All user reviews for the Ableton Live 6

- The installation is done it without problems?
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
- The general configuration is easy?
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Ableton has opted for a full installation on each bet to date. That means the previous version and the bet is two days to install independently. Installation impeccable and faultless.

I made a 1:1 copy of my application project I assigned to version 6, to avoid during the backup of more live6 have version 5 of my projects.

I know the manual is available in the software at any time.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

- What is the configuration of your computer? (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk / sound card ..)
- The software works he correctly on this configuration?
- What performance? (If quantifiable)
- This software + hardware is stable?

AsusPaP800 2.8Ghz/1.25Gigamem/emu1820/Sata160Gb

Ableton running smoothly with my projects (8-10 Hypersonic MIDI tracks with audio tracks 8-10 with about 3-5 plug-in) resource consumption 50% on average. If I add GuitarRig with 10ms faster it goes to 70-80%.

But I am satisfied with the quality / price ratio of my stuff.

Unless some bug in guitarRig2 absolutely no stability problem.

I have a dedicated computer.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
- What is so special that you like most and least?
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
- How would you rate the quality / price?
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

I use Live for 3 years and my version 6 for a week.

The multi-threading, which provides a speed boost. Project management, the améloirations graphics, function keys ...

I immediately flasche for Live because it offers me the opportunity to make music live and work in an intuitive and flexible. The section is very comprehensive DAW and has nothing to envy, which is for the use that I actually have Cubase or another.

Live is a software designed to play music intuitively and ultra flexible DAW are other tools to record music, of course, more sophisticated than a magneto, but a linear and straight, like ribbons.
I have my 14 year old son makes up bases rap for him and his mates without much worry about the highly technical aspects of CAD, for his greatest joy and in no time.

Without hesitation. Knowing Ableton for three years now, I'm not at my surprise.

- The installation is done it without problems?
no

- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
some small bug with plugsins in some of the other native to the MIDI, but not rocket science.

- The general configuration is easy?
Uh ... how so simple with such function,

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
I have not opened yet ...

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

- What is the configuration of your computer? (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk / sound card ..)
Bi-pro configuration G5 2x2, 3 with 4.75 of ram - iBook G4 1 GB - 768 of ram

- The software works he correctly on this configuration?
nickel, especially with this version 6, very well optimized for bipro.

- The software works he correctly on this configuration?
almost all

- What performance? (If quantifiable)
15 virtual instruments, + compressors

- This software + hardware is stable?
very well on the laptop config minimum ....

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
1 year

- What is so special that you like most and least?
very instinctive, too can be, we tend to go on a fast lollipop ....

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Logic, reason ...

- How would you rate the quality / price?
very well especially when a Coupon with the purchase of a control surface, a live back € 250.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
No problemo

Before I was on Reason, and seeing the Live interface I was a little scared. But two small lessons and the handling was done very quickly. Otherwise the manual is very well done (in French!).

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

This is where Live can be a problem. The purchase of this program changed my computer. Before I had a Toshiba laptop pentium 4 to 3.06 GHz. Well it worked, but the process was quickly overloaded with Live, Cubase + Reason while it was a joke louse him. You'll understand that Live is greedy (it also depends on the VST you put in it ...).

Now I have a dual core proc and a lot of Ram, it's better. Still, a small optimization software would not hurt (good move, as they did a very good audio engine, I'm going to put a note!).

OVERALL OPINION

It's been a month since I have, and frankly I wonder how I did before!

- The installation is done it without problems?
no worries ..... very easy just follow the arrows and know typing on the keys
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
none
- The general configuration is easy?
no problem to configure the audio for MIDI everything is in the preferences menu as d hab ..
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
for those who do not know the interface with .... in there a tutorial very useful and well done with lots of exercises ... nikel

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I use the two platforms on a prod for windows (pc 3.2GHz xp pro + 1024 MB RAM sound card Audiofire gina) + x board keyboard and remote zero sl 25 rs 7000 + ... and mac (macbook dual core 1024 MB RAM) + + gina Audiofire remote zero sl for live shipment of wood .... ca ....
j uses for the product in live with several log and rewire vst ca nikel turns ....

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using the version 3 j updates Buy all year around € 120 to download ... j have tried many other programs prior to Cubase SX3, fruity loops 6, acid 5, sonar 4 ... j I even bought protools 7 and c vaiment best of all .... m I said after the software tame (which is pretty easy) c a racing .. c for the product fast, easy, efficient (after including the pro sonar cubase pro or pro protools and they are many ... .... but I think that c is not to blame for taking the time to so but in any case c for me the best possible compromise between perfomance and creativity ...
to live truly the best c ...
Save the most ... more tracks at the same time .... the freeze that are not ..
effects the interface racks .. .. the 1001 tips the broswer available ... .. the Implats twelve o'clock
rewire the last .. there are tellemnt
the least .... I'm still looking ... ah ?.... be so little did nothing!!
I would do this choice rather that a 2 times .... was when purchased 7 days .....

ps: I am not a hard day of forums have taken it upon myself to let her message but at the same time there is so much more ..... live ... live ... live !!!!!

- The installation is done it without problems?
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
- The general configuration is easy?
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
The install was smooth, without any problems

No conflict

I have not looked at the manual I went to test himself as a big, with small lessons / tutorials in the software

This should also depend on the config, but on my PowerBook G4 Mac, 1.67 GHz, 1GB of RAM, it went well and it seems that the pc is ok too

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

- What is the configuration of your computer? (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk / sound card ..)
- The software works he correctly on this configuration?
- What performance? (If quantifiable)
- This software + hardware is stable?

Same as above

I have the Core Audio's mac waiting to give me a sound card 4 / O 2 or even I / O I can not decide

The configuration is generally stable, I had some crashes not severe, the recovery of the file is always possible and is available when you restart Live.
I use a lot of vst (many freeware), and sometimes it happens that Live does not like some of the vst and plant automatically (maybe with synth soundfonts, but I have not tested like crazy I just saw that this kind of VST or AU was crashing the program).
Normally, Live analyzes new vst installed and said if it can work or not, however, there are those who walk at all and are visible under the Plugins menu, and others who plant the software outright.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
- What is so special that you like most and least?
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
- How would you rate the quality / price?
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

I used to Live 5 lite version, purchased with a keyboard MAUDIO Keystation 61es and I did the upgrade to 6 lite (free) and I fell I upgraded to version 6 full, including effects in full (no more than 2 in total on the lite version) and VST (possible use of one or vst plugin with the lite version)
I use it in full for 3 months

Most
and the sampler impulse
The clips loop
the wrap does not convince me, but still can be effective in some cases
Many effects and quite pleasant (Dynamic Tube, Analog Warmth, reverb pretty ,...)
The -
I do not really see, except the few software crashes
I have not tried to change the position or the tempo of a song, it seemed to me easier on some other programs but hey, I did not try.
I worked with different hardware config (pc and mac) and software (Logic, Cakewalk, Cubase, Fruity Loops ...), so I used a lot of programs, and short, by combining my change from PC to Mac and software, I'm really happy, however, is also due to the improvement in terms of processor and ram too.
Good value for money, they have student rates of interest, offer upgrades and customer service that the respondent, I sent the email twice, after 3-5 days I had an answer to my request.

With my experience for nearly 15 years of computer music I would do exactly the same choice, I'm really happy, I expect vraaaaaiment push and use all the capabilities of the software, but already I am satisfied

so with that Abelton not offer me the upgrade for the 7 free, I do not know what to do

Requiring "emergency" Live 6 (concert soon), I bet on the Version prfr tlchargeable on the Ableton site. I saw that I could order before the famous "Instrument Collection" and have the bote with

The PDF manual that comes with Live is a gold mine. I advise anyone who wants to get into what this superb software to read it before. J'tais compltement lost at beginners, and I even post messages on the forum here. I have known good help me (thank you them!) But I was immediately refer them to exercise comes with Live. And just thanks them rather quickly on the freelance thing.

Installation without problem on my 3 ordis: a dual core PC, a Mac G5 and a MacBook. There is no problem having the software on multiple machines, but I think we can not open sessions at the same time. To see ...

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Stability is the adjective that comes the head when I think Live. I trust him, he j'espre dcevra not me (especially live !!!!)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one week and, you know ... I'm really trying to ask me questions: will I give in Logic Pro dtriment Live 6? Frankly, I thought so Live is excellent and perfect for what I do (ambient / electronica). I'll still yrflchir, but it is true that I have a big crush on this app that I find - I dare the word! - Rvolutionnaire.

We feel that it is the musicians who followed the dveloppement, there's no photo. All I one day in rv Contents of soft music and never believe I have it in hand. I have not felt as much excitement to make music for at least four years, when I Discoveries Logic. And the possibilities seem even more amazing with Live.

Management estprodigieuse loops, you can do anything. Loved the squenceur Triton, because when you master it, you can do stuff gniaux (including loops), and found here lments types (as of dclenchements loops diffrent size) but 1000 times better.

And then the gre VST, the interface is gniale, etc ... Everything is designed with a leitmotif: the crativit.

I think we need a few months to perfect the matriser bte but I think then it exploded the total.

I would do this choice is empty, clear and limpid. I am REALLY impressed with this app. It gives me the perfect shuffled a Logic and an acid.

May be that a few times, I felt certain limits, for I am far from having tried everything and now I would change the message. But for now, the pleasure is intense, complete.

ABLETON POWER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Install trs simple, fast and easy unlock, no manipulation as cubase ...
Manuel clear but the side-chain, quelsques search the forum all the same, in fact, not the compressor VST j'avias appropriate DualComp Mac is free ( http://sonictransfer.com/side-chain- tutorial.shtml-compression ( http://sonictransfer.com/side-chain-compression-tutorial.shtml ) ).
Otherwise, easy config.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

On a black MacBook Core2Duo, no bug, as the old, some delays and timing effects but silent single-core and I do not rule the tracks, I use 5 to 10 effects per track about at least eight track.
Ultimate performance and stable, especially as I do "save as" as every half hour.
Never plant except once because of a VST unstable.

OVERALL OPINION

Live6 I use for 6 months and a mobile studio and minimum is the top.
J'avias tried almost everything and since I spent a weekend on ableton, I did let go ...
A little CHRE but I use it mostly stand alone.
<p class="bbcode-offtopic"> Off topic: <span>You do not have control interface for the composition, super intuitive, especially for pens and electro remix.
Everyone's gots but I finally pass thanks to the software and the software I have to fight cesss flopped with MIDI cables and jack, box of audio / midi, mixers and all the bazard the perfect geek technoid.</span>
I not only remake that choice but I doubt change marks a day (or so will have to return jackLab ( http://jacklab.net/ on Linux) but it is more complex and longer especially for use "in speed ".
Ableton Live is perfect, not even with Reason is good but keeps the constraint of the analog interface level and above, and finally a soft touch with which we can all do anything, no drag 'o matter what anyone short, express, CRER, imagine ...

Installation is nickel
incompatible with the Korg Legacy plug in at all save to disk. korg sounds are incompatible.
Cest software is the easiest and most effective jai used.
The manual is super clear especially quil is multilingual

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

P4 1G Ram processeur3GO
train with AC plug
super efficient
With Korg sounds are nikel at ca save blocks all project

OVERALL OPINION

Since its release
- Jaime rated edition of the tempo
cubase adobe audition
it's worth
I still live on

Hassle free installation.
Unlike other (random ...... like, native instruments!), The guys from Ableton remained simple to install, software protection, management of updates, management their website, etc, etc ...
A big thank you and just for a 10/10!

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

On a PC and a laptop with no worries

OVERALL OPINION

I have the zapp SHIFT five to move from version 4 Version 6 Software

Most of the software

+ + + The simplicity and ergonomics gnrale
+ + + The audio and MIDI routing very simple and well thought out that can do everything quickly trs
+ + + The time stretch trs efficient and in real time (the new algorithm "complex" trs is effective on samples with a complicated or large variation in tempo ... but trs resource-intensive, so use only if needed)
+ + + The management of samples and plug-ins trs ergonomics (button, the library cubase ct is a heavy!)
+ + + The possibility of cost and edit the samples in real time during playback
+ + + The double window arrangement and clip, but it had to think of the IDAL in terms of ergonomics.
+ + + Management control surfaces like Mackie and other
+ + + MIDI mapping function that allows simple trs trs quickly assign any controller (knob, fader, the keyboard, midi ... pdalier) a function of the software.
+ + + The possibility to use "live", which is well on its function Premire and why does he base cr
+ + + An incredible tool for remix duties thanks to time stretch, allowing the routing to the resampling, the ease to wedge a sample of an existing music, etc. ...
+ + + Intgr effects and instruments are original and good quality sound trs. So they are really useful for live but also for prods in the studio.
+ + + Rewire the (master or slave!)
+ + + Compltement possibility to change the color and appearance of the interface. Moreover, many templates circulating on the net.
The less software

- Management of the South a little lgre, among other things for the quantification and shipping.

Most of version 6

+ + + The management of the video!! goodbye my cubase that I kept just for this feature!
+ + + Management efficient dual core trs
+ + + Meters saw the stretch and allowing prcis trs, especially torque management control surfaces, couraging to complete mixes. CUBASE definitely farewell!
+ + + Stability of soft (When a plant is often due to poor or too much manipulation Precipitation Occurred, like triple click three buttons at the same time while playing 20 tracks with 10 plugs ...)
+ + + The new management of the library and especially the possibility of CRER racks of instruments and image effects in Reason 3 or NI KORE home
+ + + The amlioration Intgr effects, even if there is nothing rvolutionnaire (I like the beat and the chord rpeat very practical to play Radio Head agreements with a finger)
+ + + And of course the management of the gel tracks amliore is inescapable, even for those with large configs. (See tip o the subject there are a lot of explanation)

The less than version 6

--- Insrer impossibility of the video mode session and therefore dclencher vidos of the "flying" from a keyboard or a MIDI controller. Shame!
--- Not export the project in video format (wav or aiff right) forcing up the music on the video in another soft style Premire or vegas.
short, I love this soft and I no longer work with him! I have not used Cubase SX 1 month as Live is now complete. I think I'll even sell my cubase cte before his fall! the end of an era?

The versatility, power, simplicity and ergonomics of live-saving lot of time in terms of productivities and above it all can focus on music and not on the computer!

Come on, even a little effort on the South edition, and it will be perfect I got!

I rvais since the Atari Cubase, Ableton thank you!

Electik ( http://www.graphikloft.com/ )

Installation nickel chrome with no trouble.
By the start against ds I had a problem of "run time error" launched prevent the software from running. In fact this problem of my configuration silent audio and my ASIO sound card conflicted with the sound of my PC chipsset. Deactivation of the audio chipset in the hardware configuration of windows has resolved this problem.

The software activation is automatic and the update.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Live I use a laptop clocked 1.7 ghz and 1.5 gig of RAM. Audio is provided by a PCMCIA card Echo Indigo I / O. It is super stable and I have not encountered the problem of crash. latency shows the software with this config = 5.5 ms.
cot performance seems a very honorable: the largest of the demos did not exceed 30% of CPU resources ..

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 8 days with happiness .. Coming from Sonar and Reason I won t the downloadable demo Ds the beginning ... what is striking is the ergonomics program. Everything is visible in the main window. Minimalist graphics, as opposed to a Reason, the software Confre a certain class, but also makes it more readable. The help system is simply exceptional score to each element of a program with your mouse a description appears in a window dedicates, which can mask or not. There are many tutorials a built-Quick

Live 6 is intended to be a standalone program. It yrussit but at the cost of some sacrifices: no MIDI out to the hardware equipment (which should be corrected in the next version.).

And then the big disappointment: only two instruments provided by Zetes who are readers of samples in which a ddi drums .. Of course with Ableton Live provides its other virtual instruments, but only in demo mode (a synth "operator" + a sampler.). To have fully functional you will just have to pay .... A note in passing that the activation of the demo mode of one or two instruments is all the software in demo mode and you can not save anything for your project, even if you do not use these instruments. Brief has a soft 500 euros is a bit light ...
This time the ratio price quality takes a hit, because for a full LIVE 6 has all of the same amounts over 700 euros ....

Instal no problmo,
everything is clear, has paort hand, in the beginning seemed iabordable inahbituelle seen the interface but once I read the lessons, all source haha ​​cool, I think a little a cakewalk Project5 and Acid Pro I kifent too.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Amd athlon 3000 + duo, emu 440, 2 gigs of DDR2 ram, IDE hard drives
foctionne tres bie with this hardware configuration, a series report.

OVERALL OPINION

A real presuqe say I used all the time and fruityloops orio platinum, but I wanted
test every DAW on the market and I am a toy for me with Ableton Live and frankly is enough to put cot fruityloops, cubase and orion platinum.
I think the designer of Ableton Live, Acid Pro, and Project5 are all inclusive, you have everything under the eyes, global view, comfort and all, I personally have no time to waste on complicated software.
what I like best, c of the simplicity of vsti automation controls, more than a game, a treat, then all self-evident, how easy, playing with audio loops, very simple and agreable.le moin c is that there is always a qqchose nimporte improve on what software, even Ableton Live