Hi,
I have been checking out my Live 6 and I am wondering if anyone could please tell me the advantages of using Live 6 over say, Pro Tools. I mean, are there things that Live 6 is better made for or that you can't do on Pro Tools?
Also, what would be a few examples of the things that Live 6 can do?
thank you,
paul
Live 6 vs. Pro Tools
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Re: Live 6 vs. Pro Tools
neathery wrote:Hi,
I have been checking out my Live 6 and I am wondering if anyone could please tell me the advantages of using Live 6 over say, Pro Tools. I mean, are there things that Live 6 is better made for or that you can't do on Pro Tools?
Also, what would be a few examples of the things that Live 6 can do?
thank you,
paul
Are you talking Pro Tools HD? Or one of the slappy digi boxes running PT LE?
Ableton is better for making music itself. And since I dont think your asking about a real $20,000 Pro Tools HD system I'd take Ableton with a UAD/Duende over Pro Tools LE any day. Keeps it in the same box/prog, no rewire nightmare etc.
I have both...got Pro Tools LE when I got my "slappy digi box" but I never use it. There is just no comparison between the two as far as creative workflow is concerned.
I guess one could argue that if one were to create something that was to be mixed in some artsy fartsy studio that had one of those mega bucks HD systems, you could easily share the Pro Tools LE file with the studio and it would make things easier...but as far as inspiration and creating music, there is no other like Live...but there are plenty of others like Pro Tools (just that Pro Tools became the "gorilla" in the marketplace).
Examples of things that Live can do?...well, you could start with session view (versus arrangement view)...which is a whole new way of thinking when creating music. Live also has the "arrangement" view which is more like the other programs like Pro Tools. Then there is warping which Ableton pretty much wrote the book on as far as time-stretching audio...the list could go on and on.
I guess one could argue that if one were to create something that was to be mixed in some artsy fartsy studio that had one of those mega bucks HD systems, you could easily share the Pro Tools LE file with the studio and it would make things easier...but as far as inspiration and creating music, there is no other like Live...but there are plenty of others like Pro Tools (just that Pro Tools became the "gorilla" in the marketplace).
Examples of things that Live can do?...well, you could start with session view (versus arrangement view)...which is a whole new way of thinking when creating music. Live also has the "arrangement" view which is more like the other programs like Pro Tools. Then there is warping which Ableton pretty much wrote the book on as far as time-stretching audio...the list could go on and on.
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I use both Live 6 and Pro Tools LE 7.
Both programs are awesome. One is made by a media giant (Avid) and created and developed as an 'industry standard' for all aspects of audio production (therefore heaps of people use it, and kind of have to use it) - the other is a more creative, a more music and sound design based program - with lots of focus on LIVE use, even though the studio aspect is also extremely strong.
For editing and mixing Pro Tools is far more powerful. A lot of the work I do in post-production for film/TV is done in Pro Tools... LE is good, especially when supercharged with the DV Toolkit 2 Option, but that's more for home use - I still go to an HD studio to finalise mixes and do 5.1 audio.
I always use Live for music creation and sound design - the intuitiveness and the effects/instruments and just the way it works is a lot better, IMO. The session view, the real-time audio manipulation...
So I use the best of both worlds. To be locked into having to use specific hardware to use Pro Tools is limiting... I wish I could buy a sweeter audio interface than the 002/003 rack and still use Pro Tools with it. But I can't.
Both programs are awesome. One is made by a media giant (Avid) and created and developed as an 'industry standard' for all aspects of audio production (therefore heaps of people use it, and kind of have to use it) - the other is a more creative, a more music and sound design based program - with lots of focus on LIVE use, even though the studio aspect is also extremely strong.
For editing and mixing Pro Tools is far more powerful. A lot of the work I do in post-production for film/TV is done in Pro Tools... LE is good, especially when supercharged with the DV Toolkit 2 Option, but that's more for home use - I still go to an HD studio to finalise mixes and do 5.1 audio.
I always use Live for music creation and sound design - the intuitiveness and the effects/instruments and just the way it works is a lot better, IMO. The session view, the real-time audio manipulation...
So I use the best of both worlds. To be locked into having to use specific hardware to use Pro Tools is limiting... I wish I could buy a sweeter audio interface than the 002/003 rack and still use Pro Tools with it. But I can't.
"One need not fear the future of music..." JC
pro Tools is nice for tracking multiple tracks. It's good at that, and then editing them slicing them up, cross fading.
It's midi stinks, and I dislike it's insistence on being the "master" program. - At least the versions that still compatible with my other gear.
I hesitate to buy (or re-buy) back into full Pro-Tools compatibility, as they (Digidesign) have a shitty habit of artificially limiting upgrades after a few years have gone buy.
So while I have a perfectly good 001 system I can still use, it's been crippled by lack of support.
The 003 looks to be about as good as what I have, so oh well, they won't win a re-buy out of me yet.
Live on the other hand excels at bar & beat based composition. Great if you have a big loop library, a little less intuitive when recording tracks.
And the add-ons are ridiculously expensive. They really should be included in the upgrade pricing as they are developed. As it is, I simply (sic) do without, as there are plenty of other options representing better value and performance.
My 2¢
It's midi stinks, and I dislike it's insistence on being the "master" program. - At least the versions that still compatible with my other gear.
I hesitate to buy (or re-buy) back into full Pro-Tools compatibility, as they (Digidesign) have a shitty habit of artificially limiting upgrades after a few years have gone buy.
So while I have a perfectly good 001 system I can still use, it's been crippled by lack of support.
The 003 looks to be about as good as what I have, so oh well, they won't win a re-buy out of me yet.
Live on the other hand excels at bar & beat based composition. Great if you have a big loop library, a little less intuitive when recording tracks.
And the add-ons are ridiculously expensive. They really should be included in the upgrade pricing as they are developed. As it is, I simply (sic) do without, as there are plenty of other options representing better value and performance.
My 2¢
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