duluxdog wrote:Wow, I'm surprised this thread has caused such a strong reaction. As someone wrote above - yes, i'm quite new to computer recording. As we can seemingly agree, it doesn't ultimately matter what you do if it works for you, but I have been doing some reading to learn more and you come across statements like [paragraph about traditional DAW users moving onto Live] ... 'Ableton has witnessed this move into traditional markets, although it has also recognised that getting this client base to completely dump their workhorse working environments, such as Logic or Pro Tools, is probably not going to happen. This is partly because of of habit, but also due to Ableton not being a complete sequencer, digital audio recorder and editing environment.' (Music Tech Magazine - Ableton Live, page 8 ).
You read something like this and think - would my time learning be better invested in a different product? There is no harm in wanting to avoid wasting your time learning something only to later realise that you could have done something better. I'm not coming on here to defend 'professionals' or whatever. I'm just trying to find out if any of this is worthwhile. I'm interested to note that there are professionals using it to record - and i've posted lists of these to anti-Live posters in the past, in an attempt to try and convince myself that my time is being spent wisely, if you look at my previous posts - and I hope that some people are doing everything under one piece of software.
The responses are such, due to your original posting and title of the thread.
What you just mentioned here is something I think anyone can either understand or empathize with.
When just starting out this is always a worry, because ideally, we should all want to make sure that our only limitation in creating/writing/producing great music is our knowledge and not the program we use for the music.
With this said, the bottom line remains that you are the only one who can decide what works best for you.
Every DAW is different, meaning not only do they offer different recording options, their layouts are different. This is on purpose and has allowed many users to successfully choose the program that is most encouraging for their creativity, since we don't all think the same.
Again, this is a personal preference. Otherwise we can simply get on board with a pointless discussion of Live vs. Logic, vs. Pro Tools, vs. Cubase vs. Sonar vs. Reaper vs. all the rest. Truth is that one of these is going to be best for you, but it doesn't mean one is better. This is not Lord of the DAW's where only one will rule them all.
Good luck in deciding.