I agree.. it seems pretty inevitable for a permanent switch over time.. I easily see the difference between the 2 having worked in it for just a few days now.Khazul wrote:I use Cubase, logic and live, but mostly live.
When I first switched from live to Cubase I had this idea of creating in live and mixing down in Cubase, but over time I couldn't really see the point. The transfer just ended up being more hassle than it was worth for the sake of getting at a much nicer mixing window and more often than not I still ended up wanting to do some audio routing that were trivial in live but a right pain in the ass/near impossible in Cubase at the time.
These days Cubase is something I dig out when I need to work on someone else's Cubase project in a very linear way or need more than stereo. Ill use logic for linear recording and mixing (basically similar to Cubase, but much easier audio routing).
Probably one of the main things im noticing is not that cubase can or cant do what ableton can do.. or visa versa. (Both are pretty equal in terms of options, give or take a few.)
But that its just a completely different way of writing... could be a good thing, could be a bad thing. (i write music for film, tv, etc)
Cubase is more linear, midi/scoring based, time consuming, but deeper in terms of arrangement. While ableton is quick, fast fast fast, and heavily sample integrated.
Usually when writing with cubase i start with midi, sometimes a sample, but im used to starting a project fiddling with keys..
It seems ableton wants me to start with samples. .and once i start doing that the midi is there to complement my sampling.
So by default im writing much faster and the way the packs, racks, filters,samples etc etc. are set up, it just makes the task of getting a song going, moving, and done much easier.
forcing me to write differently..
If my job were to crank out product(which it is) then ableton is a perfect solution..
If my job were to spend half a year writing a score.. cubase might be more appropriate
.....i think