Ableton Live 13

Re:Ableton Live 13 by tnolet on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:59PM (#50443771)

As a (formerly) semi-pro musician these price discussions are always so funny. $300 ($600) is so crazy cheap for the beating heart of your studio. Even more considering the price of any semi decent mic, guitar, synth or any piece of musical / studio equipment.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by 999900000999 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:15PM (#50444010)

For the vast majority of users music is only a hobby.

I've been making beats for about 20 years. For me music is essentially a diary that others occasionally read.

I'll never make a nickel off this.

Also if I buy a 2000$ microphone I own it forever and I can even sell it and maybe recoup half.

Vs paying 200$ a year forever.

Plus FL Studio is about 300$ once for the All Plugins edition.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by icantevenhold on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:33PM (#50444279)

pirate the software if you don’t plan to use it professionally?

You can easily get some older version and play around with that for free.

In my case I bought a launchpad many years ago and for a long time used the Ableton Lite version that came with it. Was more than enough for hobby usage.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by 999900000999 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:58PM (#50444625)

If you believe software should be free that's a different conversation.

I have no problem with paying for software I enjoy.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by mystifyingpoi on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:20PM (#50444930)

Why would you assume someone owns a literal studio? There are so many ways people use DAWs, recording in a studio is only one of them.

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