mikemc wrote:forge wrote:
the crucial point is that that relisation was secondary to the main purpose - I got it for Live use then used it for production as well, but it was always called Live - in fact it was a "sequencer instrument!" I loved that concept and miss it a lot.
But what do you think it is that they could change, ideally with the least amount of change, to provide what you want?
I think if they extended the Key map to make computer keyboard key whatever "focus here", and then had a MIDI utility that did HID<->MIDI mapping, to allow kybd/USB devices to send MIDI messages and to allow MIDI devices to send keystrokes, that would cover a lot, if not all, of the bases.
[edit] was writing this as the post re: the insertable virtual controller layout was posted, this is a good idea, too.
well I've made all my comments about automation ad nauseum and even got confirmation from Ableton that it is high on their radar - for which I am very grateful
I guess, aside from the initial complaint about selecting devices this is more a general criticism of the overall direction Ableton's vision has taken
if I'm brutally honest I was expecting Live 7 to address a lot of these things and when I saw it, on one hand it was exciting and there were features that I really appreciated and were very exciting, but I just cannot pretend I wasnt disappinted at the apparent lack of awareness of the real time elements of using Live
I actually want real time composition more than Live performance, but to me they have the same requirements
I dont know, I just dont really agree with the Ableton approach of 'all-in-one' when there are already so many products out there that already do most of that
I almost feel Ableton needs to conduct some usability surveys - not that online survey I just did that Kabuki linked that asked loaded questions that suggested a particular response, but instead some real life usability studies into what people actually need live
the thing is if the focus was always on Live performance then it would naturally logically follow what to do, but it doesnt seem like tht is the focus
when they started that's exactly what they were doing and that was exciting because they were the only ones thinking about it like that -really, they were THE ONLY ONES giving some serious thought to what people need in a Live context
I dont know, I like a lot of the stuff they added because I have immense respect for them and know they tend to come up with good versions of things, but something about adding all these things like EIC and focusing on ways to implement stuff like that just says to me that they are looking in completely the wrong direction