Ableton Live 4 Options

[Ziggomatic]

Hi everyone. i was thinking of buying Logic 6 but i just finish to test the Ableton Live 4 and i'm like "wow!!!". This software looks awesome but i want to know your opinions guys. Should i buyLogic 6 or Live 4? Its a lil than the half of the price so.... hehehe

thanx!!!

[mthomashow]

I use both Live 4 and Logic Pro. I am fairly new to digital audio recording, but I've been around music a long time. I really like both programs. I staretd with Live and then picked up Logic.

I don't use loops much and I don't perform live with computers so I don't fit the streotyped profile of the LIVE user. But I do like to improvise.

If you are new to DAW's I highly recommend LIVE. It is much easier to use right away. It has a great deal of music making power. And if you need deeper editing functions you can always buy an editor. If you are mainly audio oriented, LIVE may be perfect, allowing now for some MIDI work, too.

What's great about LOGIC PRO is the incredible array of plug-ins and soft synths. It is harder to learn and harder to remember how to use, but with patience and practice you figure things out. There is no question that it provides great depth of possibilities.

What I love most about LOGIC PRO are the soft synths. For the type of music I play, the EVD 6 and EVP 88 are unsurpassed. LOGIC PRO has a veritable encylcopedia of virtual synths and neat effects.

If I had to choose only one, I would choose LIVE simply because I am reasonably well equipped with hardware synths, it's cheaper, it's easier to learn, and it's great to improvise with.

If you expect to spend alot of time doing deep editing or intiricate MIDI work, and if you want a studios worth of plug-ins, and if you have the patience to stick with it, LOGIC PRO may be a better choice.

Again, I started with LIVE so that's my bias for a newcomer.

But either way you can't go wrong as they are both great programs and I am glad I have both.