It’s here! Ableton today announced the release of Live 5.2, which delivers on the promise of native Intel-Mac support. This makes Live one of the first pro audio applications on the market to run as a Universal Binary to take advantage of Apple’s new blazing fast computers. The catch? While Intel-Mac users who purchased Live 5 after Steve Jobs’ announcement of the new Intel-based Macs on January 10, 2006 will receive the Live 5.2 download at no additional charge, it’ll cost the rest of us $49 to purchase a Live 5.2 serial number at the Ableton Web site. For Live 5 users on PCs and PowerPC Mac machines, Live 5.2 will be released as a free bug-fix update. The company also confirmed that Live 6, which is scheduled for release in Q3, is on schedule. Waitch inSync for information on Live 6’s specs, availability and pricing this summer.
