Ahh to be a Live Newbie again.

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kennerb
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Ahh to be a Live Newbie again.

Post by kennerb » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:12 pm

I just ran into a friend who I have been making music with off and on for a bit. He had shown an interest in Live after he saw all that I was doing with it. I told him I'd show him the ropes (or at least what I know) and that he should get the demo to see if it was what he really wanted.

When I walked into the club last night he spotted me and sprinted over. Talking to him was like listening to a child who got their favorite toy for their birthday except drunk. He said that he had been using it non stop for 2 weeks now and even though he could not save he would still spend hours on one set. He was a music major and has used all the other audio apps out there but he said this was breakthrough for him.

Hearing him rant about what he was discovering put my mind back in that place and I totally knew where he was coming from. It's amazing how some 1s and 0s could make someone feel though I do know that it is more the opening of our own internal possibilities that we are really reacting to.

He's selling some gear and is going to buy it very soon.
Oh and he's buying Operator too. Damn him.

Once again good job Abe's
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Post by DubGusset » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:56 pm

Nice story. I know how you feel. I'll never forget the first time i painted two patterns into Acid many years ago. Whoa! I was floored.

Same thing happened when i rewired Reason to Live years later.

So it can still happen even though you may have come a long way.

C

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Post by SimonPHC » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:00 am

It took me from version two to four to feel that way!

two was: yeah, so what
three was: ok this is nice, but not worth my money
four was: oh my god this is ... WOW. Here's my credit card number ...

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Post by lapskin » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:47 am

Oh this is so me but my background into all of this started of with music on the ps one thats what got me into all this computer music melarky progressed over the years thru thick and thin software hardware and other bits and bops that i came across then a mate recomend i try out live 2 never heard of it was my response .... Tried it liked it diffrent from acid bit more controll then 3 came didnt see much improvmant then 4 and now 5 oH THE JOYS OF IT ALL though its still got bugs and issues that iam coming to grips with ...

The whole newbie feeling is back again for a while its what makes ya tick and u learn so much maybe not as fast as u like but hell its dam good fun

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