More post production functionality
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:28 am
I love Ableton for it's processing capabilities, and use it a lot for sound design work.
However, it lacks functionality like ProTools/Vegas/Reaper have to make it a truly useful application for post production/sound design.
Currently, I have to use Reaper for layering and generic edits because it's so much faster and more customasible. Every now and then I do a bit of processing in Ableton, but I would love it if Ableton just got a lot of the functionality that Reaper has.
Here's a few things that are lacking:
- customisable shortcuts
- advanced snapping (snap clips without a grid - i.e., snap a clip to another clip on a different track)
- shortcuts for selecting next/previous clip
- automatically stop playback based on time selection
- flexible zoom in/out functionality
There's a lot of other things, but this would be a good start.
However, it lacks functionality like ProTools/Vegas/Reaper have to make it a truly useful application for post production/sound design.
Currently, I have to use Reaper for layering and generic edits because it's so much faster and more customasible. Every now and then I do a bit of processing in Ableton, but I would love it if Ableton just got a lot of the functionality that Reaper has.
Here's a few things that are lacking:
- customisable shortcuts
- advanced snapping (snap clips without a grid - i.e., snap a clip to another clip on a different track)
- shortcuts for selecting next/previous clip
- automatically stop playback based on time selection
- flexible zoom in/out functionality
There's a lot of other things, but this would be a good start.