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@@key1228 im on linux so i dont think the support would be too great. fl studio kinda just barely works on linux running it through compatibility layers, im not too interested in trying something else that'll probably not be much better supported
One thing that makes Ableton’s effects unique compared to FL Studio, is that the use of sends and returns are not really that necessary, cuz you can turn literally any series of effects and make effect racks and set chains. Once i really understood this in ableton, ive never looked back. Workflow is ridiculous on Ableton. When i first switched from FL to Ableton, the one thing (which probably FL has now) that effing blew my mind is that you can learn automation to almost anything any third party plugin, and/or assign macros to those controls. And it’s so organized and simple no bullsh*t.
I never got along with FL studio, but Ableton helped me to transition from DJ to Producer, I started doing Dj sets on Arrangement view and then moved to edits, bootlegs and original songs. Now I'm making original music for myself and others, In different genres, mixing and mastering everything inside Ableton, this software it's not perfect by any means, but no other DAW could provide you with this minimalist and straightforward approach to making music.
FL Studio has the replacing clip feature. Just might feel janky depending on how well ableton does it. Instead of dragging the replacement on top in the playlist, you drag it into the wrapper on the channel rack.
I was looking for this comment haha. To me this is really easy. You just double click the audio clip in the playlist and than drag & drop as he tried to do. The double click is an extra step that I appreciate as a safety. I'm assuming a window would pop up in other software saying "are they sure you'd like to replace the clip" which should make it the same thing in the end. At least I hope there would be a warning message lol
Just a minor tidbit of info, you can replace the media item source via drag and drop in Reaper. Sure it happened way after Live had it, but just confirming it's not the only DAW with that sort of feature. Another thing: Complex and Complex Pro are basically licensed zplane Elastique timestretching algorithms (Complex is Elastique 2, Complex Pro is Elastique 3) - many other DAWs use the same ones. These were not made by Ableton crew. The older timestretching modes are basically just using granular synthesis (PSOLA type of algorithm) which is also used in many different products with different flavors of implementation. Time signature changes in 2007? Cubase had it on Atari in the 80s... Reaper certainly had it way earlier than Live, too, and many other DAWs like Logic, Sonar, Digital Performer etc. had it too. It was only FL Studio that was stupidly late with that feature... So saying it came to "most DAWs much later" is just quite incorrect, sorry. Otherwise, great breakdown, btw!
Reaper is absolutely horrid to use. Reaper runs after all the other DAWs, trying to integrate the caracteristics of all of them. As a musician, you'll be more efficient to try out 2 or 3 demo versions of traditional DAWs, and then chose the one that suits you best, than losing your time finding out how you can make Reaper work like Ableton Live or Cubase.
Plenty of people have had completely polar opposite of that experience. For me nothing else works as fast as Reaper because it works how I want it to work, not how somebody else thought it's best for me to work.
@@EvilDragon666 I understand your point of view. But I had the opposite experience. I didn’t want to have tons of menus and options that I knew I would never have the use of. I want to make music without having to design the UI myself before producing any sound ! 😅
Loved Ableton Live. Jumped in on version 4. I still admire Live, but I switched to Bitwig in 2014 and haven't looked back. Not that Live is bad, but Bitwig's workflow works best for me.
8:23 you can do that in FL... If you double click on the clip while it's on the playlist, you'll open its audio clip window. You'll see the the sample's waveform on the bottom. If you drag a new sample on top of that, it'll replace the sample and all of the automation, effects, and settings will stay the same.
After going into FL 20 myself, I realized this! I believe it is a feature added in a later version of fl studio because I think this wasn't possible in FL 11 which I started with. Thanks for the info!
as a software developer and musician I love Ableton, good design in de HCI, good performance and really nice to use, it's like an extension of myself at this point
Thanks for the great video. I'm an Ableton Live users, started on 4, I think, got on and off for awhile, then started my long stay at the version 7 until now, always use it. Before that, I used many other DAWs. Longest time was Cubase, which is still the most complete DAW, IMO, especially for MIDI and Audio editing and all the complex detail stuff, but after I totally migrated to Live, I decide to stay and leave Cubase and others. Ableton Live, although with some of it's 'minuses' compared to other DAW, (especially in MIDI editing and less complex things than, for example, Cubase) but it's the most and very intuitive, for me. (And it's always be the DAW that runs the smoothest in my computers too). Maybe Ableton Live's limitations are also what made it great as a music creating tool. It's not as complex as Cubase or Logic, or etc, which have (confusing and) deep with many possibilities.Ableton Live can also have depth and also can be deep of course, but it's actually best for us, to see it as a simple tool. Which mean I can focus more in the creating music process itself, from scratch until finish, without many obstacles of complexity of choices in the way. It's so efficient and effective. And yes, it's so fast, much faster than other DAWs, to create music from scratch until finish. And it's, again, very intuitive for musicians (or not) in doing that. Fast forward many years after, just recently, I got scoring jobs for some movies, which I had to do as a team with other musicians, none are using Ableton Live. Looking to how they work with their DAWs, I was tempted to try Cubase again. And I did. But I felt lost in Cubase. I thought Cubase would be more suitable and better for that kind of job. Not really, I found out. Ableton helps me work faster even if in that regard. So, I, again, I decide to use different DAW than my team mates, I decide to do it on Ableton Live. And boy, how I feel grateful. Now I'm sure this would be my only DAW to work with. Because actually it's the music you created that important. How you execute it, let the inspiration flows, develop, enhance and record it in and with your tools. Not the tools. The tools should not hampered your creativity flow. And as Ableton Live suites me best, and it's a super awesome DAW surely, I will use it as my only DAW, as long as it suites me best.
Amazing video! But on 13:28 - Cubase and Logic just left the room :P Ableton was definitely not the first DAW to introduce Time Signature changes, Cubase has had this since the 90s! Looking forward to a Logic, Cubase and ProTools video!
I've now also seen Ableton Live used to control lighting changes, trigger video sequences, and even as a live keyboard performance program. I'm a longtime Logic user, but I also use Bitwig Studio now, some cool carryover from Ableton Live.
Yes, Ableton is great, using it for live dj sets from 2011. Regarding the warp modes, all the mp3 or wav songs, I use the tone mode and not complex. There's a notable difference in sound output with complex mode which many times degrade the high frequencies. The tone mode works with 90% of songs and sounds as original input. All the mixes on my channel have done with tone and beat modes, you can check them out.
Dude, thank you so much for making such an incredible video about Live! It’s been my absolute favorite software EVER for over a decade and is a big part of my life now. You’re fantastic! Thanks again
This is why I still feel good about making my parents pay $500+ for a piece of music software. (and that's with the educator discount, a regular Live 10 Suite license costs $1000+ usually)
I am an avid Flstudio user and while I do have Ableton Live 9, I have a great respect for Ableton, it pushes other developers to make their products better. I just use Flstudio because I have mastered it and it just doesn't make sense to change. I do have a secret to tell Ableton, if Imageline figures out how to correctly implement Zgame visualizer...its game over, they will rule live playing.
Very good video, even though I'm a user I didn't know about the history of the program. I switched from FL to Ableton on the third try. As you mentioned - it could be difficult for someone used to the mixer wiring and multiple windows. However that layout + the fact that when you copy a clip it becomes it's own thing (opposite to FL where you have to specifically make it unique) improved a lot my abilities to make finished songs. Also FL still eats a lot more CPU for some reason.
Great video thanks for taking the time to make this! I would love to see a video on why you ultimately decide to use Fl Studio. Maybe getting into the type of music you make and scenarios you would choose to use other DAWs. I really enjoy the unbiased view you provide with these videos and how you can recognize the strengths of all platforms.
Love your videos man, I've always wanted to see someone cover the history of various DAWs in a video form and you made my dream come true. I will for sure stick around and wait for more, especially if you consider making a video about the Propellerhead's line of products beginning from ReBirth/ReCycle all the way up to today's Reason or maybe even a single documentary about DAWs that are long gone, such as Project5 or Storm Studio!
8:32 To do this in FL just drag and drop the sample you want to replace onto the channel rack, instead of directly into the playlist. This will replace any instance of the old sample you had in the play list with the new one, and keep all of the automation, and effects will stay.
@@RealMacJones right, but in ableton dragging it onto the playlist just replaces that one instance, in fl studio you have the option to either replace it all or nothing. Unless fl 21 has had some update in the last year or so that changed this, I still use fl 20
@8min In FL, you can do that by using mouse Middle click button. It is the best feature along with piano roll that no other daw (rest is confusing with FL). I wish there was a middle click option cause drag and drop sucks too when you are trying out samples that work with the session.
I left so many comments here because it's important to get all this vocabulary right, especially on educational content with a prepared script. Most people learn DAWs by searching RU-vid and Google. Starting off with the wrong terminology could be hours stuck searching for answers using the wrong terms. I see every day on every technical subreddit I follow. I have been in that position myself plenty of times.
I purchased Ableton Live 1.0 exactly because it allowed to trigger audio loops as my main DAW Reason 1.0 did not have any audio, but the two could connect using ReWire, so the combination of the two was perfect.
Technically speaking. Ableton is the company. Live is the program. That's why it's: push for live, not Ableton push for Ableton live. Also, when you click the programs icon, it says live.
watched the FL studio one and was like "this is cool but i use ableton", lo and behold this in my recommended should make a vid on bitwig studio, thatd be neat ;)
Pretty sure analog and the aas plugins came with live 9. (Also no mention of one of the most powerful feature, the max 4 live integration, with 7 or 8, I'm not sure)
I bought Ableton 11 this year to replace my old Mac setup of Logic pro on a 2015 MacBook Pro. (Bought for my new Ryzen PC). It's great but it took me about a month to realise how to change from live looping mode to the track view! lol Smooth sailing now though!
Just found a little fun fact: Ableton is short for A_nother B_unch of L_iquid E_lectrons T-antelizing O_mitted N_eutrinos -Robert Henke on an ableton forum q and a in 2004
Ableton may be those aesthetically pleasing DAW to use... and I've used it on and off for the past 20 years, but still don't really know what the session view is for
I use a lot of DAWS pretty much everything except Bitwig and this dad gum Ableton kind of stands out ; not by a landslide but by a photo finish. FL has the best piano roll so I'll step record midi , then I'll take about 10min to learn to play it then I'll put it down & freak it in Ableton.
Unsure regarding the others but I am pretty sure Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) is using Bitwig nowadays. But Bigwig's layout is pretty similar to Ableton Live's
Acid music is some what the same thing and was the first program that worked with samples only and kick started the sample companys like big fish audio
in fl you can also replace samples by dragging into the sampler. but that's usually less performant than in ableton and you will still lose any sampler configuration.
