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Future Music
November 2021
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>Malevolent is the debut product from new British
Arturia light the MiniFuse with a new range of “classleading” interfaces
>Having tried their hands at creating mid-to-high-end audio
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It wouldn’t be too hyperbolic to liken the influence Ableton Live has had on electronic music in the 21st century to that of Roland’s grooveboxes in the 1980s. Live is far from the only software tool around – for every track created in Ableton’s DAW, there are countless others made in the likes of Logic, Cubase or Reason – but just as the TR-808 and TR-909 laid down the blueprint for both the tone and sequencing style of modern electronic drums, so has Ableton Live defined a specific style of music software; one that bridges the gap between recording workspace and instrument in its own right
The history of Live in 10 key updates
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Boys Noize
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SOFTSYNTH BUNDLES
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