why does everybody say Ableton?

Landser · Post by **Landser** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:03 pm

Apple 8, Steinberg 4?

It's very simple who does so with Live: warez users.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:39 pm

I use Ableton at times because I type fast and sometimes forget to capitalize the "L" in Live. And then it looks like I sometimes mean live as in on a stage, in front of people, instead of as a product. So yeah, you say Ableton because people instantly know what you mean then.

On a more worrying note, why do we call Ableton employees "Abe's"? Wouldn't it be "Able's"? Ah, more tricky word games!

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:43 pm

Tarekith wrote: On a more worrying note, why do we call Ableton employees "Abe's"? Wouldn't it be "Able's"? Ah, more tricky word games!

I have resolved this particular scenario by personifying the company into a mythic figure known as Abe....

I affectionately picture him as a cross between this:

and this:

Twil · Post by **Twil** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:44 pm

It's just 'Ableton Live!' for me -- always has been. Just always felt like that sounds better. Come to think of it, it sorta has that grand concert air about it when presented to folks I mentioned it to, like it is supposed to be noted as a big show stopper, or something. I figure it's like I'm promoting when I speak of things often times anyway.

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:50 pm

Poster wrote:
SubFunk wrote:
Poster wrote: Ableton is not a product, Live is..

Ableton Live might also be a proper name..
he? read propperly! of course ableton is NOT a product, but because LIVE is the only main product they do, everyone knows if you say i use ableton that you mean live.

and nice from you to point out that ABLETON LIVE is the correct name, alltogether.

thanks, i would not have guessed.
sjeez.. got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?

I said: Ableton Live *might also* be a proper name

yupp, sorry i did got out on the wrong foot today and had a bad day all the way through...

damn monkeys i had to deal with all day... long

substance_g · Post by **substance_g** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:51 pm

Angstrom wrote:...They needed a name like "Snorggles" or "poophat 9 " to make people remember it.

But then we'd be arguing about whether it was Poop Hat Nine or Poo Phat Neun

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:58 pm

I had a friend once who just hated me (go figure)

but yeah, I'd call RollerBlading, "RollerBlading" he'd be all "It's called In_line skating, STOP calling it ROLLERBLADING you g&dD#man ******!!!!"

id be like "whoa there playa. I never heard of In-line skaiting, I just know it as RollerBlading, either way ROLLERBLADING is for ***'s!"

or what about in the Movie Transformers

NBE1 - non biological entity

"Anyway, Mr NBE1 here, aka Megatron, that’s what they call him..."

Nokatus · Post by **Nokatus** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:59 pm

I have always called it Live

dom · Post by **dom** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:20 pm

*ringring*

-"ableton tech support, hello?"

option 1)

-"hi, i bought ableton yesterday"

-*sigh* "wow, that's rad, sorry, didn't know this yet!"

option 2)

-"yeah, hi, how are you, uhm, am i speaking to ableton live?"

- *sigh* "yeah, sure!"

... but overall we love them all :-)

cheers,
dom

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:22 pm

Abledom Live

dom · Post by **dom** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:26 pm

Poster wrote:Abledom Live :)

used this one only internally so far.
i simply don't sound as good as Cubert.

benj_sp · Post by **benj_sp** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:58 pm

Hehe. Yeah, it annoys me a bit when people say "I use Ableton" or whatever.

The guy who said that the word "Live" is too generic a term is bang on - the connotations of the word are very strong (in the music arena especially) and the DAW connotation to that word is not nearly as strong.

In written form, it's less of an issue because it will be capitalised most of the time, so it's easy to see that it's meaning is other than the conventional one in this context.

If I'm speaking to people who I know have a clue about this stuff, I will just say "Live" but usually emphasize it a bit stronger than I might if I was just using that word generically - if not, I will say "Ableton Live", or "Ableton's Live".

glu · Post by **glu** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:12 pm

live is a verb, live is an adjective, so now it is also a noun. cool.

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:28 pm

I call it Ableton to tell y'all the truth

Live sounds so plain

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:48 pm

I like to call it Live, but 75% of the time, people dont know what I'm talking about until I say... "Ummmm... Ableton = Live"

"ohhhhhhh right! yeah that program's pretty cool. I've never used it, but i've heard good things about it ... but wait, so you produce with it? you can do that?"

*sigh* "yup"

why does everybody say Ableton?

Only one word for me (actually two, when I think about it)

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