While I would like a certain amount of transparency, Ableton has to protect themselves from competitors and from not meeting difficult deadlines. In the world of software coding, this can be very difficult to maintain as priorities change do to changing staff, bugs, challenges with implementation, OS updates, new technologies, competition etc.Rootxp wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:32 pmDear Gerhard Behles, Dear Ableton,
This is a Meta-Feature Request.
A request for a new way to deal with Feature Requests, in particular within the Beta Forum.
1. There are dozens of highly upvoted Feature requests in the Beta Forum since many years.
Ableton is not actively engaging with the community.
Ableton is not moderating the Beta Forum, merging Feature requests
(some of those are quadrupled just because people don't realize they've already been started YEARS ago).
2. To users who have asked about a specific Feature since (in some cases) up to 10+ years, Ableton appears to be ignorant and careless.
3. I m sure Ableton is not ignorant and cares about its community. My wish simply is: for Ableton to actually show it. Communicate with us. Show us at least a glimpse of a roadmap, a glimpse of your future visions. Moderate the Beta Forum, merge Posts, communicate about whether you even CONSIDER implementing those Feature requests, and if yes, give us a HINT of when it might happen.
Last year (2022), the CEO of Ableton, Gerhard Behles, said the following at a Conference:
“The transition to steward ownership is a long term Project for Ableton. How is this relevant now, and for who?
I think it’s all about trust.
Think of a music maker investing huge time and energy into our instruments, achieving mastership. Think of an employee who puts in the most productive years. (...) I think it’s important for all these stakeholders to know that Ableton will stick around and stay true to its purpose.”
I absolutely agree, it's all about trust. And since i m one of those music makers investing huge time and energy into Ableton since 14 years, i m desperately asking Ableton to change from the ground up. Not by finally implementing Bounce in Place which has 450 upvotes since many years, no. Not by finally implementing the Feature Requests about Shortcuts, about better Browsing, better Midi-Editing and Audio-Editing tools, no.
By communication.
PLEASE communicate about whether you even CONSIDER implementing those Feature requests, and if yes, give us a HINT of when it might happen. Please make Ableton stay true to its purpose by actually listening to the community - or at least communicate why you are not listening.
Thank you!
I think overall Ableton do listen to their user base. These feature requests I'm pretty sure don't get ignored. I bet someone in Ableton knows very deeply what users want from feature requests, surveys, conversations with users, and from using the program themselves.
I'm sure features are scheduled to get added, delayed, moved up etc depending on various circumstances. Just keep putting your suggestions here and take surveys when they offer them.
In the end it is a competition and I'm sure they try to meet expectations as over the 16 years I have been using the program, they have implemented alot of requested features (as well as adding innovative features)