

There are things unique to each DAW, and that’s a good thing – same goes for DJ/VJ software, or any other production tool (like the Adobe software suite, for example). This isn’t Logic – nor is it Cubase, Nuendo, Sonar, Reaper, Reason, ProTools, FL Studio, Bitwig or whatever else you’re using. Like any other long-time user, I’m very much locked into Live’s specific workflow, and have come to like it. Ableton Live has been around for a long time – I myself have been using it since version 4. Luckily, having recently been granted access to the beta, I can provide a little more insight into what is coming.īefore we get into it, however, a few words about updates and user expectations. The landing page mentions some promising changes to the interface and showcases new tools for us to mess around with. So this is called a first look, but with the likelihood of the Live 10 beta changing to any significant degree being slim, you can take this to be a review in all but name.Īfter much speculation as to when (or if, according to some of the more cynical users) we will actually see Ableton Live 10, the bomb has just been dropped and is currently making the rounds on social media. But we don’t do full reviews on pre-production or beta pieces. I should have realised that “a few words” for Ray isn’t possible, and what came back was pretty much a complete review. “Ray, can you put together a few words about Live 10” I asked. Or I could tap into the resource within the DJWORX family to write something more legitimate. Granted, I could pick through the excellently detailed volume of PR materials and put something together that sounded vaguely knowledgeable.



And when the news dropped last week, I found myself in the decidedly non-comfort zone. It’s something I keep meaning to fix, and with the advent of Lseems like a good time to start. My knowledge of Ableton Live is limited to say the least.
