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A table rating 7 of the most popular Digital Audio Workstation software products. Two metrics are used to measure value: an overall Functional Rating and a Value Ratio. Sonar 8 PE, Cubase 5, Pro Tools 8 LE/MP, Live 7, Digital Performer 6, FL Studio 8 PE, Logic Pro 8 are rated in the shootout.

Sonar 8 Producer is available at an education discount price of $399.

Pro Tools M-Powered 8 is available at an education discount price of $149.

Ableton Live 8.0 is available at an education discount price of $329.

FL Studio 8 Producer is available at an education discount price of $119.

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Ableton Suite is the XL version of Ableton Live. Suite 8 gives you all of the features in Live8 plus SOUND, with a radically new Library packed with beautiful new sounds and a wealth of useful resources. Suite 8 contains 10 Ableton instruments including synths, a sampler, electric and acoustic drums, mallets, numerous sampled instruments and the new, reworked Operator. Two completely new instruments, Collision and Latin Percussion, round off the set. Ableton Suite 8 is a complete package: the tools AND the sounds.

Ableton Live Suite 8 is available at an academic discount price of $499.

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Ableton Live 8 provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music plus a basic sound set.

Ableton Live 8 is available at an academic discount price of $329.