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<div><br></div>well then! there's your problem! the session (or loop view) is ableton's strongest feature and what differentiates it from every other linear based vertically organized DAW. there's really no point to using live if you are going to constrain yourself to the arrange window only. might as well use logic, etc. the whole (revolutionary) point of ableton is the session view, imho.<div><br></div><div>i almost NEVER use the arrangement view. not at least the most exciting parts of composition are done and it's time for boring ol' arrangement time...</div><div><br></div><div>it's a sequencing instrument, as they call it - not a DAW. as such, i think it should be 'played.' that's kinda the whole point:)</div><div><br></div><div>g.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have *never* used the loop view in live. I have 100% always used the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">arrangement view. I spent probably a year or more "trying out" Live (and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have many published tracks that used it) before deciding it just wasn't<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for me. Maybe Live 8 will change that.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-m</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">microsound mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:microsound@microsound.org">microsound@microsound.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound">http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>