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Re:Ableton Live 13 by dyzone on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:32AM (#50440959)
Funny! I think fl studio ui is the worst, ableton is better than fl, and bitwig much better than both. I guess it really is just personal preference or maybe we mistake familiarity for ergonomics because we build muscle memory for tools and then if we try anything else, it'll obviously feel worse because we don't know how it works.
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Re:Ableton Live 13 by hmokiguess on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:15AM (#50442415)
> I guess it really is just personal preference or maybe we mistake familiarity for ergonomics

These are mutually exclusive the way I see it, and I would argue that personal preference is the right one.

I tried learning Ableton but didn't find joy in it, I think it's because FL Studio has closer origins to the music tracker days whereas Ableton avoided that.

I would say they both offer different mental modes that are orthogonal to one another

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by Capricorn2481 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:01PM (#50443809)
For sequenced music, I love FL Studio, and I think you get a lot of value from it too. Free updates for life has been amazing.
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