Comments on: why I switched to Ableton Live http://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live electronic indie piano pop Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian Hazardhttp://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live#comment-506 Brian Hazard Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:12:53 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1371#comment-506 Wow Eric, you jumped on the Live train early! I like the simplicity and obviousness of the delete key, but I find myself accidentally deleting tracks all the time when I'm renaming them and hit the backspace key. Maybe it's just my system.I use my UAD-2 for EQ and compression, so any color should be minimal. I wonder if that's really an issue with the latest version in high-quality mode though.Good to hear from you! Wow Eric, you jumped on the Live train early! I like the simplicity and obviousness of the delete key, but I find myself accidentally deleting tracks all the time when I’m renaming them and hit the backspace key. Maybe it’s just my system.

I use my UAD-2 for EQ and compression, so any color should be minimal. I wonder if that’s really an issue with the latest version in high-quality mode though.

Good to hear from you!

]]> By: Eric Dusikhttp://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live#comment-505 Eric Dusik Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:15:11 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1371#comment-505 I am an avid live user in both my projects (PTI & Breath And Decay), as are many of the artists on my record label (Bit Riot Records). The real aha moment for me when moving to Live 3 from Cubase VST 32 was that, in lives intuitive interface, if you wanted to delete somthing, all you have to do is click on it and press delete. It is that sort of straight forward interface combined with the very easy automation tools th at have made Live such a staple for writing quick sketches or working out entire songs.The one thing I feel I need to point out is that Live has a very specific color. When I DJ with live or hear someone DJ'ing with live, the EQ or Delay is noticeable. Similarly, my most successful artists still choose to do final mixing in protools to combat this audio coloring.Cool blog! I am an avid live user in both my projects (PTI & Breath And Decay), as are many of the artists on my record label (Bit Riot Records). The real aha moment for me when moving to Live 3 from Cubase VST 32 was that, in lives intuitive interface, if you wanted to delete somthing, all you have to do is click on it and press delete. It is that sort of straight forward interface combined with the very easy automation tools th at have made Live such a staple for writing quick sketches or working out entire songs.

The one thing I feel I need to point out is that Live has a very specific color. When I DJ with live or hear someone DJ’ing with live, the EQ or Delay is noticeable. Similarly, my most successful artists still choose to do final mixing in protools to combat this audio coloring.

Cool blog!

]]> By: Matthewhttp://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live#comment-339 Matthew Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:54:21 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1371#comment-339 i'm new to Ableton Live, (got the 10th anni deal) but certainly not new to daw's.. i used notator on the atari, vision DSP with an OASYS PCI and pluggo (a potent combo for sure.) after years of only having Cubase LE (an early version) to run my PC VSTi's etc. i feel like i've been let out of a gilded cage creatively. Cubase may be able to do cool things, it just takes an inordinate amount of fussing and scrolling and clicking just to dial up a synth! argh no wonder i wan't into music making for a while. i found the process frustrating and not fun.fast forward to last night, running reason 4 rewired into ableton live 8 --- i am at a loss for words to describe the fantastic sense of possibilities with live.for anyone on the fence, i'd shake those pre-conceptions off and give the 30-day demo a go to see if it's a fit to your style of working.having more fun than should be allowed...art damage i’m new to Ableton Live, (got the 10th anni deal) but certainly not new to daw’s.. i used notator on the atari, vision DSP with an OASYS PCI and pluggo (a potent combo for sure.) after years of only having Cubase LE (an early version) to run my PC VSTi’s etc. i feel like i’ve been let out of a gilded cage creatively. Cubase may be able to do cool things, it just takes an inordinate amount of fussing and scrolling and clicking just to dial up a synth! argh no wonder i wan’t into music making for a while. i found the process frustrating and not fun.

fast forward to last night, running reason 4 rewired into ableton live 8 — i am at a loss for words to describe the fantastic sense of possibilities with live.

for anyone on the fence, i’d shake those pre-conceptions off and give the 30-day demo a go to see if it’s a fit to your style of working.

having more fun than should be allowed…

art damage

]]> By: Brian Hazardhttp://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live#comment-321 Brian Hazard Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:06:45 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1371#comment-321 Solid advice Mince. I'm way quicker at Live now than I am Cubase. In fact, a client wanted to make some changes to an old mix, and I actually rendered the files out of Cubase to mix in Live. I don't want to go back! Solid advice Mince. I’m way quicker at Live now than I am Cubase. In fact, a client wanted to make some changes to an old mix, and I actually rendered the files out of Cubase to mix in Live. I don’t want to go back!

]]> By: Mincehttp://colortheory.com/why-i-switched-to-ableton-live#comment-320 Mince Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:46:08 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1371#comment-320 As an Apple Logic user from 1993 (I used Cubase on the Atari before that) I have to say learning Live took me about a weekend. I got the gist after 15 minutes but kept screwing things up for the first couple days. Live is amazing. Simple, fast, and it sounds brilliant. For electronic music I haven't used or seen anything better. It sounds punchier than Logic (which to my ear is softer, more blurry). For those who fear trying to change, I say go to shop where someone understands the software and get a 10 minute demo. If it makes sense to you after that, give it a go. Personally I think it sounds incredible and the interface, once you get over it's completely foreign approach is a lot of fun to quickly throw together new tracks. really good for dance music. Makes your computer into an instrument rather than just a recording device. I'd recommend it! ":D As an Apple Logic user from 1993 (I used Cubase on the Atari before that) I have to say learning Live took me about a weekend. I got the gist after 15 minutes but kept screwing things up for the first couple days. Live is amazing. Simple, fast, and it sounds brilliant. For electronic music I haven’t used or seen anything better. It sounds punchier than Logic (which to my ear is softer, more blurry). For those who fear trying to change, I say go to shop where someone understands the software and get a 10 minute demo. If it makes sense to you after that, give it a go. Personally I think it sounds incredible and the interface, once you get over it’s completely foreign approach is a lot of fun to quickly throw together new tracks. really good for dance music. Makes your computer into an instrument rather than just a recording device. I’d recommend it! “:D

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