Ableton Live 13

(ableton.com)

40 points | by phaser 50 minutes ago

12 comments

  • alfyboy 0 minutes ago
    Wish they would add Linux support. What is the best option for Linux?
  • faangguyindia 4 minutes ago
    I remember these were the software programs that had no good alternative back in the day.

    SketchUp, after Google offloaded it, became paid software.

    All these FL Studio, Ableton, etc.

    SketchUp has already been cloned as Ketchup. I wonder if FL Studio and Ableton will soon be cloned?

    pretty sure someone is already doing egui rust clone.

  • semtud 6 minutes ago
    New to music production but really want to give it a try. Can somebody please recommend resources/courses for beginners and which Abelton edition to buy: lite, intro, standard, suite? Also I was wondering if it is worth to buy akai mpk mini (play) to start with?
  • jawns 6 minutes ago
    If I were considering this as a Christmas gift for a 16-year-old who likes making things in Garage Band, would the Lite edition still be a step up, or should I more seriously consider the next level up?
    • asimovDev 0 minutes ago
      If they like Garage Band already, why not Logic Studio which is a “grown up” version of Garage Band?
  • ilumanty 24 minutes ago
    The style of marketing page does not live up to the software's quality.
  • lukaszkorecki 15 minutes ago
    So much good stuff there, hard to pick a favorite. Also cool to see that the device list in channel strips is finally stable (it’s been an options.txt thing for years)
  • bfmalky 2 minutes ago
    I don't know what Ableton have done to that webpage but 3/3 attempts to open it in Chrome on Android have caused a crash when I try to scroll down. Oh well, I guess I'll need to find out what's new in Ableton 13 somewhere else.
  • NSUserDefaults 18 minutes ago
    Not new to 13 but I love Ableton's clean UI. Similar to Blender, it's how all creative apps (and systems!) should do it.
    • jleehn 3 minutes ago
      100% agreed, gold standard in creative software design
    • vectordust 7 minutes ago
      Agreed, it's really intuitive (or it was for me). I feel like it has just the right learning curve, it just makes sense.
    • hmokiguess 8 minutes ago
      I actually much prefer FL Studio UI over Ableton's
  • Jtarii 11 minutes ago
    extremely badly made website
  • vectordust 29 minutes ago
    As a daily user of Ableton, I'm pretty excited about this. Especially the Capture Automation/Step Sequencer/Multiband rack types.

    I'm not a fan boy of any companies or tools, but Live has continued to impress me with each release.

  • TobiasJacob 16 minutes ago
    I'm almost a little bit disappointed agentic editing didn't find it's way into Ableton yet.
    • vectordust 10 minutes ago
      I'm personally glad to see they didn't add anything AI. Suno already exists for that market, IMO.
    • hsuduebc2 13 minutes ago
      Is there even any such software?
  • m00dy 12 minutes ago
    I can easily clone this software in a week.
    • dkdbejwi383 2 minutes ago
      Go on then. If it's that easy, do it, sell it for 1/10th of the cost and make millions.
    • hmokiguess 9 minutes ago
      Waiting on your Show HN then or larping