![]() ![]() There will be a learning curve, but if you're fluent in Ableton, then you've got good fundamentals that will transfer over well. I recently switched back to Cubase, and it definitely fits my workflow better - primarily owed to me spending most of my time in timeline / arrangement view. I used Cubase back in the day (SX 3), and started using Ableton around 2015. Lots of good feedback in this thread - I'll toss mine in as well. Cubase can be frustrating and arcane sometimes (so many windows and panels), but it basically does everything, and I am very comfortable with the workflow. But as far as I'm concerned the main reason to use Live is if you like their session workflow and the related hardware controllers, which I never cared about.Īnyway, I think in piano roll, and as a result I never found Live's Session view useful I always used it as a piano roll DAW, so the things that made Live unique didn't help me. (Also, on Windows at least, Cubase offered far better multithreaded performance than Live.) At the time, Live had better audio warping technology (I don't know how they compare now), while Cubase offered sophisticated destructive sample editing/processing features that Live simply lacked.įrom what I've read, current versions of Live offer both VST3 support and real comping, but I'm not sure where they are in terms of MIDI support or multithreading on Windows. Also, Live's MIDI support and tools were rather crude and limited compared to Cubase. Also, their lack of VST3 support meant there were a number of plugins they couldn't run (any of the high-end Antares plugins, for example). At the time, Live's version of "comping" was a complete joke. The last version of Ableton Live I've used was 9, and at the time there was no question, Cubase beat Live in multiple significant areas. Maybe there are other DAWs worth taking into consideration, not just Cubase and Ableton. Why did you switch to Ableton from Cubase? Why is Ableton better for your workflow? What music do you do? Do you think I should give Ableton another chance? Are there any good tutorials for it? Or the "pain" of learning Ableton doesn't cut it and I should try Cubase. However, I feel like it's just not made for a "studio" environment. I really want to give a chance to Ableton because it seems like it's the best DAW out there, at least I've read that. I was thinking of trying Cubase, I think it's more similar to Mixcraft A friend of mine and I are making our 2nd album, but I always delay the final mixing process because (we have tons of really good ("rough") mixes, but I just can't "finish" them because Mixcraft always crashes.) I basically feel driven into a corner, limited and uninspired. Every time I have an idea I find myself opening Mixcraft because I just don't know how to use Ableton. I've tried Ableton, I have really tried, but just can't! It's so unintuitive for me. I've tried pro tools, but it seems complicated. However, as I've got more serious into music production I'm experiencing lags and crashes (vst's crash all the time) when loading into larger projects or exporting. People say it's similar to Logic, but for Windows. It's a very intuitive DAW, but also lacks in a few departments (e.g. My DAW of choice to start with was Mixcraft. "Producing" is my hobby, as it's everyone's here. ![]()
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