Ableton Live and prog?

[MarkOneMusic]

I have been looking at some Ableton vids online and wondered what you guys thought of it's suitability in a proggy environment (both in the studio and onstage) I can see some interesting opportunities with the Akai controller.

But the trouble is most of the youtube stuff is showing pretty dull 4 to the floor beatz.

Any of you proggites use it? what do you think?

[gav]

I think Jem said he quite likes it for writing songs, but sticks to Pro Tools for production, if that's any help.

[Pedro]

Yes. Stick "ableton" in that search wotsit up there ^ and you'll find his posts.

[jchop]

I have been looking at some Ableton vids online and wondered what you guys thought of it's suitability in a proggy environment (both in the studio and onstage) I can see some interesting opportunities with the Akai controller.

But the trouble is most of the youtube stuff is showing pretty dull 4 to the floor beatz.

Any of you proggites use it? what do you think?

I use the "Intro" version for idea capture.  A demo is available. Fear not!  Try it!

While you'll likely find Ableton used in "loop-based" music, it can be used in a linear fashion as well.  Perhaps that's not playing to its strengths, but those strengths do include stability and a nice assortment of sound-shaping tools.  

But who says prog can't be loop-based?

If by "prog" you mean Mellotron choirs + random shifts in meter + lyrical lines that end in "-ation", well... the Ableton end-user license agreement forbids using their software for that.

-John