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Ableton announced Live 11.1, now available as a beta release, an update that adds support for Apple Silicon Macs and a variety of other improvements.

 

Ableton Live 11.1 adds native support for Apple’s M1 Silicon Macs, and you can try it right now. And if you have been waiting for it, its arrival is good news.

 

We are referring to native support for Apple’s M1 Silicon Macs, the first batch of which was released almost a year ago. This means that owners of M1 13-inch MacBook Pro will now be able to run Ableton Live without the need for Apple’s ‘translation’ software Rosetta, unleashing the full power of their computers in the process.

 

Whereas, owners of Windows machines and older Macs may be nonplussed by this news, Live 11.1 does also give them an updated Shifter device to play with. This adds a new mode for real-time monophonic pitch shifting, as well as delay, an envelope section, an LFO and glide functionality.

 

In addition, there are two new Max for Live utilities: Align Deay and MIDI Shaper. Align Delay enables users to compensate for lag when sending signals through their system, while MIDI Shaper generates modulation data that can bring more expression to MIDI performances.

 

Other tweaks include improvements to comping, updates to Clip handling and more.

 

Live 11.1 is available now in public beta.  You can sign up to the beta program on the Ableton website, where you can also view the release notes.

 

Full details are available at the Ableton website.

 

 

 

Solid State Logic has introduces two new plugins modelled on its Fusion analogue hardware processor – Vintage Drive and Stereo Image – while also revealing a plugin development roadmap focused on “music creation, mixing and mastering”.

 

SSL is bringing the sound of its all-analogue hardware processor to your DAW.

 

Emulating the Fusion hardware section of the same name, and offering non-linear saturation circuit characteristics, Vintage Drive features Density and Drive controls that can be used to produce harmonics, soft clipping and compression. SSL says its effect calls to mind the one you get when you push an analogue console into its tonal sweet spot.

 

 

While, Stereo Image enables you to access a digital version of Fusion’s mid-side circuit for spatial manipulation of the stereo field. This can be done using the Width and Space controls.

 

 

SSL says that further pieces of the Fusion processing pie will be coming in due course – Violet EQ, HF Compressor and Transformer – and the company is also planning new tape echo, delay and de-esser plugins.

 

These will all be available as part of the SSL Complete Subscription Bundle, which costs $14.99 a month. Besides, there will also be monthly software releases, including “premium legacy modelled hardware additions,” adding even more value.

 

The new Fusion plugins cost $199/£139/€159 each (plus taxes), but are available at a 25% discount for the first 30 days of their launch (this pricing model will apply to all future Fusion releases, as well). They run on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX formats.

 

 

Find out more on the SSL website.

 

 

 

 

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Recluse Audio ROMpler plugin gives you sixteen 808-style kicks in a straightforward interface. Promising both fatness and simplicity, the samples come from a completely different drum machine, though.

 

The samples are actually lifted from Dave Smith and Roger Linn’s Tempest drum machine, but they certainly call to mind the sound of Roland’s classic beatbox. Editing is restricted to an ADSR envelope, but if you do not like the included sounds, you can drag and drop your own AIFF, WAV and MP3 files.

 

You can download ROMpler for free on the Recluse Audio website.