Compare Live и SILKROAD ALM

Benefits:

For most producing, arranging, mixing, and mastering tasks, Ableton Studio's stock plugins and software infrastructure make for an effective, effic... Read more

For most producing, arranging, mixing, and mastering tasks, Ableton Studio's stock plugins and software infrastructure make for an effective, efficient music creation environment. What makes this program invaluable, though, is its endless possibilities for sound design (especially with new randomization features built in to each track) and, perhaps obviously, its optimization for live performance. As a solo musician and producer, being able to create complex tracks on the spot is deeply liberating, and no other DAW (digital audio workstation) that I've used allows for this (although, I've read other DAWs are beginning to implement more live-looping and tempo syncing features).

Drawbacks:

It takes a little work to organize 3rd party plugins, but Ableton Live gives you multiple ways to approach this, which is more than some DAWs provide.

Summary:

Benefits:

In Live, there is no shortage of features that have a creative and inspirational application. The control surface application is great (the caveat ... Read more

In Live, there is no shortage of features that have a creative and inspirational application. The control surface application is great (the caveat being that the feature set is geared towards performance, not mixing). The included plug-ins are wonderful and easy to deploy, as well as stable, and all of the features related to on-the-fly manipulation of patterns are very developed. The software has a great feel of cohesion about it. Horizontal inspectors (effects racks) aren't totally my thing but you can't deny that they have really streamlined the sound design / midi effects / pattern manipulation parts of the program (the "live show" element is included in that).

Drawbacks:

The program is fairly underdeveloped in the realm of mixing, audio editing, assisted music composition, and audio export. Also I've never really en... Read more

The program is fairly underdeveloped in the realm of mixing, audio editing, assisted music composition, and audio export. Also I've never really enjoyed their approach to the browser and especially searching in the browser.

Summary:

Overall, when I do reach for Live it's for compatibility with others' projects and its sound design capabilities. For this it is excellent. Also it... Read more

Overall, when I do reach for Live it's for compatibility with others' projects and its sound design capabilities. For this it is excellent. Also it's live show elements and integration with creatively-oriented controllers. Live is like a fun modular synth with a lot of quick patching and patterns on hand. The downside is that it is a fairly basic mixing, editing, and composition experience, but it's hard to specialize in everything so that's only a downside if those functions (think Pro Tools, Cubase, and Studio One) are important to you.

Benefits:

"Ableton Live" is an industry-standard, Ableton is for both beatmakers and more elaborate bands, Live's ability to allow external hardware leaves y... Read more

"Ableton Live" is an industry-standard, Ableton is for both beatmakers and more elaborate bands, Live's ability to allow external hardware leaves you to create very diverse compositions to what its direct competition offers, Live 11 added characteristics that position this daw as a very attractive alternative for both beginners and more advanced users.

Drawbacks:

"Live" can be very distinct daw in its category, it looks different, has a distinctive approach, and has a really distinct workflow than most of t... Read more

"Live" can be very distinct daw in its category, it looks different, has a distinctive approach, and has a really distinct workflow than most of the alternatives it is normally compared to. Sometimes it can be intimidating to use this DAW, or just... maybe isn't focused on what you're looking for

Summary:

Benefits:

I really liked the layout of the software and that you could have more folders to organize your sounds within the software. It made life a little e... Read more

I really liked the layout of the software and that you could have more folders to organize your sounds within the software. It made life a little easier.

Drawbacks:

I did not like the fact that I had to spend more money to use more sounds compared to other softwares like FL Studio.

Summary:

My overall experience was okay however it was very confusing to me. Mixing and mastering was so different and hard for me to grasp and is not for b... Read more

My overall experience was okay however it was very confusing to me. Mixing and mastering was so different and hard for me to grasp and is not for beginners.