Ableton Live Reviews & Product Details

Everything about Ableton is intrinsically designed for a computer-using audiophile or musician. It is unique in that it allows users to write tracks within a grid sequencer rather than traditionally composing from left to right on a timeline. It is also the only DAW to include its own programming environment designed to allow anybody with coding experience to create their own devices (Max4Live) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Minor workflow mishaps but there’s honestly 1 error for every 2 million things done correctly in this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love Ableton live its incredible easy to get into, whilst at the same time allows you to really produce incredible studio music. Something I've found very impressive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally the system can experience issues with plug ins and VSTS - always make sure you backup your audio several times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The session view workflow provides a non linear approach which helps construct and arrange compositions without committing to a designated pattern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The arrangement view could be improved in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software can do absolutely anything from recording, editing, mixing, mastering, midi mapping and running live backing tracks. It takes a bit to learn, but once you do, you don't need any other music related software to complete tasks unless you have a personal preference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Price and It's so hard to use :-). I had someone try to teach me and it didn't make any sense. I had to start watching youtube videos to understand what each button does. Once I got over that hump, I was rolling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software is not only easy on the eyes it's also easy on the mind; once familiar you really can get dug in and create something great with the bare essentials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrations with Bluetooth speakers and headphones could use some looking into, and advancement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a resourceful program for audio editing, composing and making music. There's a huge quantity of useful plug-ins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not so user friendly at the beginning, there are a lot of "hidden" features, but with time and tutorials you can manage to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The conceptual model of how the software works is very easy to understand, making it an intuitive experience. Using loops, creating samples, recording external audio, quantizing.... most of it is pretty easy to grasp without tutorials. I really like that in the side panel you can access tutorials and explanations if you need them. Composing and recording in Ableton live is super easy and super fun. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I consistently have trouble with is audio driver trouble shooting. I use it with a PC and have downloaded the driver AVIO(?). In addition to my Windows sound driver and the AVIO sound driver, there's yet another sound driver I have on my computer. Sometimes for no apparent reason, the drivers switch and I have to stop what I'm doing to fix the issue, sometimes exiting the program. Secondly, I wish Ableton Live were better equipped for mixing and mastering. Other than those things, it's great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's powerful and just as capable as Logic as your main DAW. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

hard to learn! This one took me quite a while to get good at, and I found the interface relatively unintuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to use once you get the hang of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It shuts down sometimes which pisses me off because I'm right in the middle of a beat but it keeps everything saved when you open it back up so then everything is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a very straightforward software to use, sleek UI, great quality and low latency. Great tutorials. Certain features like Warp Mode, and Session view are uniquely well implemented in Live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not a touch-friendly interface, so you'll either choose to put up with keyboard/mouse, or buy an outboard control module, of which there are several. It's just something to be aware of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.