How long have u used Ableton Live?

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:14 am

Just curious on what version of live most ppl around here got started/hooked on.

I started using live back on version 1.5. After that, ive been a live junkie ever since.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:17 am

in 2002 or so a bunch of us at a post production house gathered around the monitor of a colleague to download what i must assume was the first beta / demo version of Live ever..

it blew my mind, but i didn't have an immediate practical use for the software and abstained using it in full force until late 2003/early 2004 when a shift towards live performance became an imperative issue for my music.

Justin Thyme · Post by **Justin Thyme** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:36 am

I had the Lite version as of version 2. At that time, it was mostly just looping, so I got away from it completely. I recently started messing with versions 5 and 6, also Lite. It now has enough DAW recording functionality to make it a contender for my needs.

Of course, the downside is that I like Live for it's user friendliness for audio/midi recording in the arranger view. And as a "standard" DAW, it lacks quite a few features that I could get with Logic Express, and spend less money to boot!

So I think I'll be sticking with the Lite 6 for awhile, and then look for a used version of Live 5.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:24 am

Ver 3.

About a month after I bought Sonar 5 Studio and was getting into it, I bought an extra copy from a coworker who mis-ordered a copy. I never launched Sonar or Acid or used my SP808 sampler again.

joesapo · Post by **joesapo** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:37 am

28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds...

simpleton · Post by **simpleton** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:05 am

I had a demo version of 2 about 3 yrs. ago but I never used it 'cause I was told it was just for DJs, and well... nevermind. Then I bought an X-session and gave 2 Lite a try. I've been hooked ever since.

astroid · Post by **astroid** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:07 am

v6, less than a month.

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:56 am

Still a n00b, started at the end of Live 5 and did the upgrade deal to 6. So a few months now I suppose, which is more than it feels like! :-0

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:00 am

DeadlyKungFu wrote:Ver 3.I never launched Sonar or Acid or used my SP808 sampler again.

holy crap i never thought i would ever meet anybody who actually used that thing (sp808) besides me. Wow, memories.....the first release i ever did was with that thing , a yamaha RM1x, some crappy casio keyboard, and a juno 106. those were some good times. had to use the 808 to trak since i didnt have a dat recorder.....wow how did i ever live without a computer.

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:38 am

v2 in 2k2

bitmap · Post by **bitmap** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:46 am

since 1.5

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:24 am

since v2.0

zeropoint · Post by **zeropoint** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:01 am

since version 1.0.

jamief · Post by **jamief** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:29 am

rentanutta · Post by **rentanutta** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:35 am

Got live lite 4, and realised that i was so easy to get my initial thoughts down, so switched from using reason, still havent upgraded to six yet as i feel i havent unlocked the full potential in 5, so wont until i am happy with that.