What if Ableton Live wouldn't exist...?

[Machinesworking]

Honestlly not much would change.
I mainly play softsynths or guitar live, so the rest of the set could easily be loaded into Mainstage or DP7.
I mainly use Live to work out how long scenes go on before changing, out of about 15 songs 2 are random Live as instrument songs, the rest are backing tracks and soft synths or guitar-Guitar Rig.

Don't get me wrong I love Live, but it isn't any game changer for me as much as fun.

[stringtapper]

That's exactly what happened to me. Hmmmm.

so it goes huh? my resolution is going to be to not open Live til ive practiced 1 hour...

thatll probably last about 12 minutes, haha

Practice with Live.

I have a template with a kit playing a swing beat, a piano or Rhodes sound and multiple lanes of clips that cycle through the circle of fifths, or play ii-V-Is that cycle through the circle of fifths. Run arpeggios over them, then walk a bass line, then work licks.

And most recently I record some funk/soul bass line, loop it, and then sit down at the kit (I just now started playing drums after 20 years of bass, brass and, voice).

Live can be a great practice tool.

[masterblasterofdisaster]

That's exactly what happened to me. Hmmmm.

so it goes huh? my resolution is going to be to not open Live til ive practiced 1 hour...

thatll probably last about 12 minutes, haha

Practice with Live.

I have a template with a kit playing a swing beat, a piano or Rhodes sound and multiple lanes of clips that cycle through the circle of fifths, or play ii-V-Is that cycle through the circle of fifths. Run arpeggios over them, then walk a bass line, then work licks.

I practice with it, but in a rather undisciplined way, I suppose. What you describe is a much more structured approach than the way I've been going about it. Good ideas, there.

[simmerdown]

oh yeh thats just what i do, got loads of beats that are just for jammalong...then i start to mess with the beat or make additions, lol next thing i'm in a Live practice session with a big bass necklace on, haha

yes, focus discipline

[regretfullySaid]

I just started picking up the geetar again and wanted to check something with Clyphx, which was to be able to hit a pedal on the FCB1010 to record the 1st four clip slots on the track, then you can cycle through them after recording. Then set up the same thing for other tracks for bass, synth, etc. It works great once you turn off the record countdown in preferences and set the global quantize to taste (I have 1 bar).

Try it, paste this in an empty clip (not on the first track) and map it to a pedal:
[] (PSEQ) 1/Play 1 ; 1/Play 2 ; 1/Play 3 ; 1/Play 4

(if you have clyphx of course)

The cool thing is you can skip to whatever clip you want to play just by number of taps, so you don't have to hear it consecutively, like the 4th clip may sound better after the 2nd one, etc.

[Illiac]

renoise and traktor?

[Tarekith]

I'm fine doing live sets with hardware, and for producing there's plenty of DAWs out there still

[crystalmsc]

I would be trapped with Sonar Cakewalk and rely everything on my RS7K and MC-909 combo.

[ollyb303]

I would have a little, private cry, then move on. Not sure what to as I've been happy with Live since v3, so not bothered to look elsewhere, but I'm sure I'd replace it somehow. Any DAW could run my electribes and my 303 and they all have a session view now, right?

[kanuck]

go back to playing indie rock

[Warrior Bob]

I would want my goddamn money back

[simonlb]

I have a template with a kit playing a swing beat, a piano or Rhodes sound and multiple lanes of clips that cycle through the circle of fifths, or play ii-V-Is that cycle through the circle of fifths. Run arpeggios over them, then walk a bass line, then work licks.

And most recently I record some funk/soul bass line, loop it, and then sit down at the kit (I just now started playing drums after 20 years of bass, brass and, voice).

Live can be a great practice tool.

I don't play guitar very much now but I've made a few "practice sets" in my time. Things like recording strums in various keys and improvising over them, or making backing tracks.

[anybody human]

I'd probably have to go back to my old job, working on the Large Hedron Collider, and play Indie Rawk in my spare time. Or I'd just go back to the bottle...

Better not to think about it.

[The Carpet Cleaner]

I would use machine with logic or cubase or pro tools

[nathannn]

i would still be using fl studio.
it wouldn't be a big deal.