What got you into using Ableton Live?

Vercengetorex · Post by **Vercengetorex** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:40 pm

robtronik wrote:I found the beta page before it was released and have been following it ever since.

rob.

ditto

dbolt · Post by **dbolt** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:43 am

I read the Remix MAg back in earlier 04 with deep dish on the front cover. It talked about Soundtribe Sector 9 using all G4 Lappies except the drummer and they all used Ableton Live in real time to trigger samples and VST's. I then went to download the demo, after that I bought a 12" Powerbook, M_Audio 410 and Ableton Live 4. Only having a guitar rig and a Roland Juno 6 synth, and Boss Dr. Groove 202 drum machine I have increased my supply of gear.

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:30 am

dbolt wrote:I read the Remix MAg back in earlier 04 with deep dish on the front cover. It talked about Soundtribe Sector 9 using all G4 Lappies except the drummer and they all used Ableton Live in real time to trigger samples and VST's. I then went to download the demo, after that I bought a 12" Powerbook, M_Audio 410 and Ableton Live 4. Only having a guitar rig and a Roland Juno 6 synth, and Boss Dr. Groove 202 drum machine I have increased my supply of gear.

yeh! finally another STS9 fan here!!!! Love 'em, Artifact is a killer album!

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:52 am

i worked about a year ago as a stagemanager for the biggest electronic music festival over here (wilsonic) and about 90% of the live performing artists used live, so i thought to myself well i should check it out. and for me it's all about live use. for production i don't use it at all, it's to weak / simple for me.
but for live playing and quick sketching it's the greatest thing ever on the planet.

dbolt · Post by **dbolt** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:14 am

quandry wrote:

yeh! finally another STS9 fan here!!!! Love 'em, Artifact is a killer album!

Yea these guys are really good! I had the pleasure of seeing them Live @ The Tabernacle in ATL, GA on the 1st nite of this past NYE run. Which I'm waiting for the annocement of the DVD they made for that NYE run. Yes indeed a LIVE DVD from STS9. They incorporate live instrumentation and computer music(Ableton) very well. I also caught Murph using Spectrasonics Trilogy plugin for some heavy 808 style bass lines. Seeing Hunter (guitarist) work the Korg Microkontrol on Instantly was very sick, as he was using the pads to trigger the vocal samples.

I checked out your website quandry very nice page lots of detailed info I dig it. I hear your Jam band roots in your choice of band mates and musicial blend.

Gotta Go
lAter

eyeknow · Post by **eyeknow** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:50 am

Oh, I forgot to add it was a natural progression from the old acid days.......

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:03 am

techno

Yeh · Post by **Yeh** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:43 am

Well,

I was using Cubase since the Atari Days. I heard from Ableton first in Computer Music Magazine, but it seemed so different to the way I worked that I didn't get the idea.

Then all my friends from bands like Artefact and Buddha Building start using it and were asking me why I didn't. I could see the possibilties of advanced timestretching ands saw that Live was more flexible than Acid. But it didn't have midi. And I'm a musician, not a loop player.

Then came Live 4 and it had midi. Just at that time I was bored with the time consuming way Cubase handled timestretching. I had a new band and I wanted a different sound and a different workflow. Also I wanted a program that was flexible in Live situations. And Live was.

I sold all my hardware synths and sampler. Now I use Live and VST-instruments and believe it or not, it sounds better than hardware. I have a different sound and can work faster. I write four times as much songs a year and they sound better!

My Cubase dongle is gathering dust.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:34 am

glu wrote:marijuana, duh~ its the gateway drug to making great beats!

I was going to make the gateway comment!

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:43 am

m-audio duo delta version live 1.5 cheap upgrade to v2