Live startup image : i prefer 5

brianbacio · Post by **brianbacio** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:18 am

i'v always thought that the Live 5 startup image reflected best the feeling of Live.
Live 7 's startup image has too much of a "bandstand" look to it. True ?
I mean i have to look at the peace of "art" everytime, i fire up, how about artists out there making a quick shot of graphic propositions for Live 8 ?

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:19 am

yeah, i agree. i did see one not too long ago that had pac man in the background. that was pretty sweet.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:33 am

it's a long-standing joke that the images of 'traditional instruments' used in the Splashes are those that least reflect the general Live user.

It's pretty weird!

I mean, to some degree most Live users are interested in vaguely electronic music. (you know this is a computer program, right?)

I also guess a reasonable percentage are playing some form of beaty music, either as a 'DJ' or as a 'techno producer'. Plenty play other sorts of music too, including me - it mainly features samples, loops, synths, silly noises.
Of those of us who do play traditional instruments, we probably play guitars, 'keyboards' and to some extent, drums. We might sing or vocalise in some way.
We probably think of ourselves as 'modern' and 'forward thinking' when it comes to writing music.

Soo...
that's why it makes perfect sense that there's a violin and a trumpet and a grand piano featured so heavily in the L7 splash. Because we are all mainly aiming to perfect our own version of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, right ?

eh?
/irony

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:43 am

5 is the best art, I agree

stringtapper · Post by **stringtapper** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:31 am

My vote:

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:43 am

ooooh, splash screen.

i love 5

drewbixcube · Post by **drewbixcube** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:29 am

You all know you can change the splash screen... right? On a mac, ctrl-click the live app icon and select show package contents. Find the LiveSplash.tif and switch it out with the .tif of your choice.

Don't know the process on a PC though... anyone?

brianbacio · Post by **brianbacio** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:44 am

thanks for the tip, i guess i'll replace it with a spooky pic of my favorite dead bluesman

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:57 am

stringtapper wrote:My vote:

Now that's an instrument I always wanted to learn, presumably "Stringtapper" means that you play one, yes?

I'm envious but respectful.

Daim · Post by **Daim** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:02 am

there's nothing about live i could be less interested in than the startup image

brianbacio · Post by **brianbacio** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:48 pm

bad voodoo on you ! you don't care for graphics !

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:06 pm

Angstrom wrote:irony

absolutely..

and the sillyness continues..
the 'inspiration' for that orchestra splash comes from the EIC, which isn't even a core part of Live but an add-on..
and you would think that after 6/7, 8 would finally come with a new graphic approach since Live became so much different with the whole MFL/Collaboration/APC40 features..

but naah.. they just zoomed in on the orchestra, et voila! done..
too easy, poor job, missed opportunity..

and we all remember this one right?

chevthewizard · Post by **chevthewizard** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:16 pm

Personally I really like the new splash screens. It reminds me that real instruments exist.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:19 pm

Ableton Splash - Real Life Usage Edition

stringtapper · Post by **stringtapper** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:52 pm

Martyn wrote:
stringtapper wrote:My vote:

Now that's an instrument I always wanted to learn, presumably "Stringtapper" means that you play one, yes?

I'm envious but respectful.

Yep, that's my hand on my 12-string.