#Ableton live 11 windows#

My only complaint with ableton is that warp is still short of more high quality time stretching algorithms like Izotope RX for example. Maschine comes close for integration but it falls short with big flagship DAW features that the other DAW's have. I don't think anything in ableton is unique but having it all in one tightly integrated package is extremely unique and valuable. You can use it if you want to but that just negates the benefits of starting over %100 inside of ableton with samples organized in ableton. If you like komplete then you should stay in cubase or maschine. Using 3rd party samplers like kontact or browsers like komplete makes everything less perfect as far as organization and efficiency. When you use mostly ableton instruments, you can make instrument racks that have controls instantly visible in the proper place when that track is selected. Having a unified user interface that is context aware makes work very efficient and pleasant. Regular ableton is missing the point in my opinion. The best part of ableton is ableton suite and max4live. You have complete control over everything.

#Ableton live 11 windows#

You can limit CPU usage on windows by setting the priority and CPU affinity. If you don't want your samples partially buffered in RAM you can mute them. This may seem like it requires more RAM but there is a reason for it that makes it perfect for live DJ performance and it offsets this RAM hungry philosophy by streaming everything after the buffer from disk. Ableton does load enough of the beginning of every sample into RAM so that you get almost zero delay when you trigger playback of a song or clip. If you freeze a track then it renders the sounds of the plugins and unloads them automatically. Other than that, Live is brilliant and I am getting a MacMini M1 soon so I can continue using Ableton Live as my old cheese grater is more than happy to run lots of plugs in Reaper, but Ableton is terrible at CPU handling.ДЄbleton is excellent at reducing the amount of samples in RAM and CPU if you deactivate or mute a track or sample. The problem with Ableton (and every other DAW) is when you use Reaper and see what proper CPU management feels like, at 60bucks and with a DAW that will run on any OS, so you don't have to chase OS updates. I also tried Bitwig and liked that, but I prefer the plug ins included with Live 11, which are awesome. In terms of flexibility and writting ideas down, Ableton is for me, the best. I also have a Mutant Brain and use it both to send MIDI from my Octatrack but also my DAW. I switched from Logic to Ableton because I am using lots of hardware sequencers and want to create and record a part and play it back, whilst the DAW is looping, without any hickups that misalign my sequencers. Live 11 has comping, something other DAWs have had for ages, but now its on Live 11, so its a big thing for Ableton users. Or is Ableton merely a вЂњyou either like it or you donвЂ™tвЂќ/вЂњitвЂ™s whatever you learned to record onвЂќ preference thing that isnвЂ™t as much of a must as I tell myself it is for recording electronic based music? And spent a bunch of money on sequencing in that pursuit. IвЂ™ve always strayed away from needing a laptop present to play with my Eurorack/Elektron stuff. How much easier does Ableton make that? Or doesnвЂ™t it? And IвЂ™m planning on working diligently in the next few months on incorporating my Elektron stuff more fully with my Eurorack. IвЂ™m guessing itвЂ™s mostly to do with using it as a sequencing platform for all your gear? And that I get. But other than the ability to see/play sections at the touch of a button, what would you say your favorite thing about it is?

I get the layout as being very different than Logic, which is my DAW IвЂ™ve used the most. But once I realized there was no comping takes I lost all interest.