

Closed group tracks material (Session view slots or Arrangement "overview") is now used for clipboard operations, such as copy/paste, duplicate or delete.

New Midi-Notes created by clicking always have the length of the current grid even if the grid is off.

Consolidate respects empty clip names. Formerly, the consolidated clip would take its name from the first clip in the selected region, or the track's name if the clip name would be empty. Now, the consolidated clip takes the first clip's name, regardless whether it is empty.

'Crop Clip' is now available in the context menu of the MIDI clip detail view.

Double clicking on the Clip Panel header, in the detail view, shows that clip in Session, or Arranger.



Bugfixes:

The highest MIDI notes can now be played with the computer keyboard. Previously, the higher half octave was not accessible.

Compressor: Monitoring the compressor sidechain would only work when there was a signal at the compressor's main input. [3977]

Canceling a content package installation could crash Live. [5151]

Deleting all warp markers would not always work properly. [5519]

Doing a time selection via computer keyboard in the clip envelope editor would not show the right info in the status bar.

Dropping a file on a missing file references in the file manager would not work properly.

An envelope for Transpose of a playing clip could affecting another unwarped successively triggered clip.

In some case, the Fade context menu commands would be missing. [5702]

In the file browser, renaming a file would not always work properly. [5798]

The slot selection would not be updated properly when dragging a clip in the Session.

Live could truncates notes in certain MIDI clips when only the velocity would be changed. [5754]

In a particular Live set, audio fades would not work properly with certain clips having envelopes. [5833]

Dragging an arranger clip within the arranger could delete its envelopes. [5825]

Under certain conditions Live would crash when moving clips and having no groove in the groove pool.

Under certain conditions, copy and paste of automations for multiple lanes would not work. [5644]

Under certain conditions, a folded group track would not display the overview for contained clips.

Unsupported multi channel audio files would crash Live. [5995]

When exporting a video file, the resulting video file would grow on each export instead to be replaced. [5996]

On Mac OS X, alias folders in the in the Open/Save dialog would be greyed out. [5998]

Under certain conditions, it was possible to hear 2 session clips from one track at the same time. [6000]

Under certain conditions, copy and paste of Arranger clips would not work properly. [6001]

Operator: LFO knobs would not indicate an existing clip envelope. [6062]

Editing clips could lead to crackles in the audio.

Files on a SMB based network volume could not be renamed within the browser. [6033]

The Spectrum device would not show a spectrum for very short signals. [5940]

Under certain conditions, pasting in the arranger could crash Live.

Freeze would not work properly on tracks with removed 'stop' buttons. [6070]

Undo the creating of a breakpoint for Sampler's filter On/Off switch could crash Live. [6083]

Using a particular audio file with the Complex Pro warp mode would crash Live. [6032]

Splitting clips in arranger could lead to wrong playing.

When double-clicking a session clip while the clip is not visible, it was possible to accidentally move the clip to a different slot. [5974]

Editing pseudo-warp markers on long audio files could let the waveform display disappear.

Start playing a particular arranger clip from certain position would not actually play the clip. [6129]

Dropping a clip onto playing clip would not send the required feedback for control surfaces. [5859]

Clicking on a track or a scene could result in heavy MIDI feedback traffic for controller surfaces. [5975]

Changes from Live 7.0.16 to Live 7.0.18


Improvements:

Controller surface support for the Novation LaunchPad controller

Controller surface support for the AKAI MPD-18, MPK-25, MPK-61 and MPK-88 controllers

Controller surface support for OpenLabs devices

Several improvements for the AKAI APC



Bugfixes:

Putting third party plug-in with MIDI out ports on the master track and route the MIDI output of the master track into a MIDI track would crash Live [5411]

Opening a particular set would crash as soon as the clip detail view of a particular clip would be opened [5454]

Deleting temp folder would not always work properly [4195]

Ctrl + Z on modal dialog on a modal dialog could crash Live. [5561]

The display representation of the Axiom Pro's endless encoders would not update when the knobs itself are turned. [5627]

The state of the tempo nudge up/down would be saved within a Live set by mistake. [5421]

Select on launch would not working when using the APC. [5648]

Locked user remote script would not be locked after re-loading the Live set [5723]

On Mac OS X, switching on the APC 40 or the Remote SL after Live is already started could still not allow to use the controller until its MIDI port was closed and reopened. [1795]

On Mac OS X 10.6.0, using the Complex warper could crash Live.

Playing MIDI could crash Live when multi-core support is enabled. [5608]

Switching on track-solo would not work properly in exclusive mode when switching via the APC. [5838]

On Mac OS X 10.6.x, starting Live with a template set that contains audio clips, and with another CoreAudio client running at the same time (e.g. iTunes), would freeze Live. Also, changing sample rates in Live would not work properly.

Improvements:

Updated manuals

Updated Help Pages

Bugfixes:

Surface controller support for the Oxygen 3rd generation

Using the Axiom Pro as controller surface would not work properly with certain effects and instruments

Under certain conditions, a volume automation would not work properly [6005]

The mouse handling of certain Sampler parameters would not work properly [5961]

Improvements:

Updated manuals

Updated Help Pages

Control Surface support for Novation Launchpad

Several improvements for the AxiomPro Controllers

Bugfixes:

Using the double/halve tempo buttons of the Looper could introduce an audible offset [5857]

Playing MIDI could crash Live when multi-core support is enabled [5608]

If the slot button below a disabled Session clip has been removed, the disabled clip would not respect this and act as stop button [5872]

In the Arranger, auto scrolling would not work properly when dragging tracks [5865]

On Mac OS X, open the application menu would not close an open context menu [5768]

On Mac OS X, using a Remote SL and loading a particular Live set with a Fab Filter Twin 2 would crash Live

On Mac OS X, the Key stroke handling for AudioUnits using Cocoa views would not work properly

On Mac OS X 10.6.x, starting Live with a template set that contains audio clips, and with another CoreAudio client running at the same time (e.g. iTunes), would freeze Live. Also, changing sample rates in Live would not work properly

Replacing a Macro mapping with a Key mapping could crash Live [5913]

Return track header selection would not work properly [5677]

On Mac OS X, Audio Units, wrapped by Novation Automap, would not appear in the right folders [5752]

Setting an MTC start offset to a negative value would not show the value properly [5456]

Grabbing and moving the left edge of an Arranger loop while the loop start is out of the view would not behave properly [5216]

In the Arranger, scrolling would not work properly when dragging or moving tracks [5139]

Under certain conditions, the LFO of the Sampler would not work properly

Switching banks via remote script would not be indicated in the status bar [5969]

Switching on track-solo would not work properly in exclusive mode when switching via the APC controller [5838]

Unsupported multi channel audio files would crash Live [5995]

When exporting an video file, the resulting video file would grow on each export instead to be replaced [5996]

On Mac OS X, when typing the name of an existing file, but without the extension, Live would overwrite the existing file without asking for confirmation

Improvements:

Updated manuals

Updated Help Pages

When using the APC40 Controller surface script, we check if the selection MIDI ports are the one from the APC40

Improved graphic performance when using Live on Windows 7 RC 1

On Mac OS X, Cocoa support for Audio Units

Having an unfolded Live set file in the browser, now the tracks from that Live set can be inserted into the current set by double clicking too. In earlier versions it was only possible via drag'n drop.

Controller surface support for the AKAI MPD-18, MPK-25, MPK-61 and MPK-88 controllers.

Controller surface support for OpenLabs devices

Bugfixes:

When record quantization is on, MIDI loop recording in the arranger would not behave properly [5603]

The state of the tempo nudge up/down would be saved within a Live set by mistake [5421]

Under certain conditions and depending on its settings, the Beat Repeat device would not work properly [5612]

The display representation of the Axiom Pro's endless encoders would not update when the knobs itself are turned[5627]

When having collapsed group tracks in the arranger, the 'Select All' command would not work properly and moving/copying the selection could even crash Live [5597]

Using Live as ReWire master with several ReWire slaves at the same time could not behave properly when sending/receiving MIDI to/from these ReWire slaves [5517]

Under certain conditions, drag and hover would 'unfold' the wrong track [5544]

The Auto/Range parameter of the Spectrum device could not be saved within a preset [5637]

A Live set from a Windows machine, saved on OS X 10.4.x would show a wrong icon [5579]

After grouping tracks, the APC40 would not always show the respective track states [5620]

The Looper could produce audio clicks when changing from play to overdub mode [5473]

Moving grouped tracks in the arranger could crash Live [5639]

When installing content packages, the progress dialog could show a too high number of processed items [5629]

Using MIDI remote mappings in Live running as ReWire slave could crash the Live and the ReWire master [5642]

Select on launch would not work when using the APC 40, when recording clips [5648]

With low update rates, the Spectrum display would "wobble" even for constant signals [5643]

Mapping a foot switch to step forward/backward would not work properly [5451]

Under certain conditions, using the warper's transient beats mode could cause drop outs [5625]

Under certain conditions, renaming a browser entry could crash Live [5641]

Dragging a Live set into Live would not always updated the corresponding macro names [5500]

Uploading a Live set without freezing necessary tracks would crash Live [5049]

Using the APC40 would not properly display follow actions [5610]

On Windows 7 RC 1, 'Show in Explorer' would not work properly

Committing a groove would not respect a change of the 'Base' parameter [5662]

using the absolute mouse mode, several edit boxes of the Sampler would not work properly [5654]

In the Sampler, setting loop start or end would not work via Mouse click + Modifier [5653]

Having a selection of a group track contain an audio and a MIDI track, arming the MIDI track could crash Live [5693]

On Mac OS X, closing a particular Live set containing a FabFilter One plug-in would crash Live [5609]

Having a device chain with an effect or instrument before a Spectrum device could crash when deleting the effect or instrument [5695]

Under certain conditions, the extension of a track selection would not work properly [5639]

Having a Live set containing many transient data could require a huge amount of memory during the opening of that Live set [5679]

Using +/- keys to control the zoom factor while highlighting a selection area would not work properly [5536]

When dragging devices from the browser into Session view, Live would not auto scroll to "out of sight" tracks [5710]

In a clip view, moving the loop brace would be constrained by the left border of the view [5719]

A Live set with devices locked to a particular controller surface would not work with that controller surface after reopening [5723]

On Windows, when allowing several instances of Live, processing a share link or the unlocking of Live would still start a second instance [5523]

Uninstalling a content package would fail when a sample contained in the package is currently active, like browser preview [5557]

'Gray' level meters would not become red on overload [2695]

Copy/Duplicate a track with input routing 'Resampling' would create a track with default input routing [5726]

On OS X, clicking into Live's video window could let the main window lose the focus

In a drum rack, changing the content of a pad would not update the arrow color [5709]

Reopening a set could show default name for a macro automation [5567]

Setting the scale factor via arrow up/down would not work for certain values [5160]

In some cases the Fade commands would be missing from context menus [5702]

A deactivated clip would still appear in the Arranger overview [5746]

Duplicate time or duplicate envelopes command would erase Live's global clipboard [5745]

Flatten a frozen MIDI track could crash Live depending on the currently selected envelope [5773]

Converting Simpler to Sampler while receiving parameter changes via MIDI controller would crash Live [5303]

If activated, a second running instance of Live would always show the Bug Reporting dialog on startup [4588]

Instant mappings for Multiband Dynamics and Vocoder would not work properly

Turning a knob on the APC 40 while toggling the Macro map mode could crash Live [5810]

Instant mappings for Collision would not work properly [5814]

Under certain conditions, the Utility effect would not take a gain automation into account [5721]

'Fold' would not work properly in a Drum Rack with 128 chains [5784]

Delay compensation would not work properly for devices before an External Audio Effect instance [5813]

Rendering tracks containing an Overdrive could lead to different results depending on the Overdrive parameter settings [5822]

Loading a Live set with a particular third party plug-in could crash Live when the plug-in instance could not be created [5795]

The AKAI MPD XX REW/FF buttons would not work when properly [5737]

Changing a track routing could make third party plugin window visible when it was hidden via Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+P [5799]

On Mac OS X, switching on the APC 40 or the Remote SL after Live is already started could still not allow to use the controller until its MIDI port was closed and reopened [1795]

On Mac OS X, exporting audio files could lead to Live hanging [5697]

Improvements:

Updated manual

Improved handling of the library database

Better GUI performance when recording many automation parameters

The APC40 script remembers the last set bank for each device and restores that setting when the corresponding device is selecting again.

On Mac OS X, if the custom dialog of a plug-in would not process incoming keys Live will handle them. Depending on the plug-in, this should provide a similar work flow as in Live 7

Several improvements for the Share functionality

On Windows, support for up to 256 audio channels when using ASIO

Bugfixes:

Unquantized scrubbing would not work properly in MIDI clips

On Mac OS X, the DUY Tape AU plug-in would crash on instantiation [5429]

When the Looper is set to a fixed length recording and the song is running, the recording length of the Looper might be miscalculated

Under certain conditions, moving a MIDI clip in arrangement could crash Live [5543]

Protocol recording of audio clips in ReWire slave mode would lead to silent arranger clips [5541]

Dragging a multi selection of audio files into Live would not work properly, when the multi selection would contain .asd files too [5485]

The 'Select All' context menu command would be available by accident for an entry in the device browser [5496]

On Windows, moving Library could transform .AbletonPresetInfo files into _AbletonPresetInfo files [5506]

Quantized scrubbing would not work properly in the Arranger [5490]

Setting a tempo via scene launch would not work properly if there's a loop in the Arranger [5535]

Exporting or consolidating audio would create a fade in in the resulting audio file [5540]

After Grouping, ungrouping or re-grouping of tracks, the APC40 would not work properly anymore

Doing undo via keyboard shortcut while a modal dialog is opened could crash Live [5561]

With the APC40, stopping clips via the clip-stop buttons would not work properly

Switching device banks would not work properly when using the 'microKontrol' as Control Surface [5568]

On Mac OS X, having a plug-in opening a modal dialog and switching then to another application would crash Live [5583]

MIDI loop recording in Arranger would not work properly after the first loop iteration [5203]

Using follow actions on clips in Legato mode could crash Live [5580]

On Windows, editing the info text for an arrangement locator would not work properly [5574]

On Mac OS X, slow mouse wheel changes would not work properly [5552]

On Mac OS X, drag'n drop operation with certain key modifiers could lead to an 'unstoppable' drag'n drop operation [5564]

Restoring from the undo history after a crash could lead to another crash

In several surface controller scripts, the arm buttons would not select tracks anymore [5594]

Improvements :

Slightly improved graphic performance on Mac OS X.

Setting up a cache folder is restricted to an empty folder or previous cache folder. Root directories are not longer allowed.

Bugfixes :

On Mac OS X, "Move to trash" and "Show in finder" command would not work when particular toll are installed. (e.g. PathFinder).

The unfrozen-state of a track would not be saved properly within a Live set.

Opening a particular set would crash as soon as the clip detail view of a particular clip would be opened.

When committing grooves for audio clips, the created volume clip envelope could produce audio clicks.

The "Auto" switch of racks would not always work properly.

When moving the mouse over Macros, the the name of the corresponding macro would not always displayed in the status bar.

In the Operator, the Notch filter display would not be displayed properly.

MIDI note preview would not always play all notes when moving the insert marker with arrow left/right.

Arranger recording of an unwarped clip could result in different playing offsets.

In the file manager, the project and library link would not work.

Installing a Live pack fails when one of the installed samples is already in use.

MIDI step input would sometimes happen when it should not; for example when just playing a note while there's a time selection, or when pressing keys other than arrow left and arrow right. MIDI step input would also generate undo steps even if nothing happened.

When scrubbing in the Arranger, sample pre-loading would not always work properly.

Transport controls of certain controller surfaces would not work properly.

Playing back a particular audio clip in Beats warp mode would lead to disk overloads on loop back jump.

Under certain conditions, Collect and Save would copies no longer used audio files of frozen tracks.

Slice to MIDI track on audio clip might crash Live.

The voice stealing mechanism of the Impulse would not always work properly.

In the Vocoder, several parameter would appear with different names in the automation chooser compared to the names from the info text.

In the Multiband Dynamics, several parameter would appear with different names in the automation chooser compared to the names from the info text.

Creating a MIDI track via double click on an instrument preset in the Browser would not work when a Return or the master track is selected.

The Session view scrolling with the APC40 would not always work properly.

Third party plug-in offering more inputs that outputs could crash Live.

Pasting a Live set from the browser into the current Live set would select and scroll to a slot in the last scene.

Not quantized arranger scrubbing would not work properly.

Slicing audio file using a slicing preset containing two levels of nested racks with cascading macro mappings would crash Live.

Dragging a clip from a Live set in the browser to the empty arranger area would not work sometimes or even crash Live.

Having an unwarped clip which spans more than the whole range of its next clip. Copying both of them are could crash Live.

In the browser, collapsing a folder while renaming contained file after exporting a clip or track into that folder could crash Live.

Play through optimization would not work properly for audio monitoring and recording, resulting in high latencies.

Improvements :

Updated manuals.

Updated help pages.

Dragging a file from the OS into Live's file browser copies the file by default instead of moving it. When pressing the copy modifier the file will be moved.

Improvements for offline authorization.

Resizing tracks with ALT now only resizes tracks within the same level of the group track hierarchy.

Unfold all (ALT-click the arrow) now works only in the same level of hierarchy - "resize all" and "unfold all" works now either on "player and group tracks", or on "return and master tracks".

In Session View, group tracks provide a "track launch" button in map mode.

The fold/unfold triangle of a group track is painted blue when a track inside is soloed.

In the file browser, the "create folder" command is available in the "parent folder" context menu.

Added an option for the Options.txt file to support Wacom Tablets. Adding the line "-AbsoluteMouseMode" into Options.txt file switches Live into absolute mouse position mode.

Bugfixes :

Prelistening of encoded audio files could lead to hard disk overloads.

Under certain conditions, replacing files via the File Manager would not work.

Repairing the Library would not update/repair meta data of Groove files.

On Mac OS X, having the Library on an external drive and attach/detaching it while Live is running would not work properly.

Loading a third party plug-in which has fewer parameters than a previous version could crash Live.

Drag & drop of a preset within the Live's browser would not keep the destination folder open.

In a particular Live set, a certain audio clip would not play properly because of misaligned transients.

Some parameters for Faderfox controllers would not be correctly named.

Macro names would not always be automatically updated in nested Racks.

Saving a preset would fail if the corresponding preset folder does not exist.

The "Collect and Save" button of the file manager would not be named properly in some cases.

Under certain conditions, the file icon for an audio file would not be updated after an .asd file is created.

Under certain conditions, Arranger crossfades would produces clicks in the audio.

Looping an audio file in 'Tones' warp mode could have audio artifacts while fading.

Horizontal lines in pitch-like envelope editors would disappear with Zoom > 100%.

As soon as a progress bar for a Live pack installation was shown for the first time, there were no 'marching ants' anymore when loading a document, for the rest of the Live run.

Under certain conditions, the loop brace vertical lines in the Arranger would not cover the whole height of the Arranger.

If no Library is selected, the Repair button would be enabled and clicking it would crash Live.

The "Show Preferences" command would check if default packages need to be installed.

Copying, deleting and then pasting a file in the file browser would freeze Live.

Pasting files into Live's browser could make the mouse cursor jump.

Under certain conditions, clip fades and device automation would be visible at the same time.

In the Arpeggiator, receiving a note-off for the current step could skip a note.

Slicing presets would be shown even if they can't be used because the required additional products are not unlocked.

The 'Configure' mode would not work for certain VST plug-ins.

Copying an Instrument over an existing instrument from one track to another would not work.

The latency when playing instruments via external input might be too high in some cases.

Recording MIDI controller events into a MIDI clip could crash Live when the clip would be deleted during the recording.

On Windows and depending on the computer hardware setup, unlocking Live would not be persistent and had to be done on each new Live start.

Playing back certain REX loops would not work properly for each the second iteration.

Playing back a sample in 'Tones' warp mode would not work properly during the waveform analyzing.

Looper pedal would be macro mappable by mistake.

The overview for a group track would not be updated when undoing a recording.

In the clip detail view, changing clip loop start time via edit boxes would not work properly when loop start time is negative.

Under certain conditions, authorize Live on Mac OS X could freeze Live.

For particular parameters, the automation view would not properly updated.

Using any XY control would let the mouse pointer jump on mouse-up and could even crash Live.

On Mac OS X, the Configure mode for Audio Units would not work.

Adding the audio file of a frozen track into the arrangement would result in an extremely long clip.

Trigger any clip in Complex or Complex Pro warp mode via MIDI Key range mapping would not pitch the clip.

Under certain conditions, opening a set would not be possible as long as the file manger is open.

Under certain conditions, when loading a new Live set it would not be possible to delete the temp directory of the current project. For example after unfreezing a track.

MIDI Mapping a parameter with identical min and max value would crash Live.

Loading a particular Live set would fail with an "Invalid Product ID" message box.

Browsing within the Japanese help pages could freeze Live.

Improvements:

Several improvements for the APC40

Support for Live Lite 7 Zoom Edition

New groove engine

Groove patterns dynamically influence the timing and velocity/volume of audio and MIDI material. This can add life and swing to straight patterns, give a track more drive, or lend a piece an easy, laid-back feeling.

New warping engine

Live 8 is the next logical step in warping evolution with a new, more intuitive warping paradigm and some important Warp Mode enhancements.

Looper

Looper brings the creative power of classic sound-on-sound looping to Live, without the limitations of a hardware device. Inspired by some of our favorite sample/delay devices plus a good deal of Ableton wizardry, Looper provides plenty of scope in a super-simple interface.

New effects

Live 8 includes five powerful new effects, each with a strong personality and serious "classic" potential. These effects add a special Ableton shine to the well-known aspects of these devices, giving you effects that are not only practical and easy to use but also inspiring.

Workflow enhancements

Version 8 makes Live easier with a number of most-wanted enhancements and some deceptively simple detail work.

Improvements:

MIDI surface controller support for AKAI APC40 & M-Audio Axiom Pro

Bug fixes:

Under certain conditions, MIDI notes would disappear when recording with record quantization on

On OS X, same named MIDI ports might cause problems

Under certain conditions, pick-up mode would not work properly on re-assign

Improvements:

Updated Manual

On Mac OS X, changing the audio buffer size requires you to click on an 'Apply' button to commit the new buffer size. This should avoid that Audio Uinit plug-in are re-created more than once when changing the buffer size.

Bug fixes:

Deleting or moving a Rack chain while there are clip envelopes for one of the chain mixer's parameters (volume, pan, or sends) could crash Live.

MIDI overdub during Arranger recording could delete or cut notes.

Selecting a scene would display "Insert Scene" for the "Select All" menu entry.

Under very rare conditions and only with a Live set having at least 48 tracks, certain routings could switch to 'None' after previewing aLive clip or MIDI file.

Replacing an instrument inside a Rack with a track having additional automation lanes controlling parameters of the previous instrument would crash Live.

Dragging a clip from within Live or from the Browser would not use the Default preset.

When running Live as ReWire master with Propellerheads Reason as ReWire slave, under certain conditions Live would crash when switching presets in Reason in a way that would modify or change its MIDI targets.

Improvements:

MIDI surface controller support for the Alesis Master Control

MIDI controller support for Vestax VCM 600

Bug fixes:

Operator's voice stealing would not work properly.

Under certain conditions an empty MIDI effect Rack could lead to audio drop-outs.

The 'Rename' command for an Impulse slot would not be available via the context menu.

A copied or moved Reverb would not properly show the correct curve with Diffusion Network enabled.

After installing content packages, a dialog could show a message about a failed installation although the installation was successful.

A copied or moved Tension instrument would not show the correct filter curve.

Dragging a particular chain from a Drum Rack into 'empty' Arranger space could crash Live.

On Windows Vista, resizing the main window would heavily flicker if AERO was enabled.

On Windows Vista, locking the computer or coming back from a screen saver would temporarily disable AERO.

Moving a clip in a track with an External Instrument and routed to a multitimbral plug-in could crash Live.

Moving zones in the the Sampler could lead to hard disk dropouts.

Live's search index would not properly handle version 2.3 ID3 tags.

Dragging in a clip containing an Audio Unit plug-in could cause a message box to appear, canceling the drag.

Some memory leaks could appear under Vista when resizing windows.

Tighter MIDI timing when looping in the Arranger.

Files would incorrectly be dated as "Yesterday" during a few hours around midnight.

The macro settings of a rack containing certain third party plug-ins would not properly restored when loading the rack.

Having multiple automation lanes on an audio track and removing one lane would not properly display the audio waveform on the remaining lanes.

Doing the the Capture and Insert Scene command could create a memory leak.

When running as MIDI clock slave, Live would only display a rounded to the nearest integer tempo.

On Mac OS X, the functionality to ask the AU plug-in for its supported formats would not work properly.

If Live would run as ReWire slave but would not get called from the ReWire master for some time, a message box would appear to inform about that problem. This message box again could lead to a crash of Live and the ReWire master. Now, the the message about the inactive ReWire master is displayed on the status bar.

Sending a MIDI program change message from an external MIDI source into Live would lead to a crash.

Depending on the structure of the current Live set, arming a track could be extremely slow.

Unlock offline would not work properly.

Bug fixes:

Executing the'Sort Chains' command in a Rack could crash Live.

Sidechain routings were not properly saved in a Live Clip.

Setting the 'Count In' to 4 bars would result in a 3 bar count in.

Under certain conditions, the unlocking of additional instruments could fail.

Sending MIDI SysEx data into Live could lead to crashes.

Improvements:
Updated manuals
Updated texts
Updated lesson package


Bug fixes:

Consolidating frozen tracks could result in a silent consolidate clip.

The infotexts for the MIDI/KEY learn frame over the cross fade section were corrupted.

On Mac OS X, sending out MIDI clock would not work properly for a song loop back jump.

If the File Manager was opened, and the cursor was over it, the title of the infoview would say 'Lessons View' instead of 'File Manager'.

Previewing Live clips and MIDI files would show a cut text in the status bar.

Hotswap buttons for devices would not 'glow' when the mouse hovered over them.

Under certain conditions, hotswap for nested Drum Racks would open the wrong preset folder in the Browser.

If the fine song tempo was learned to a MIDI controller, moving that controller immediately after adding a Live clip would lead to a crash.

In Live's Browser, plugins were not sorted according to sort order when the folder was expanded.

In Live's file Browser, renaming a folder containing a recorded sample would silently fail and could set clips, used in the current Live set, offline.

Having an audio track set to external input, armed and muted; the level meter color was still green instead of grey.

Recording MIDI could lead to a crash when the first note was recorded immediately after starting a MIDI clip by clicking on a slot button of an armed track.

'Collect Samples on Export' would not work even if the corresponding Preferences option was enabled.

In Live's Browser, when sorting preset by path, the current project entry would be placed randomly within the presets.

Analog, Tension and Electric would show 16 MIDI channels although they receive MIDI only on channel 1.

If a window was opened from within the Live process that Live does not know about (for example from NI Kore), Live would crash when opening a context menu or a popup chooser.

Under certain conditions, the pads of a Drum Rack could stay permanently hidden.

Changing the name of an effect or instrument device would not be reflected in the context menu of an assigned Macro knob.

Renaming a send track would not immediately effect the parameter chooser display for that track.

In the 'External Instrument' device, changing the 'MIDI To' chooser always reset the 'Audio From' chooser.

A few OIC presets would require an unlocked EIC product.

Opening a list view from within nested Drum Racks could lead to a crash.

Depending of the current language, texts in the Trial section of the Preferences would not be displayed completely.

On Windows Vista and independent of buffer size and CPU usage, using some FW based audio interfaces would always result in clicks & pops in the audio as soon as multi-core support was enabled

In a Drum Rack, extracting a chain with a certain routing to its parent return chain would lead to a crash.

In several message boxes for Library installations, file sizes would be displayed in GB and MB.

Freezing an armed track with audio coming from 'Resampling' would crash Live.

Unfolding the Browser by dragging over its open/close button would not work.

On Mac OS X, using several Analog instances could lead to dropouts.

Improvements:

Updated manuals

Updated texts

Updated lesson package

Suppressing unnecessary question about "stop audio" on document close.

Bug fixes:

Running the "Analyze audio" command from the context menu of the File Browser would only create .asd files if the respective Preferences option was set to "On". Now "Analyze audio" is independent of the preferences option.

On Mac OS X, the date in Live's File Browser would not reflect daylight savings time.

Under certain conditions, the pad of a Drum Rack would have a "sticky" hotswap button until mousing over that pad again.

The progress bar for consolidating could sometimes show values greater than 100%.

When switching the MIDI input sources of a track, pitchbend values would not be reset.

MIDI mapping the transpose parameter of an audio clip could lead to not quantized values.

Sending of MIDI Song Position Pointer message beyond bar 1025 would lead to incorrect behavior and different behavior on Mac OS X and Windows.

Under certain conditions, the Operator and Sampler envelopes could go out of sync. We provide a Options.txt entry called "_AdsrRepeatQuantizeTo16th" to restore the previous behavior.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89422

Certain Live sets originally created on Mac OS X and containing Audio Units within the chain of a Rack would crash when opening on Windows.

The display of a Mackie Control-based surface controller would not be updated when several sections of the Simpler or Sampler instrument were switched off or on.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74388

The display of a Mackie Control-based surface controller would not be updated after renaming a particular device.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77676

The LFO sync rate parameter of the Sampler would not be available as a clip envelope.

The time range display of the render dialog would not reflect an Arranger selection with a time signature change.

Even if all external device tracks were frozen, rendering would still happen in real-time.

Deleting an audio file within Live's Browser which was currently being previewed was not possible.

Improvements:

Updated manuals.

Updated texts.

When switching the Library to a folder on a different hard drive, a message box appears asking if the current library should copied to the new location too.

Bug fixes:

Playing the "Clavibell.adg" preset from Puremagnetic Wavebase package could lead to a crash.

Live could crash if the root dir of a file browser is set to a non-existing directory.

Folders below the current selected Library folder or the current project could not be bookmarked.

The message box with the information about the installed packages would miss a scrollbar if many packages would be installed.

In Sampler, pan would not working properly.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88744

Duplicate an audio track containing a clip with certain envelopes could lead crash Live.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88971

Grouping a top level effect device that has any of its parameters macro-mapped would crash Live.

MIDI sequencing, pattern recording, virtual instruments and MIDI hardware support

Flexible Routing : New monitoring, track routing, and view navigation avail non-disruptive track setup and recording. Any track can feed and tap other tracks for submixes or layering as well as be routed to twelve auxiliary sends per Live Set.

Swing and Groove: Audio and MIDI clips support variable real-time swing and individual groove parameters.

Automatic Jamming. Audio and MIDI clips can be set to produce customized or even random sequences of loops or samples in Live's Session View. Great for generating new ideas, beat making, or advance preparation of a DJ performance.

Sample Reverse: single button can reverse any audio clip in real-time.

Session View scenes can change the project tempo.

Session View scenes can be set to advance automatically.

Audio performance has been optimized for Macintosh computers.

MIDI sequencing, pattern recording, virtual instruments and MIDI hardware support

Flexible Routing : New monitoring, track routing, and view navigation avail non-disruptive track setup and recording. Any track can feed and tap other tracks for submixes or layering as well as be routed to twelve auxiliary sends per Live Set.

Swing and Groove: Audio and MIDI clips support variable real-time swing and individual groove parameters.

Automatic Jamming. Audio and MIDI clips can be set to produce customized or even random sequences of loops or samples in Live's Session View. Great for generating new ideas, beat making, or advance preparation of a DJ performance.

Sample Reverse: single button can reverse any audio clip in real-time.

Session View scenes can change the project tempo.

Session View scenes can be set to advance automatically.

Audio performance has been optimized for Macintosh computers.

Enveloppes

Clips have envelopes for all warp, mixer and effect parameters

Envelope draw mode for drawing steps and curves

Better enveloppe editing : Envelopes can be freely copied between parameters

Playing Clips via MIDI / Computer Keys

Clips can be mapped to keyboard ranges for chromatic playing

Clips have a velocity amount setting

Legato mode for starting clips without retriggering

All launch modes available for computer keyboard keys

Arrangement and session view

Consolidate command turns arrangement selection into a new clip

A new command to capture all running clips as a new session view scene

Session view clips keep playing when dragged to other slots

Quantization / grid

The quantization menus include triplets

The global quantization setting have values greater than one bar

Live Effects

Compressor II - advanced dynamics

EQ 3 - three band DJ-style EQ with 48 dB band separation

Utility - gain, stereo width and phase control

Resonators - strings, chords and shimmer

VST plug-ins

Multiple VST editor windows

New VST program and bank handling

Recording

Automatic handling of monitoring

Automatic thinning of recorded automation data

Clip settings

Clips can be set to play from RAM instead of from the disk

Dropping a sample from the File Browser onto the Clip View replaces the clip's sample

Greater ranges for clip volume and transposition

Enveloppes

Clips have envelopes for all warp, mixer and effect parameters

Envelope draw mode for drawing steps and curves

Better enveloppe editing : Envelopes can be freely copied between parameters

Playing Clips via MIDI / Computer Keys

Clips can be mapped to keyboard ranges for chromatic playing

Clips have a velocity amount setting

Legato mode for starting clips without retriggering

All launch modes available for computer keyboard keys

Arrangement and session view

Consolidate command turns arrangement selection into a new clip

A new command to capture all running clips as a new session view scene

Session view clips keep playing when dragged to other slots

Quantization / grid

The quantization menus include triplets

The global quantization setting have values greater than one bar

Live Effects

Compressor II - advanced dynamics

EQ 3 - three band DJ-style EQ with 48 dB band separation

Utility - gain, stereo width and phase control

Resonators - strings, chords and shimmer

VST plug-ins

Multiple VST editor windows

New VST program and bank handling

Support for Mach-O plug-ins

Recording

Automatic handling of monitoring

Automatic thinning of recorded automation data

Clip settings

Clips can be set to play from RAM instead of from the disk

Dropping a sample from the File Browser onto the Clip View replaces the clip's sample

Greater ranges for clip volume and transposition