Is Ableton Live worth the money?

Was using Digital Performer for years (everbody's like wuzat?). I used to rewire Reason to it and that's allI used. Got a demo for Live at GC. Used it to cut up the Amen break and got hooked on it. Bought 7 and couldn't stop using it. Now I got Suite 8 and I've been writing the best stuff ever. Seriously Live is THE best idea for quickly sketching out songs. Everyone has their own ways of finalizing and what have you but when I'm at a public place and not at home laptop w/ Live + my launchpad. Super dope shit!

I traded in a Roland SH-201 for a MPC 2000 at a local music store(I already have a JP-8000) so lately I've been really into using an MPC. So I'm thinking about picking up one of the MPD controllers for the road

ableton is incredible for on the go stuff, just in general it has a killer workflow.

It depends on how much you think your money is worth.

I can't tell you if it's worth yours but it was worth mine.

i once had a pirated copy of suite that took 30 minutes to download to my pc. now i'm on a mac so i bought ableton, and they don't even let you use all the features if you buy the base model. no drum rack??? really? oh brother... it's almost 2011, i already forked over my money, i say not worth the money.

goldslum wrote:i once had a pirated copy of suite that took 30 minutes to download to my pc. now i'm on a mac so i bought ableton, and they don't even let you use all the features if you buy the base model. no drum rack??? really? oh brother... it's almost 2011, i already forked over my money, i say not worth the money.

So you mad you didn't do your homework?

mp3 wrote:

goldslum wrote:i once had a pirated copy of suite that took 30 minutes to download to my pc. now i'm on a mac so i bought ableton, and they don't even let you use all the features if you buy the base model. no drum rack??? really? oh brother... it's almost 2011, i already forked over my money, i say not worth the money.

So you mad you didn't do your homework?

well I cant tell if he's mad he didn't do his homework, or he's mad he got a mac...

mr_debauch wrote:

mp3 wrote:

goldslum wrote:i once had a pirated copy of suite that took 30 minutes to download to my pc. now i'm on a mac so i bought ableton, and they don't even let you use all the features if you buy the base model. no drum rack??? really? oh brother... it's almost 2011, i already forked over my money, i say not worth the money.

So you mad you didn't do your homework?

well I cant tell if he's mad he didn't do his homework, or he's mad he got a mac...

Oh yeah... he mad cause he don't know the mac warez sites...

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mp3 wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:

mp3 wrote:So you mad you didn't do your homework?

well I cant tell if he's mad he didn't do his homework, or he's mad he got a mac...

Oh yeah... he mad cause he don't know the mac warez sites...

but on a serious note, macs seem to be gradually catching up for that sort of thing from what I see on torrent sites like demonoid.