late 2020, Ableton officially announced Ableton Live 11 for 2021 Q1 and was released on 23 February 2021. Products Ableton Live Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation developed by Ableton and is currently in its eleventh version. There are four versions of the software, of which three are available for purchase: Live 11 Standard (the core software for music performance and creation), Live 11 Suite (Ableton Live, Max for Live + all of Ableton's software instruments/effects), Live 11 Intro (an introductory version of Live with track and effect limitations), and Live Lite (currently at version 11) that comes bundled free with a number of hardware and applications but is not available to buy separately. Ableton Live is designed to be used with a wide range of USB and MIDI controllers, as well as instruments and virtual instruments. Ableton Push In March 2013, the company released the Push controller for Live 9 in cooperation with Akai Professional. It gives access to most performing elements within the digital audio workstation from the one unit, playing notes on a device or instrument, sequencing melodic notes and parameters, and triggering clips via a 64 pad matrix. In November 2015, Ableton released the second iteration of the Push, Ableton Push 2, which features an onboard display and better integration with the Live software. Ableton Operator Operator is a software synthesizer developed by Ableton, first released in 2005. It runs exclusively in Ableton Live, and is included with the Suite version of the program; Live Lite users can purchase Operator separately for 99 USD. It uses a hybrid of frequency modulation (FM), subtractive, and additive synthesis with four oscillators, and has been used by artists including Skrillex and Monolake. Ableton Note Note is a mobile companion app to Ableton Live. See also Digital audio workstation :Category:Ableton Live users References Articles The MusicRadar Team (Production Expo). "The 19 best DAW software apps in the world today" Archived (September 2014). Golden, Ean. "Ableton Push: New Hardware Controller for Live" (October 2012) External links Ableton Homepage Companies based in Berlin German brands Software companies of Germany Music equipment manufacturers