operator arrives

XPM · Post by **XPM** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:20 pm

I'm very excited about the new Operator synth but...........

Just for comparisons sake, you can buy Logic pro 7 for £599 including all instruments and effects that Emagic have made (9 synthesisers, 70 plug in effects, 3 vintage keyboard instruments and a very good sampler)

When you compare that to buying Live at £349 and operator at around £100 (combined price £449) and consider that with this combination, you have only 17 audio effects, 5 midi effects, 1 sampler, 1 synth and 1 drum machine, the price of the Ableton products seems very high.

As I say, I'm sure I'm gonna love operator, but I think that the price is slightly high for what is basically an add-on to an existing package.

drush · Post by **drush** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:21 pm

yep.

i tremendous have faith in their design and implementation abilities.

and ultimately i don't think i need another synth. especially not for $149 and especially not when there's a ton of things i happily WOULD pay ableton $149 for.

that said, i'll wait and see. maybe this synth will change my mind on all that. it's just hard to imagine.

ekko · Post by **ekko** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:25 pm

There you go.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:25 pm

http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=operator

shame this big build up was for this.
I already have fm7, and I really like the way it combines with my drehbank. By looks FM7 is more powerful than this.

experimedia · Post by **experimedia** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:29 pm

I am at work and cant upgrade from here. But now that the download is online....can anyone tell us what if any new features (besides operator) are in v4.1?

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:43 pm

and now im playin with it and its still too expensive

and i cant see anything else new .....

may be suffering from temp blindness though

hohum

ekko · Post by **ekko** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:44 pm

How's the demo work? What's the limitation?

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:48 pm

"operator has not yet been unlocked and is therefore running in demo mode. in demo mode you can explore the products funtionality but you cannot save or export your work"

thats what it says in the last page of the pref ...

ekko · Post by **ekko** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:50 pm

Got it. Thanks.

I do look forward to poking around with it later. But man...I still can't get past the $150 thing.

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:55 pm

lol there arent even that many presets

not that im a preset whore or nothing

conny · Post by **conny** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:56 pm

It's coming 71 %, 72%...
Where are my pills?
// C

karate · Post by **karate** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:59 pm

fondue wrote:
Liam wrote:Sorry I forgot to mention that Audition from buysusa,com does not come with Tech Support. Not a big deal for me.

I also bought Adobe Creative Suite PREMIUM for $199 - That includes Photoshop CS, Illustrator, Acobat Pro and more. Also no Tech Support

BUT full access to Forums, Knowledge Base etc etc And all rights to updates, downloads etc etc

A good deal I think.

Check it out dudes, and then ask yourself is Operator going to be worth $149?

You bought either an unauthorized bootleg copy or the educational version if you paid $199.. It is illegal to sell the premium creative suite for under $899.. It is also illegal to use educational software for commercial purposes.. they will catch you eventually if you use it for anything... For instance, if you ever try to print a pdf at a Kinkos it will identify the serial number as educational use only and Adobe will be contacted, i knew someone who worked there.. Whenever a photoshop or pdf file came through it was screened and marked as a commercial or educational style of document. If it was obviously non-educational related they contacted the fraud dept at Adobe..

Im reporting that website right now to Adobe's fraud department..

Amid all the hype on the new toy. You guys passed this guy up. I hope

your joking. Either way you gave me a good laugh.HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Sorry I just realized his name is Fondue. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

conny · Post by **conny** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:59 pm

And while we are waiting, wouldn't a speach synthesis engine have been more fun?
99% !!!
// C

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:05 pm

I'm not impressed. I don't need to hear it to come to that conclusion. I have...

Komplete 2
Zebra
Pluggo 3
Filterscape AU
Buzzer 2
Logic 7
Reason 2.5

The last thing I need is any more synths, FX etc.

What I need is for Live 4 to get the piggishness out of their audio engine, Altivec, dual CPU support, whatever it takes, basically as it stands, Live 4 is the biggest pig on my system, and I sincerely doubt that Operator is any more CPU efficient than Simpler, which I find to be a bit of a pig, in line with Kontact, but not as powerful, but let's not forget that for most people lack of feature translates to ease of use.

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:11 pm

conny wrote:And while we are waiting, wouldn't a speach synthesis engine have been more fun?
99% !!!
// C

You mean something innovative?

I'm thinking that it's going to restrict development of a lot of future instruments and effects if they always have to fit into the FX bar at the bottom of the screen. I can't imagine a full spec sampler to fit in there somehow.

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