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Interview questions to put to Ableton
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:22 pm
by nervoustestpilot
I'm conducting an interview with Ableton this week for my website
http://www.nervoustestpilot.co.uk, and I'm putting up a call for questions you guys would like to have me put to them. Please post them in this thread. Time is very tight, so I'll only be accepting questions for a couple of days. Thanks in advance.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:26 pm
by ryansupak
"In a broad sense, Do you plan to take Ableton Live in more of a "live usability" direction, or a "DAW" direction? Or, do you think it can be all things to all people?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:50 pm
by Former Pharaoh
Ableton instruments and effects are very intuitive and conveniently placed in the track view which eliminates the need to occupy extra GUI space with free floating plug in windows. I question if there has been any consideration in negotiating with third party soft synth manufacturers (ala NI, Arturia etc.) to create exclusive instruments and effects for Live?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:09 pm
by atomic
Is there any talk of designing a dedicated hardware controller for ableton live?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:20 pm
by ekko
Who would win in a fight: the toughest guy at Ableton or the toughest guy at Propellerheads?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:20 pm
by LOFA
1) How do they feel about the potential limitations of room: does it pose a threat to the live aspect of the interface as more DAW components are incorporated?
2) How about use of CC's? Afterall, Live was crafted in max/msp right?
3) Vector graphics implementation: If the abilty to to change pitch/time is anything like manipulating vector graphics, I can very easilly imagine a very well streamlined animation function. I would be particularly interested in a visually generated, vector graphics component to work with Operator, grain delay, beat repeat, etc (after all, I am selfish, and a visual thinker
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I know a lot of us want video implementation, though I sometimes find animation appropriate for electronic music
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:05 am
by peeddrroo
1) why do you release upgrades in the summer? summer means holidays. are you masochists?
2) do you feel you have built a special relationship with your customers? was that planned?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:09 am
by Tuur
Are there any dj's on the team?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:55 am
by Shoma
What does your Ableton Logo symbolize?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:01 am
by supster
when you guys go out, who buys the bears?
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:13 am
by peeddrroo
Shoma wrote:What does your Ableton Logo symbolize?
i'm not from ableton, but i'd say that the logo represents a knob (look at the sends knobs).
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:32 am
by hoffman2k
peeddrroo wrote:Shoma wrote:What does your Ableton Logo symbolize?
i'm not from ableton, but i'd say that the logo represents a knob (look at the sends knobs).
No. thats what the Live logo looks like
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:35 am
by noisetonepause
supster wrote:when you guys go out, who buys the bears?
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Bears?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:39 am
by djsynchro
Where does the name "Ableton" come from? Does it mean anything? (Great name by the way!)
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:40 am
by peeddrroo
hoffman2k wrote:peeddrroo wrote:Shoma wrote:What does your Ableton Logo symbolize?
i'm not from ableton, but i'd say that the logo represents a knob (look at the sends knobs).
No. thats what the Live logo looks like
No, that's what the ABLETON logo looks like
edit: and i'd say this one symbolyses the session/arrangement views.