Ableton Live 11

Re:Ableton Live 11 by toomanybeersies on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:43AM (#25059254)

> Imagine what Ableton would look like if they were only optimising for the user that wants to put a couple of pre-made loops together and call it a song.

It would look a lot like FL Studio, which caters more towards that end of the market.

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Re:Ableton Live 11 by packetlost on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:51AM (#25059333)

FL Studio is quite powerful, though it does seem to cater more towards electronic music production and live sets. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use pre-made loops in FL Studio that wasn't an absolute novice.

GarageBand on the other hand...

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Re:Ableton Live 11 by alexilliamson on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:22PM (#25062553)

You can run python scripts in FL Studio. I think it's more accurate to say that FL caters to midi/piano roll workflows. It's more about style than complexity level.

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Re:Ableton Live 11 by farias0 on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:02PM (#25060149)

Dude, FL Studio is so much more complex and flexible than Ableton! So much that I'm switching to Ableton for a while to see if I can get more productive and spend less time troubleshooting stuff

I'd say the opposite: Ableton is more focused and simpler, streamlining lots of stuff (live VSTs) without being less powerful. Kinda Apple-ish in a way.

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Re:Ableton Live 11 by andybak on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:34PM (#25062668)

I don’t know FL very well but Ableton’s power is cleverly designed and is easy to miss when you only use the obvious surface features.

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