A spokesman says, "The Ableton community has always played a key role; the company founders and staff would like to say thank you to all the musicians, producers, performers, DJs, artists, broadcasters, choreographers, engineers and visionaries who have joined the journey so far. Ableton looks forward to sharing the next 10 years with this unusually talented, innovative, inspiring and ever-growing Ableton Live community."
To mark the occasion, and as a special thank you, Ableton has put together a package of special offers, new products and birthday handouts.
For Live 8 and Suite 8 users, Ableton is giving away 10 free Live Packs from Ableton artists - songs and sounds from 10 innovative artists including Múm, Apparat, Thavius Beck, Swayzak and Junie Morrison (formerly of the Ohio Players). These Live Packs offer an opportunity to delve inside real songs by real artists and "see how these guys work their Live mojo", the company says.
During Able10, Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 are up to 20% cheaper. This discount offer applies to new licenses and upgrades, so both new and existing customers can benefit.
Ableton is offering Live LE users a special Able10 bonus: a completely free upgrade to Live Intro.
Max for Live will be released on 23 November 2009. Beta testing has started, and details are available on the Ableton website.
Live Lite users can get a free upgrade to Live Lite 8, the latest version with numerous improvements, updates and "an inspiring content package".
All offers are available at www.ableton.com/able10. Discount offers are valid from 4 November 2009 to 15 January 2010.
(Jim Evans)
