did anyone use Live 1 ??

signal · Post by **signal** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:02 pm

I beta tested the pre-release of version 1 as well. From the first time I opened the program, it felt so much more natural than any experience I'd had with Cubase VST or Acid *cringes* up to that point.

I was so stoked about session view that I did everything I could to spend as much time there as possible for the first year or so, printing multitracks only at the last possible moment. Come to think of it, I still do that.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:04 pm

signal wrote:I beta tested the pre-release of version 1 as well. From the first time I opened the program, it felt so much more natural than any experience I'd had with Cubase VST or Acid *cringes* up to that point.

I was so stoked about session view that I did everything I could to spend as much time there as possible for the first year or so, printing multitracks only at the last possible moment. Come to think of it, I still do that.

Same here, only I didn't start until v3

signal · Post by **signal** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:14 pm

I'm trying to remember how I originally heard about Live. It was likely the Monolake connection. I must have read an interview with Henke or Behles where something was mentioned about the program's pending release.

evon · Post by **evon** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:39 pm

forge wrote: I used Live 1.5 delta (came with M-Audio card) then instantly upgraded to Live 2

Same here, except I don't think I upgraded instantly. Also got Reason Adapted and a few more software in the bundle. It was my experience with Cakewalk however, that whetted my appetite. The GUI in Live seems quite similar Cakewalk if I remember correctly.

dcease · Post by **dcease** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:43 pm

i didn't own a fucking computer, so hell no. what, do the v.1 users deserve a cookie or something

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:48 pm

dcease wrote:i didn't own a fucking computer, so hell no. what, do the v.1 users deserve a cookie or something

no, you get the cookie for whiner of the year. open wide, I got a big shit cookie for ya right here.

beatpoet · Post by **beatpoet** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:55 pm

Poster wrote:Live v. -0.1a2

Looks like 'Southpark' Live

dcease · Post by **dcease** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:59 pm

eh, just some chocolate bannanas...

dcease · Post by **dcease** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:15 pm

REAL shit cookie!!!

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:43 am

noisetonepause wrote:
stringtapper wrote:
Poster wrote:Live v. -0.1a2
Looks suspiciously like something built in Max!
It wasn't.

I thought the prototype was? that screenshot was 0.1a2 - probably a prototype

bensuthers · Post by **bensuthers** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:42 am

yes. I used Live 1. I didn't stop using Logic until Live 3 though.

bennymcfarlane · Post by **bennymcfarlane** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:40 am

Poster wrote:Live v. -0.1a2

Oh Wow, thanks for posting that screenshot! so cool!

My good friend showed me this program when it was on V.3 - it had just been updated to version 3. Oh the music that we made!

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:02 am

forge wrote:I thought the prototype was? that screenshot was 0.1a2 - probably a prototype

Nah, it's a myth. I'd dig up Robert's post about it but I can't be fucked.

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:02 am

forge wrote: I thought the prototype was? that screenshot was 0.1a2 - probably a prototype

I just made that up

I'm not sure which version that actually is..

monolake.de wrote:Ableton Live, pre-release, summer 2000

Robert' Flickr page wrote:Screenshot of a an early (pre initial release) version of Ableton Live

xrayfish · Post by **xrayfish** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:09 am

I got into it via 'Steinberg Remix' which got top marks in a Computer Music review. This was essentially Live 1 but crippled in many ways (track counts etc), but it only cost £25. Once hooked I forked out for Live 1.5 and have been throwing money at it ever since.