Tarekith wrote:Edit groups, Time and Chaos Designer are things that Stylus does that nothing in Live can do at all, drum racks or not. Not knocking Live's capabilities, just saying that Stylus can do some things that are quite unique and powerful.
Indeed, and the simplicity of the GUI to accomplish very intricate grooves can't be understated. The newest module Time Designer is what enticed me to take the leap. The simply knob is sooo powerful. And, in conjunction with time signature changes and the pattern changer, you can create completely unique variations from your existing "loops". This is particularly useful when used with a well sliced bass loop. You can create interesting bass part variations yet with the same tone and articulation. I just wish that (a company like)Nine Volt Audio made a DVD library of
just pure bass (rex2)loops. They make the most meticulously sliced groves in the biz.
The advantages of Live's groove engine: The most important feature is that you can expand your groove library by extracting the "groove" of
any audio or midi file and add it to the groove pool and library. This is very handy. With Stylus, you're limited to the factory-provided groove pool. Which albeit extensive, is still fixed. I don't think you can import new grooves and integrate them into the program. The other thing is that Stylus only accepts rex2 files for conversion before using with their instrument. And there are some glitches with their SAGE converter. You can use any audio source file with Live.
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