Cubase, logic or ableton?

[RDR]

as a long time cubase user and closet Logic bi-curieuse
id go with ableton :)

i would doubt that you would need the monstrous functionality that Cubase offers, and if you are on a PC, you wont be able to use Logic. the synths and effects in Logic are great, however if you get yourself some nice VSTs, Ableton Live would match that IMO. plus with the new live8 coming, I truely believe that the Ableton Squad have surpassed most other DAWs.

Sorry john, i gotta call you out on that.

Live is a great program and although ive seen the features of Live 8 it still has a long way to go as a sequencer and particularly for recording in the studio.

good proggy though

Myself...

I use Logic for sound design
Cubase for in-place editing
Pro-Tools for REcording bands
Fruityloops for creating loops and twisting sounds
Reason for fun!
And LIVE for ...errr LIVE work and as an all purpose tape recorder.

[morbid]

to me Live feels more like a load of hardware in a small room (if that makes sense) more so than something like reason which actually looks like hardware

youve got your samplers, synths, drum machines (racks), sequencer, matrix of clips (session view), multitrack recorder (arrangement view), it all just gels together really nicely (in my head ayway) and is the most intuitive program I have used, the more you scratch the surface with Live the more it opens up and you find many different ways of approaching whatever it is your trying to do.

The reason I use Live atm over anything else is that in the past I have come up against a brick wall when working my way around more traditional DAW's like cubase. Maybe its not having a musical background but it seems to take me hours to get anything done with Cubase whereas as mentioned by others you can really have fun straight out the box with Ableton

Its not the program though but how you use it and I think Live is probably used slightly differently by everyone who tries it which shows the flexibility of the program

[stjohn]

Sorry john, i gotta call you out on that.
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of course.. youre right yea...but at the moment Live does everything I need.
especially in producing electronic music not everyone needs the endless list of options and midi fuctionality.. Live does exactly what it says on the tin.. and more.

the reason i think that it has surpassed other DAWs.. is because it is designed with weird thinking elelctrono-musicians in mind.. and it lends itself to that organic way of thinking. now with the Max port, skies the limit really. both cubase and protools just made me feel limited...

but for recording.. aye, i like protools.

[RDR]

of course.. youre right yea...but at the moment Live does everything I need.
especially in producing electronic music not everyone needs the endless list of options and midi fuctionality.. Live does exactly what it says on the tin.. and more.

the reason i think that it has surpassed other DAWs.. is because it is designed with weird thinking elelctrono-musicians in mind.. and it lends itself to that organic way of thinking. now with the Max port, skies the limit really. both cubase and protools just made me feel limited...

but for recording.. aye, i like protools.

Fairy snuff! whatever floats your boat... there's lo0ads of other sequencers and trackers out there - and people write great tunes all the time on all sorts of equipment bioth hardware and software.

"Many a good tune played on an old fiddle"

[Winds]

Think ill start to have a play around with ableton & cubase for now and see how i get on. Nice 1 for all your replies, muchos appreciated!