![]() A virtual rack consisting of an array of instruments can be availed of from Ableton, which can be plugged into a computer via a USB cable or FireWire port. But given it also required maintaining a host of third party plugins (found the stock plugins lacking) and only ran on windows, one almost had to be a computer expert to keep it working well.One of the most common uses for Ableton is the use of its virtual instruments. My personal favorite as far as ease of use, comfortable workflow, etc. But also turned out to be a one trick pony. ![]() Reason was probably the quickest tool I’ve used for throwing together ideas. I imagine it’s moved into the realm of respectable DAWS these days and from its popularity with people that have little musical background of any kind, I would guess it’s pretty easy to learn. a pretty use easy toy that was fun to play around with. I haven’t used fruity loops in decades but in its early days it felt like the Casio of DAWS. ![]() It’s very suited to Deejay producers, live musicians, and loop and sample based productions. So it’s essentially got three stages from basic to advanced for anyone that’s just getting started out with music production and wants to ease into it.Ībleton Live is probably the most intuitive and the quickest to get up and running with but you quickly hit a brick wall for certain types of productions. Once one moves up from GarageBand to Logic, they can leave advanced features disabled until they get familiar with the differences between Logic’s and GB’s interface. Logic because it has a fully compatible entry level beginner version that’s free with all macs. The huge array of dedicated controllers sweetens the deal, significantly reducing the amount of interaction with the computer.īefore I bought Live, I tried the demo and literally was creating songs without cracking the manual for anything more than the global setup (assign audio and MIDI ports, sample rates, buffer sizes, etc.). ![]() It's also the easiest DAW to use in a live situation, as you'd expect from it's name. The jamming automatically creates an arrangement (song) which can then be edited in a linear fashion in the Arrangement view. The Session view which is where lots of people get lost, is really set up like a hardware drum machine (clips=patterns) and allows jamming by firing off clips in real time (something now possible in Logic). On the other hand it has a single screen interface with zero popups (unless you use third party plugins) which is great for laptops, skeumorphism is kept to an absolute minimum (all devices look the same and are quite compact on the screen), extensive use of drag and drop, extremely simple routing of both audio and MIDI without needing to create busses and aux tracks. It lacks many features other DAWs have.no sysex support is a big one. Personally, I think Live is the most intuitive DAW, hands down. I've also used Cubase a bit (hated it) and Reason a bit (before it had audio recording and was just like a hardware workstation on steroids). I used Ableton Live for about a decade before moving to Logic.
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