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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by billybuxton » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:03 am

The thing i like the most about Ableton so far is
I spend more time perfecting single drum hits than when i was using FL :4:
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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by leeany » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:40 am

I started in FL, changed to Reason and I'm currently switching to Ableton

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Post by BevOh » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:30 am

I started in FL, went to reason, then to ableton, then had a look at the reaper demo, now im back to FL strictly due to its ease of use and interface.
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Post by RandoRando » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:46 am

BevOh wrote:I started in FL, went to reason, then to ableton, then had a look at the reaper demo, now im back to FL strictly due to its ease of use and interface.
what dis/advantages did ableton have over frewdeeloopz?
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Post by Crow Steppa » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:25 pm

This is coming from a guy who used to use FL. If you don't have a Mac, get one and learn Logic Pro. I took the plunge and abandoned FL and dove headfirst into Logic. It is truly an amazing piece of software and and once you get it down, you'll never want to use anything else. There is a reason why so many artists you hear about are using Logic. It's the shit.

I highly recommend you get the Apple Pro series book one though. It will make your workflow super efficient and it'll teach you production stuff too.

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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by Sheff » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:31 pm

Crow Steppa wrote:This is coming from a guy who used to use FL. If you don't have a Mac, get one and learn Logic Pro. I took the plunge and abandoned FL and dove headfirst into Logic. It is truly an amazing piece of software and and once you get it down, you'll never want to use anything else. There is a reason why so many artists you hear about are using Logic. It's the shit.

I highly recommend you get the Apple Pro series book one though. It will make your workflow super efficient and it'll teach you production stuff too.

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even if you learned FL like the back of your hand you'd suggest ditching it for Logic?

whats the main difference with it?

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Post by billybuxton » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:56 pm

Crow Steppa wrote:This is coming from a guy who used to use FL. If you don't have a Mac, get one and learn Logic Pro. I took the plunge and abandoned FL and dove headfirst into Logic. It is truly an amazing piece of software and and once you get it down, you'll never want to use anything else. There is a reason why so many artists you hear about are using Logic. It's the shit.

I highly recommend you get the Apple Pro series book one though. It will make your workflow super efficient and it'll teach you production stuff too.

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Id love to try out logic man
but i hate laptops for producing and i haven't got like 8 grand to get a proper mac lol
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Post by Crow Steppa » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:05 pm

I knew FL Studio pretty well when I bought Logic. Just everything about Logic is superior. The sound of Logic as a whole is better, the instruments and effects that come with it, the workflow, the editing capabilities, everything is just better than other DAW's I've worked with. It is alot like FL Studio in that the Piano Roll is highly intuitive, and it's based around an arrangement window that has alot of editing features. The interface is confusing if you don't know anything about it, as most DAW's are when you first use them, but once you learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and where everything is, you see it for the monster it truly is. Combine that with Komplete 7, and you've got a fucking winner.
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Post by Crow Steppa » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:15 pm

billybuxton wrote:
Crow Steppa wrote:This is coming from a guy who used to use FL. If you don't have a Mac, get one and learn Logic Pro. I took the plunge and abandoned FL and dove headfirst into Logic. It is truly an amazing piece of software and and once you get it down, you'll never want to use anything else. There is a reason why so many artists you hear about are using Logic. It's the shit.

I highly recommend you get the Apple Pro series book one though. It will make your workflow super efficient and it'll teach you production stuff too.

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Id love to try out logic man
but i hate laptops for producing and i haven't got like 8 grand to get a proper mac lol
You can find a Macbook Pro 13" for under 1000 easy. (http://cgi.ebay.com/MacBook-Pro-13-2-53 ... 4cf8cd5c6c)

I bought my copy of Logic Studio (brand new) for under 200 on ebay and got Komplete 7 for 400. If you're coming from a Fl Studio background, and want to move up to one of the bigger DAWs, go with Logic. BUT LIKE I SAID, ORDER THE APPLE PRO SERIES BOOK TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT or you'll be stumbling around like Helen Keller at a... well like Helen Keller in general. :cornlol:
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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by RandoRando » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:34 am

Crow Steppa wrote: ...or you'll be stumbling around like Helen Keller at a... well like Helen Keller in general. :cornlol:
racist...
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Post by Crow Steppa » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:04 pm

Helen Keller has NEVER been at the butt of a racist joke. Clearly that statement has something to do with her being both DEAF and BLIND. :6:
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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by synthlf » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:11 pm

i'm learning live atm at home for my future live stuff...and this helped me alot to understand almost everything you need to compose, play live, etc...also max fo live :U:

http://www.lynda.com/Ableton-Live-8-tut ... 663-2.html

edit: btw i find fl one of the most confusing daw's ever...but thats just me...originally i'm on cubase.
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Re: Anyone converted from FL to Ableton live ? Im debating i

Post by billybuxton » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:03 pm

synthlf wrote:i'm learning live atm at home for my future live stuff...and this helped me alot to understand almost everything you need to compose, play live, etc...also max fo live :U:

http://www.lynda.com/Ableton-Live-8-tut ... 663-2.html

edit: btw i find fl one of the most confusing daw's ever...but thats just me...originally i'm on cubase.
Thanks for the link man
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Post by billybuxton » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:04 pm

RandoRando wrote:
Crow Steppa wrote: ...or you'll be stumbling around like Helen Keller at a... well like Helen Keller in general. :cornlol:
racist...
Who the hell is Helen Keller ?

Should I know ? :dunce:
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Post by RandoRando » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:20 pm

Crow Steppa wrote:Helen Keller has NEVER been at the butt of a racist joke. Clearly that statement has something to do with her being both DEAF and BLIND. :6:
i was joking, i think i just put in her a racist joke though lol. and helen keler was that little girl that was (born?) blind and deaf and communicated by feeling the vibrations of other peoples larynx's in their throat's :i:
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Post by Crow Steppa » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:35 pm

Oh. Sarcasm doesn't transfer well over the internet. I thought you were retarded. My baaaaaaaaaaaaad. :dunce:
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Post by RandoRando » Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:26 pm

Ascian wrote:
RandoRando wrote:i was wondering this too, im an fl user liking abelton. The only reason i would want to switch is the "live" capabilities of performing live on it, which is a headache to too in FL. Would you guys say its worth learning a whole DAW from scratch just for the live capabilities?
Absolutely, because what you can do in terms of performance with Ableton, you can't do with any other DAW.

And if you DO decide to switch to Live.. Hit me up for a collab, yeah? :h:
I swithced to ableton now, collab? :h:
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