What’s New in Live 11

What's new in Live 11.3

Visit this page for complete Live 11.3 release notes.

Live 11.3’s many new features and improvements include:

  • Support for Push 3
  • Drift, a new compact subtractive synthesizer instrument available in all editions of Live
  • New presets and Racks featuring MPE
  • MPE support for devices including Analog, Collision, Electric, Tension, and Note Echo
  • Improvements to MPE Control and Expression Control
  • MPE display for incoming MPE data in the MIDI Monitor device
  • Improvements to Live’s Auto-Warp feature, including upgraded tempo detection and downbeat detection.
  • Help menu's "Help View" is now called "Built-In Lessons"
  • Drivers for Push 3

Note for Windows users: To install Push 3 drivers, install the current version of Live manually from your Ableton account. If Live 11.3.x is installed via auto-update, the Push 3 drivers may not be installed. 

What's new in Live 11.2

Updated Reverb Device

Updates to Live’s Reverb device include a modernized user interface, improved usability, and subtle sound improvements.

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For more details on updates to Reverb, visit Live 11.2 Release Notes. 

Support for AUv3 (macOS only)

Audio Units is the macOS standard format for third-party effects and instruments. Audio Units Version 2 (AUv2) was the standard on Intel-based Macs, and this format is still supported on Silicon processors. 

AUv3 introduces the ability to use plug-ins developed for iOS on computers running macOS 10.15 and later.

  • To enable AUv3 plug-ins, select this option in Live > Preferences > Plug-InsScreenshot_2022-09-20_at_14.38.13.png
  • Before testing an AUv3 format device in Live, launch the app as a standalone, to ensure that it initializes correctly.
  • MIDI effects are not available in Live for AUv2 or AUv3 plugins.

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