Music Producers, Get Ableton Live 8.2.5 for OS X Lion, Deckadance 1.9.3

Ableton AG and Image-Line have announced fresh updates for their music production and mixing software for Mac users.

Ableton Live 8.2.5 introduces "full compatibility" with OS X Lion, according to Ableton AG, as well as better sync capabilities with external MIDI hardware.

The Ableton Suite 8 (8.2.5) installer includes Live Packs for Amp, Collision, Operator, Electric, Sampler, Analog, Tension, Latin Percussion, Drum Machines, Sound Objects Lite and the PDF manual.

The Ableton Live 8 installer includes Live Packs for Amp, Collision, Operator, Electric, Sampler, Analog, Tension and the PDF manual.

Download Ableton Live 8.2.5

Moving on to Deckadance, Image-Line’s popular DJ mixing application, the software has received “some welcome updates,” according to the Belgian development studio, including:

· A font size option in the 'Setup window > Global settings > Browser settings'.
· Song manager resize buttons. Located top right next to the search window.
· 5 star rating tags now read from mp3 files at song import (ID3V2 format - WMP, MediaMonkey, Traktor etc).
· Improved the low equalizer band design (low shelf) and behavior of kill buttons (Kill - Low + Mid + High = no-pass).
· Changed the behavior of the sync button to left = momentary, right = lock.

The full changelog for Deckadance 1.9.3 can be found here.

According to Image-Line, Deckadance offers open support for the widest range of Time Codes (DVS CD/Vinyl) and compatibility with all MIDI compliant controllers.

Native support & auto-detection is now available for: American Audio - VMS4, DP2; A&H - Xone 3D; Behringer - BCD2000, BCD3000; Dj-Tech - DjForAll, Imix Reload MKI&MK2, Imix, Kontrol One, Mix Free, iMix MKII, uSolo FX, Poket Dj, 101 series; EKS - XP5, XP10, Otus; Hercules - DJ Control MP3 E2, Console MK2, Control Mp3, Console RMX, Control Steel, DJ Console MK4, and more.

Download Deckadance for Mac OS X