--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Matt <somatt@...> wrote: > > So what's up with the ableton? why is it so awesome? Others will probably have a better answer, but here's another bit of useful info. I've enjoyed Ableton Lite for a couple years since it came with my Axiom 49 keyboard, and I'd been drooling over the modeling synth bits of Ableton Suite, which is sort of a maxed-out version. Last autumn, I decided to go for their free trial of all of Suite, and sweet it was indeed. Besides lots of more algorithmic power, it had a ton of very good preset sounds (something Lite lacks.) So I get to the end of the month, and the "crippling" of the software kicks in. But get this: What is crippled is simply the saving of project files and the exporting of MIDI and sound files. BUT IT STILL PLAYS! In fact, it still records tracks. Just grab the sound files the tracks are recorded to and copy 'em somewhere else, and there you go. Here, for instance: http://soundcloud.com/just-john-jj/swordfish-101214-120ish I'd realized this may be the case before my month ran out, so I spent some time preparing template projects, which I can open with the "crippled" version of Ableton Suite and perform with. I can also open stuff I prepare with Lite and fiddle with them temporarily with Suite. And by the way, it ran perfectly well on a three-year-old Mac Mini. I do believe in software companies getting paid, and my hope is to get a Mac laptop and buy Suite for it. (Insert Homer Simpson "donuts" sort of mmmmm sound here.) -- * Radio Free Entropy: http://just-john.com/jjMusic
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Ableton (Re: DAW w/ CS)
2011-01-31 by just john