manufacturer founded 1999 headquarters berlin germany key people gerhard behles ceo jan bohl coo cfo products ableton live operator ableton push revenue 18.5 m usd 1 number of employees 200 2 subsidiaries ableton inc. us subsidiary website www.ableton.com ableton ag is a berlin based music software company that produces and distributes the production and performance program ableton live and a collection of related instruments and sample libraries as well as their own software controller ableton push . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 articles 5 external links history edit ableton was founded in 1999 by gerhard behles robert henke of monolake and bernd roggendorf . after behles work on granular synthesis features for native instruments reaktor as well as earlier software using a silicon graphics workstation at the technical university of berlin live was first released as commercial software in 2001 . 5 behles remains the chief executive officer of ableton . 6 ableton s office is located in the mitte district of berlin germany with a second office in pasadena california . 7 8 in march 2007 ableton announced it was beginning a collaboration with cycling 74 producers of max msp . this collaboration is not directly based on live or max msp but rather combines the two companies strengths in a new product . 9 10 in january 2009 the ableton cycling 74 product max for live was announced . max for live makes it possible to create max msp patches directly inside of live . the patches act like other plug ins in live do supporting preset saving automation and other features . it is possible to create both customized hardware plug ins and patches as well as actions within those plug ins that control every aspect of live essentially anything that can be clicked with a mouse . 11 ableton live is currently in its ninth version . there are three versions of the software available for purchase live 9 standard the core software for music performance and creation live 9 suite ableton live max for live all of ableton s software instruments effects and live 9 intro an introductory version of live with fewer track and effect slots . ableton live is designed to be used with a wide range of usb and midi controllers as well as instruments and virtual instruments . 12 13 the company constructed the push controller for live 9 in cooperation with akai . 14 it gives access to every element within the digital audio workstation from this one unit playing notes on a device or instrument sequencing melodic notes and parameters and triggering clips . 12 ableton holds many music production sessions and seminars to learn to use their software and licenses certified ableton trainers . 15 in april 2015 ableton published the hardcover book making music 74 creative strategies for electronic music producers . the work is organized according to three main categories problems of beginning problems of progressing and problems of finishing and aims primarily to address the non technical aspects of the process of making music . 16 the author dennis desantis works as head of documentation at ableton and was formerly a sound designer for native instruments . see also edit ableton live ableton operator digital audio workstation category ableton live users references edit ableton ag 19 % umsatzsteigerung auf 14 7 mio . euro 2012 1 company updates on linkedin 2 ableton ag private company information businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 02 16 . ableton crunchbase . www.crunchbase.com . retrieved 2016 02 16 . manning peter 2013 02 27 . electronic and computer music . oxford university press . isbn 9780199912599 . ableton ag private company information businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 02 16 . ableton contact us . ableton . ableton . retrieved 8 october 2016 . ableton company info and jobs on craft.co . craft.co . retrieved 2016 02 16 . ableton cycling 74 partnership . beatport news en . retrieved 2016 02 16 . cycling 74 and ableton to codevelop new products . ableton . retrieved 8 october 2016 . cycling 74 reveals max for live make max patches that integrate with ableton cdm createdigitalmusic . cdm createdigitalmusic . retrieved 2016 02 16 . a b ableton live 9 & push . www.soundonsound.com . retrieved 2016 02 16 . ableton live buying guide mac ableton . mac ableton . retrieved 2016 02 16 . golden ean . ableton push new hardware controller for live . dj techtools . retrieved 2016 02 16 . ableton certified trainer program 3 making music interview with dennis desantis audionewsroom anr . audionewsroom anr . retrieved 2016 04 20 . articles edit the musicradar team production expo . the 19 best daw software apps in the world today 4 september 2014 . golden ean . ableton push new hardware controller for live 5 october 2012 external links edit ableton homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ableton & oldid 743181936 categories companies based in berlingerman brandssoftware companies of 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