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Re:Twenty Years of FM Synthesis Inside Ableton Live by mobiuscog on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:19PM (#41628369)
If Bitwig would add user-modules to the Grid, along with a scripting language, it would be perfect.

Where they both fall down is in less capability for the piano roll and midi for more complex compositions and styles (orchestration) and although Live has made some moves towards improving that recently, they're both still way behind in that area.

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Re:Twenty Years of FM Synthesis Inside Ableton Live by sutra_on on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:26PM (#41629602)
Totally agree regarding the piano roll. Same with the sample editor.

Saying that, DAWs just have different specialization. E.g. for a long time midi support in ProTools was extremely limited. Cakewalk already had an excellent piano roll in the late 90s.

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