[microsound] why i'm not excited about Live

[CraqueMat]

Graham Miller wrote:
> $500 is extremely reasonable for the software... and i buy everything  
> that is on my hard drive. there are a ton of less expensive options  
> as well for live, including the LE and free lite versions, not to  
> mention their generous trial demo versions...

Admittedly the pricing complaint is more of an industry-wide thing, not 
limited to Ableton products. But I need a fully featured DAW, not a 
"free" or "lite" version.

Another issue here, like I mentioned in my original post, is my personal 
problem with getting way too lost in configuration and management that 
gets in the way of actually making any music. I don't necessarily WANT 
such a highly customizable experience, because a great deal my music 
making activities happen away from the mixing console / DAW.

> p.s. there are limitless ways to use live. it's not all about 4/4  
> techno loops. use your imagination. i can't think of any 'DAW' (which  
> live is and isn't) that encourages a more customizable and  
> individualistic user experience. no two people use this software the  
> same way.

heh, well, not a lot of my music is about 4/4 loops, i didn't mean to 
imply a simplistic approach. i've done pieces in 5/4 and 7/4 (and no 
time sig at all) in Live, with great success and plenty of imagination.

but that's certainly not what i'm saying, i believe any two people will 
use a tool completely differently because they are two unique people. 
that's a phenomenon separate from Live itself, or any tool, for that matter.

I have *never* used the loop view in live. I have 100% always used the 
arrangement view. I spent probably a year or more "trying out" Live (and 
have many published tracks that used it) before deciding it just wasn't 
for me. Maybe Live 8 will change that.

-m