Ableton live, one of the fastest growing Programs for electronic music in our world.And i am not complaining. I have has no compatibility issues running this on my 32 bit AND 64 bit versions of my ACER laptops, though both are pretty well powerful running dual 2.5ghz processors with 4gb RAM. Though im sure it doesnt take a lot to run this program, the stronger the better, right? I still to this date have not once used the manual as i seem to be the more try and test everything for yourself type of person though i have found a ton of insightful videos on youtube for ableton live. Accessing all the effects/samplers/synths/whatever else you want is as easy as looking to your left hand side, dropping down an options tab and double clicking what you want. Simple, Right? Setup is just like any other DAW really, select your input output source and your off to explore the world of music! SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I find this program works brilliant on the performance side of things, Its fast barely/never crashes and if it does its normal due to a massive amount of powerful 3rd party plugins (izotope, korg synths). The provided sounds/istruments/synths i rarely use as ableton had headed itself more towards the electro/dubstep style of music and for use in a live situation, though i have added all my vsts in to this to use s solely a DAW just because i love the simplicity and feel/look of it. I have been using this program solely for my home studio for about 7 months and i plan on continuing this until i find something i like better or until i upgrade my studio. Also just to let you all know my main style of recording is hardcore/metal/(whatever-word-here)core style genres and ableton allows me to produce some nice sounding tracks. OVERALL OPINION I like how easy MIDI editing and sampling is in ableton, i genreally create songs using guitar pro 5 so i just import the MIDI files in choose a sound and im done. then if i wish to edit anything its all at a touch of a button! Also as i got this program for free as a promotion from my local store i have no problems! I have used many DAWs in my short time as a engineer and i dont know what it is about ableton that i like so much. its easier then small time programs such as adobe audition, logic but not as complex as say pro tools!
Ableton is one of the most popular daw’s right now, it’s being used by many famous artists and producers. Ableton is a software designed to create melodies, music, grooves, basslines, to record , midi editing, midi warping, etc, some dj’s are using it for mixing even live. Ableton has some really unique features like resampling, a completely new groove engine, a warping technique that is extremely handy on remixex and resampling. Basically Ableton is a huge resampler with many possibilities, it has a pretty design too. It’s pretty complex regarding the instruments that are build-in, but at the same time It’s very comfortable to work either on session view or arrangement view. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE The program has two main views, the arrangement view and sessions view, the sessions view is primarily used in remixex because it’s easier to handle and much faster for some people. Skrillex is one of the persons that uses ableton in creating his beats and music, Airbase is also a fan of ableton, and many other great music producers. Ableton Live is one of the daw’s that I found really handy, easy to use, and also a pleasure to work with, the great design, the unique features , they really make producing music to seem much more fun and endless regarding the possibilities of creating an unique sound, some great drums or just composing something completely original. The requirements for this software are: 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended on Windows Vista and Windows 7) 2 GHz Pentium 4 or Celeron compatible CPU or faster Sound Card OVERALL OPINION You can also put your own Vst's and combine the build-in features with your own vst’s to make the next hit single. So without a doubt, you should give it a try and compose something with the brand new live 8 which is absolutely on a different levels from another daw’s that are even more expensive than live is but don't be fooled it's one of the greatest daw's right now and the value of price/quality is superb and I would make the same choice over and over again, check their web-site for the product
