I've been on cubase since vst 5 version the software itself is very good, has many cool features which seems will never be in ableon live, better midi and audio manipulation features to name few.
Nowadays I completely moved to ableton live, as it added value is much higher than what i am missing and i was used to while being on cubase. I am also recording mic and never had a single problem on ableotn,.
Dont know how it would behave when you will be recording a band, let say 8 channels simultaneously..
but still, I would say "f*ck that, you have all you need in ableton"