Ableton
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| legal form | AG |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat | Berlin (headquarters), Pasadena |
| management | Gerhard Behles ( CEO ) Jan Bohl (CFO) |
| Number of employees | ~ 200 |
| sales | EUR 14.7 million (2009) |
| Branch | software |
| Website | www.ableton.com |
Ableton AG is a Berlin based music software company . With a market share of 20%, the company is one of the three leading providers in the premium segment of sequencer programs.
In addition to Live , which is considered to be the main showpiece, Ableton developed the software instruments Operator and Sampler, which are optional components of the Live program that are subject to a charge.
history
The company was founded by the computer scientist and musician Gerhard Behles and the computer scientist Bernd Roggendorf. Both worked together at the Berlin software company Native Instruments . Ableton AG was founded with the aim of developing music software suitable for live and improvisation. Furthermore, Robert Henke involved in the development of the software. He and Gerhard Behles together represented the group Monolake . After the founding of Ableton, Gerhard Behles concentrated exclusively on Ableton, while Robert Henke continues to create music as a monolake and still works with Ableton today.
In 1998 Ableton won the main prize in the multimedia start-up competition of the Federal Ministry of Economics and was able to finance the establishment of the company with the help of the FUTOUR funding program. In 2005 a branch was opened in New York . In 2011 this office moved to Pasadena .
Ableton achieved sales of EUR 14.7 million in 2012, more than 90% of which abroad.
In June 2017 Ableton took over the music software company Cycling '74 with their main product Max / MSP .
Products
live
Live is a sequencer and like Logic , Pro Tools or Cubase it is a tool / "sequencing instrument" for music production . Its strengths lie in the modular approach as well as in the realtime processing of samples , which simplifies composing and improvising in realtime . This allows it to be used as an instrument by musicians , DJs and producers alike . With the introduction of the Max For Live interface (version 8 or higher), the concept of modularity was significantly expanded in 2009.
operator
The operator is a synthesizer based on FM synthesis , largely developed by Robert Henke.
Sampler
The multisampler is an instrument that was released at the same time as Live 6.
Push
Push is a hardware controller for Live developed by Ableton and brought onto the market with Version 9 of Ableton Live. Ableton himself calls it an instrument. On November 2nd, 2015 Ableton presented the new version Push 2 with an improvement of the display and the pads, together with an update from Live to version 9.5.
Max For Live
In 2009, the product of Ableton's collaboration with Cycling '74 (San Francisco), Max For Live was released . As an interface to the Max / MSP graphic development environment , M4L enables users to design and exchange powerful MIDI and audio processes for Ableton Live. Cycling '74 was acquired by Ableton in June 2017.
Awards
- Electronic Musician : 2003 Editor's Choice (also: 2005 and 2006)
- PC Professional : PC Pro Recommends Award
- Macworld : Five Mice Rating
- Remix: Remix Technology Award 2003, 2004, 2005
- Musikmesse: mipa 2004, 2005, 2006
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Ed.): Lexicon of the German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .
- ↑ Ableton acquires Cycling '74, maker of music software Max. Retrieved June 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Cycling '74 + Ableton Cycling '74 dated June 6, 2017, accessed July 11, 2018.