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this sounds like a depressing way to live–having to spend that much time in any manual for any software sounds absolutely awful. 😅 learning a system sufficiently should take care of that. if not, probably not the best software to be using. Currently I'm helping a guy out who is designing keyboard c...

it's a weird, silly decision, and frustrating, but stomping one's feet and acting like that's a good reason to switch DAWs is even dumber, imo. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Honestly, timely updates to their web pages, shortcuts and manual to help you learn a program are 100% a good reason to switch DAWs, if I had experie...

+1000 With all the changes to ingrained/muscle memory shortcuts people have been using for 10+ years - CORRECT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. On the other hand, with so many changes in this regard, it would be a bigger task to ensure all the pages of the manual that reference older stuff is updated and r...

I agree it seems like an oversight. I’m mostly puzzled by the folks who are considering ditching Live altogether because of it. it’s one thing to be disappointed and inconvenienced by it, but it seems a very strange hill to choose to die on. but hey, different strokes for different folks and all th...

I mean, I get the desire for a PDF and searchable manual, but it's pretty weird to be looking at switching to another piece of software based solely (or primarily) on that. like, once you learn it, you shouldn't need to refer to the manual so often in the first place. I've used Live for 20 years, t...

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Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:42 am

Ableton just posted on Twitter (aka X) that "it's coming soon".

Ugh, I have to be honest, I wish they would use literally any other social media platform.

IMO Ableton Live is now hands down the best DAW for dual monitor setups. It has without a doubt the most intuitive setup, completely trouble free.
I would go for two 27-32" monitors over an ultrawide.

Lives competitors in terms of user base are all over the board, it's impossible to compare directly since Logic has been $199 and free updates for ten years; Reaper is $69 or $225 if you're an honest pro, and upgrades about every 4-5 years; Studio One and Pro Tools are doing exclusives in subscripti...

I completely agree. I use the manual frequently. Ableton has goofed up so many things with the roll-out of Live 12. I hope they can redeem what goodwill has been damaged for long-time users. I have my own issues with Ableton like we all do, but I only think the PDF manual is a bit of a let down. It...

VST2 is now being retroactively pulled by Steinberg license wise. It's still not clear what this means, if it means that there will be no support in updates to Live and other DAWs for VSt2 or not? but that's how it reads. This is exactly why CLAP came into existence. Hosts have a hard time using VST...

Here's the Live 12 online manual. With all due respect, it needs a lot more work. I don't disagree! It's being updated constantly, though, so it's taking shapes. What would be helpful is a "whats new in Live 12" section, that links to the relevant page in the online manual. The only new f...

Simplest way possible would be an audio interface with at least four audio outs. Obviously one of the audio outs goes to headphones with a click track, you can get little headphone mixers that have at least four headphone outs on them, this is the cheapest way to get click tracks. there are bluetoot...

I mean if it had an online manual that would be one thing, but it does not. so....

The fun question, are you who are having issues with this on Mac OS Sonoma 14.4? There have been issues with iLok, peripherals among other things with the last update. iLok issue is only with AU's not with VSTs Oh it's not just iLok. My favorite verified by another user, move Kontakt 7 to your seco...

People overhyped VST3 and attacked Ableton for years for not rushing to adopt it, now the truth comes out about VST3 but none of those people will mention that Ableton was right about it all along. Well one thing is true, especially for Windows users, the need to port to VST3 is real. Plus because ...