To be clear -- I learned how to beatmatch and played gigs on vinyl for crowds of thousands of people. I know how to do it. Even in terrible conditions (like "no monitor or headphones" bad). Ableton is simply a lot better at it.

> A proper beatmatch can and should ride the whole track

You are simply wrong if you think two technics 1200s of the quality that are in most clubs maintain sub-11ms accuracy over the course of a 5 minute mix. They drift and wobble.