[POLL] ableton LIVE 5.1?

xl5 · Post by **xl5** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:20 pm

I think that surround is far from being essential.
Ableton should concentrate on giving a serious midi editing upgrade to its application first. I, for one couldn't care less for 5.1.

randyh · Post by **randyh** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:02 pm

I could care less. IMO surround is something a full blown DAW should do. Export your tracks and do it in there. Live just needs an "export tracks as individual waves" function. That I think live needs real bad.

tylast · Post by **tylast** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:37 pm

Here's my 2 cents from last year. Anyway, I'm all for it.

Livewire · Post by **Livewire** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:19 am

i think instead of redisigning all the tracks to have a little surround panner in them, just have an effect that u can drop into any channel including the master track.

the cool thing about that would be that you could pan different effects for a track to different locations, such as the reverb to the right and the ping-pong to the left. now that would lead to some serious sound creation.

tylast · Post by **tylast** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:02 pm

Livewire ~ I'd be kewl with that. Expanding on the topic :: it would be good if we had some sort of channel routing. Reverb in only the FR & RL if I wanted it that way or not.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:39 pm

if you are into the spatial stuff, are on windows and able to route to many multiple outputs (including 5.1 configuration) VSTs for complex multiple speaker imaging with UIs that can indicate the spatial positioning/movement http://acousmodules.free.fr

roby · Post by **roby** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:49 pm

I say no. Surround capabilities should be dealt with specialized and optimized authoring applications dedicated to that stuff.

Live already has a high cpu usage which comes from the performance side of it, as (i'm assuming) to have a rock solid performance application, you need more processing power.
To add 5+.1 support for Live will increase cpu use imo.

I thnk the most important things Ableton should work on improving is PDC and cpu optimization.

tylast · Post by **tylast** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:00 am

Well, my original idea was to create 5.1 music...not just after processed 5.1 music ~ completely different animals. This would be an option...so you don't need to mix 6 channels if you don't want to. The last update the Abletons had was massive. I think there's room for quite a few new features after all the high profile requests.

LIFE · Post by **LIFE** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:17 am

well, before they implement this (programmer-dangerous) techniqe, they schould first optimize the allready implemented.
Like pdc, sub/folder-tracks, sse3, 64bit and other cpu-opzimation and mute-possibility in impulse ( it can not be, that there is no way, to mute slots in impulse whitout to route them to "external" audio-tracks. this needs (unnecessary!) a lot of cpu-power and the handling is not really "live-like")
allready if this made, we should think about surround.

smart1123 · Post by **smart1123** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:51 pm

get a surround compatable Rewire host,
Rewire Live into it
Pan

Tho' I don't like running Live as a slave (no VST's or rewire in) this will work.

I agree tho' would love surround panners just for my own enjoyment

[POLL] ableton LIVE 5.1?

Is support for5.1 a feature you desire?