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Native Instruments Fx In Ableton Live 5

I was wondering if any of you would care to explain how to use the N.I FX plugs in Ableton Live?

I understand how to use their normal plug ins, like "absynth" and "pro 53", but how do i use the "absynth FX," or "pro 53 FX" plug ins?
do i have to route them differently or do i have to have a midi note trigger them?

I ordered my Li ve 5 box, but have not received it yet, so I am still in the dark about a few things.

I looked on the N.I forum but could not find any specifics on this particular question.

thanks everyone

Digital Performer And Bouncing To Surround

lets say i'm working on the scoring and sound design of a short animation that will be released on dvd. The director/studio wants me to provide 5.1 surround for the film.

Will DP be able to bounce this correctly?

do i have to buy a dolby plug in?

any help mucho appreciated.

Logic Pro Vrs. Digital Performer

greetings all,

I am getting ready to do a bit of a drastic change in the studio. I'm bswitching from a Pro Tools based studio to more of a MIDI enviromnet.

I'm looking into either Logic Pro or Digital Performer to be the main workhorse, and I'll keep a Pro Tools LE rig on the side for everything else.

I mainly do sound design and film scoring/music.
I am somewhat new to Logic since the last version I used was 5.5.1 and I have never used DP.

I am semi-pro, working on many indie films, games and animations.

I have been using Pro Tools, Live, and Reason together for the last few years, but the time has come to get a more sturdy midi program. Almost all of my work is done exclusively through MIDI, mostly by softsynths or plug ins(hence the reason I am moving over pro tools)

I'm mainly just wondering what everyones opinions are on the two sequencers I mentioned. Should I go for Logic or DP?

I've read about both and they both seem to get pretty good reviews, and they both would do the job I need them for. So, i guess I would just like some user feedback.

do both have timecode?
does DP support most plug ins( example: native instruments)?
do both bounce to quicktime?
do they both support 5.1 surround routing and mixing?
rewire?

Any information on either of these would be great, as I am really cautious about a change like this.

Thanks so much for the help. Its appreciated.

(oh, i'll be using os x.3.9, G5, etc.)