Live 8
Sigh, I'm being kind of rude...but why not? Ableton not only listens to their users, but they also think up stuff the users never did, and then the users get to run with it, leaving the competition in the dust. One thing about the Ableton community, it's that they inspire each other more than any other group of software users out there...and its a friendly bunch as well....unlike the *a****l* people. The Looper is the business. I love it. I use it often to build up choruses and hooks for songs with ease...especially since I tend to think the more layers of me the better...this thing just lets me pile them up. Of course, you can use it for any sound, not just vocals. By the way, the thing is easy to use, which helps. Nowhere near as daunting as some of those hardware looping pedals. I just hope there isn't a slew of hacks trying to be next Kid Beyond...and if you are one of those, you won't come close...(remember, he's not only super talented, but was doing it long before this new feature came about). Though I am sure he's as happy about it as the rest of us. One of the things I like about the new effects is that Ableton doesn't slouch when coding them. The stock effects easily match third party alternatives. My favorite of the new ones has to be the Vocoder. It not only sounds great, but it isn't the p.i.t.a. to use or set up like, oh, almost all software vocoder 88
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plug-ins ever made. The Frequency “omit� from the list ones I don't wish to Shifter and Overdrive fit perfectly in delete off the computer, but don't with the older effects, and they sound want to see show up in Live. great. The Limiter and Multiband There...we'll see. Dynamics plug-ins work in a pinch for some nice polish without blowing out Anyway, if you aren't using Live yet, the entire mix. The limiter works great you are me a year ago...probably on the master to keep levels getting by, but probably missing out consistent during live sets without on what could be if you look to the making the whole thing sound like innovators at Ableton rather than Metallica's last album...Though, as keep messing with the imitators...uh... great as they are, they aren't gonna oh, like every other company, for be replacing my mastering chain. But, example. :) they are better than nothing, and very, very usable in other applications where the plug-ins in my aforementioned mastering chain would garbage. So, still, great additions all around and add options, which is always a good thing. Hmm, last time, in my review of version 7, I asked for step recording and got it. I thought that was all that Live lacked from being perfect. I'm glad Ableton listened on the one hand, and I am glad they have even greater vision than I do on the other. I say that because I love all that is new in Live 8, and it is now taking me places I didn't even consider going musically before. And when we all look to the horizon and see the new controllers, Max for Live, and the Serato stuff coming up, plus who knows what else...whew...It's gonna be good! But what feature should I ask for this time??? Oh yeah, a way to organize the third party plug-ins, and a way to December 2009