Production cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

[djfm]

Im having a bit of a battle with these two pieces of software at the moment. I just cant decide which to use
i hate to arrange in live so small and fiddley. But on the other hand really easy to use what with the internal routing bouncing clips on the fly. But then it kills my pc because its a cpu hogg
Cubase is so cpu friendly you can have a high track count and still scroll through the window without it freezing unlike live
i know how to use both pieces of software pretty well. I have tried other demos but im not interested in learning these
i also feel cubase has more of a pro approch than abelton but thats just my opinion
can anyone help me out here?
thanks in advance
ps. i like to work in midi and audio

[jeffrey collins]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

sounds like you already have your mind made up. If you know how to use both of them, than you should choose.

And I never understand these things people say about it being fiddly...what does that mean? I've never had much problems with Ableton at all. Most of the reasons I have problems with it is simply because I don't have enough memory and I'm using a laptop that has a 4500rpm drive instead of the 7200 you get with desktops.

[unkownartist]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

tbh there are reasons for having both, i preffer cubase for doing the actual writing of music although its been a while since i have written but i can also see a ligitimate use for ableton as well running as a second option

[NBHproduction]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

imo cubase is better, but it's up to you.

[victorgonzales]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

I prefer cubase but I still use Live to manipulate audio samples every now and then. I just export the audio and send it to cubase.

[psylucas911]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

LOGIC hehehehe

[270770]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

Go SX3 before Ableton. The sound engine in Ableton leaves a lot to be desired. I suppose you could rewire it tho, and bypass abletons mixer...

but Logic Pro leaves 'em both for dead...

[jeffrey collins]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

^^^yeah, and it also costs 4 times as much.

[270770]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

too true. too true. But you do get what you pay
for when it comes to sound algorithms....

[Gloomy]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

LOGIC hehehehe

Brand new Logic Studio 8 for only $499.

[NBHproduction]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

Brand new Logic Studio 8 for only $499.

and even without dongle so you can guess

[RaulGuerrero]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

defenetly CUBASE!.... ableton hasnt the same quality... you can connect live with cubase. i do that when the track has vocals.. try it!!

[Wes709]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

Yup, if you have a Mac, Logic has definitely entered the price game in a big way. For $500, Logic comes so packed with stuff it makes the other apps seem naked. And the interface improvements are huge as well.

[jeffrey collins]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

500, you obviously are not speaking about the pro version. So how does the new version differ from the PRO model. I'd like to know because one day I would like to grow from using Live into using Logic.

[Gloomy]

Re: cubase sx3 or ableton live? (help me!!!!!!)

^^ The new Logic Studio offers all what the old Logic Pro 7 is offering, but on a much more stable layer. I've heard the code has completely been rewritten.

Other than that, there are a few new programs. For details: http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/

All that for 500 bucks ... instead of the old 999. Off course this will motivate people to step over to Logic Studio ... which implies they need to buy a MAC (which probably is one of Apple's main goals).