Ableton Forum

I was thinking about this the other day as I was pondering what was absolutely necessary in my arsenal and wondering if anything could go. Just the regular, every-once in a while analysis we all tend to do to make we're not too bloated I guess.

Hypothetically, say, if you suddenly had to start all over from scratch, what would you actually go and immediately splurge on? I mean with current finances, what would you throw down on the plastic to have it back straight away?

It's an interesting question to think about, and I was a bit surprised at my conclusions actually, considering many of my favorites didn't make the cut.

Ableton is probably a no-brainer, but otherwise for myself, I think I would have to immediately get back:
-Zebra2
-Addictive drums
-Ohmicide
-Ik Multimedia's stealth plug (for the guitar plug-ins) - I don't actually have this, but 100 bucks beats shelling out for guitar rig or something...

And after a while, possibly wavearts power couple (trackplug/verb)-(cheap with education discount), and ableton's sampler.
And I'd be pretty darn happy.

I'm curious what you guys think would be your immediate repurchases...
?

live,
and not just cause its this forum,
its the hub and crux of all that i create musically,
they never have to worry about losing my business
they had me at 'clip'

Live

Korg Legacy Digital
Arturia Analog Factory / CS80V / Jupiter8V
Zebra 2
Reason
Soundforge or trade up for Wavelab
Voxengo plugins : Pristine Space reverb, Elephant mastering limiter, Gliss EQ, Voxformer vocal channel strip.
PSP mastering compressor
maybe Cubase, I still prefer to mix in it and use it for advanced audio and midi work plus scoring occasionally. Maybe after another release or two, I might be less keen. Live is my main compositional tool and I'm mixing more in Live recently.

probably what i have right now (see signature), except maybe Kontakt. Starting to think I dont really need it as much as I thought I did when I bought it.

Actually thinking of selling my license. Not sure

wow, leeds and aqua, you would seriously blow all that cash in one day?

I mean if I was starting from scratch, I'd love to have back my Logic, komplete 4, blue, massive, ohmies, izotope, synful etc., but if I had to buy it all at once, really I could get by with the three or four I mentioned and Live.

I would have no problem going in to debt to have back zebra2, addictive drums, ohmicide and some budget guitar amp plug. But it would take a while to go any further I think.

Maybe reaktor 5 at it's current reduced price too. Ya probably, kills alot o' birds with one stone.

You have to buy software?

timothyallan wrote:You have to buy software?

Well I suppose technically I license it. Though sometimes I do pick it off my software/peach tree hybrid in my backyard...

oh, sorry i guess i misunderstood.

kind of a hard choice though, having to pick just ONE essential piece of software when most of what I have is well... essential to my work... except for Kontakt, which I'm seriously considering reselling :/

If I were hard pressed to pick out one or two essentials, I'd say i'd immediately buy back Live and Reason... or... Logic by itself

Live
Zebra
Absynth
Reactor
GURU

FX wise Camel Space, and Pluggo.

OK, if I had to prioritize it would be

Live
Analog Factory
Korg Legacy Digital
and Soundforge

there are plenty of good freebie plugs to keep me going while I save up for my other goodies,,,

and fortunately for me, I work full time in education so I qualify for educational discounts on all of the above, so long as I wasn;t planning on releasing things commercially, which I never do, my music is for free baby !! (well, y'know I have a hard time giving it away )

Live.

MAX/MSP/Jitter.

Creative Suite.

that is all I would need.

Live (of course)
Lennar Digitals 'Sylenth'. (God i love that synth. I would even pay full price for it. Bought it in group buy)
Think I would let reason go

Live
Ms. Pinky
Automat (on top of the list of free plugs to download)

Live
Massive
Reaktor
Peak 5 (6 now, i guess.)

rbmonosylabik wrote: Ms. Pinky

Ya good call. 100 bucks to scratch digital files. It's a steal.