The Entire History of Ableton Live

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  • @afunnylookingsquash
    @afunnylookingsquash  Год назад +37

    CORRECTION: Abletons stock plugins are not VSTs, my mistake! As I'm a one man show, I'm bound to write things in my scripts that are either missing context or incorrect, but I'll always try and read comments to see what I got wrong!
    Join the squash discord: discord.gg/gpbTJJBRQG

  • @lucidattf
    @lucidattf Год назад +247

    very excited to watch a 17 minute video on software i do not use 💯💯💯

    • @OfficalNarisxmTV
      @OfficalNarisxmTV Год назад +3

      😂😂😂 I sweaaarrr... me rn!!!

    • @key1228
      @key1228 Год назад +5

      But it's so good tho :(

    • @lucidattf
      @lucidattf Год назад +2

      @@key1228 im on linux so i dont think the support would be too great. fl studio kinda just barely works on linux running it through compatibility layers, im not too interested in trying something else that'll probably not be much better supported

    • @key1228
      @key1228 Год назад

      @@lucidattf ooh, that is interesting to know! Might try it out

    • @terrordisco2944
      @terrordisco2944 Год назад +1

      @@lucidattf bitwig is on linux. It was founded by Ableton engineers, and is kind of like a branch, at least idea-wise.

  • @TuffKaya
    @TuffKaya Год назад +94

    Fun fact: the vertical and horizontal stripes on the logo represent session view and arrangement view.

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  Год назад +12

      maybe i need to do more research on these then i didn't know 😅

    • @brendanhoffmann8402
      @brendanhoffmann8402 Год назад +1

      lol, it took me about a month to realise what they did!

    • @MalrusOSC
      @MalrusOSC 5 месяцев назад

      That’s actually clever

    • @marcuswerker
      @marcuswerker 2 месяца назад

      It looks like the foam used to isolate the studios.

  • @exmaxhina
    @exmaxhina Год назад +15

    Ableton truly is one of the greatest creations of my time.

  • @kadinimdad
    @kadinimdad Год назад +5

    One thing that makes Ableton’s effects unique compared to FL Studio, is that the use of sends and returns are not really that necessary, cuz you can turn literally any series of effects and make effect racks and set chains. Once i really understood this in ableton, ive never looked back. Workflow is ridiculous on Ableton.
    When i first switched from FL to Ableton, the one thing (which probably FL has now) that effing blew my mind is that you can learn automation to almost anything any third party plugin, and/or assign macros to those controls. And it’s so organized and simple no bullsh*t.

  • @soupe.silent_e
    @soupe.silent_e Год назад +45

    You got a criminally underrated channel here. I can't wait to see where you'll go. ❤️

    • @Kbryce
      @Kbryce Год назад +1

      ^^^^^ This

  • @fernandoriverabakho9577
    @fernandoriverabakho9577 Год назад +12

    I never got along with FL studio, but Ableton helped me to transition from DJ to Producer, I started doing Dj sets on Arrangement view and then moved to edits, bootlegs and original songs. Now I'm making original music for myself and others, In different genres, mixing and mastering everything inside Ableton, this software it's not perfect by any means, but no other DAW could provide you with this minimalist and straightforward approach to making music.

  • @xenos096
    @xenos096 Год назад +14

    I just watched history of FL Studio and now you uploaded one about Ableton. Its very interesting to see how software changed over the years.

  • @Kbryce
    @Kbryce Год назад +11

    As a bedroom producer these videos are awesome to watch keep up the great work, seriously underrated 👑👑

  • @honeypeadigital
    @honeypeadigital Год назад +16

    FL Studio has the replacing clip feature. Just might feel janky depending on how well ableton does it. Instead of dragging the replacement on top in the playlist, you drag it into the wrapper on the channel rack.

    • @antwannn111
      @antwannn111 Год назад +2

      I was looking for this comment haha. To me this is really easy. You just double click the audio clip in the playlist and than drag & drop as he tried to do. The double click is an extra step that I appreciate as a safety. I'm assuming a window would pop up in other software saying "are they sure you'd like to replace the clip" which should make it the same thing in the end. At least I hope there would be a warning message lol

  • @EvilDragon666
    @EvilDragon666 Год назад +11

    Just a minor tidbit of info, you can replace the media item source via drag and drop in Reaper. Sure it happened way after Live had it, but just confirming it's not the only DAW with that sort of feature.
    Another thing: Complex and Complex Pro are basically licensed zplane Elastique timestretching algorithms (Complex is Elastique 2, Complex Pro is Elastique 3) - many other DAWs use the same ones. These were not made by Ableton crew. The older timestretching modes are basically just using granular synthesis (PSOLA type of algorithm) which is also used in many different products with different flavors of implementation.
    Time signature changes in 2007? Cubase had it on Atari in the 80s... Reaper certainly had it way earlier than Live, too, and many other DAWs like Logic, Sonar, Digital Performer etc. had it too. It was only FL Studio that was stupidly late with that feature... So saying it came to "most DAWs much later" is just quite incorrect, sorry.
    Otherwise, great breakdown, btw!

    • @pw6002
      @pw6002 Год назад

      Reaper is absolutely horrid to use.
      Reaper runs after all the other DAWs, trying to integrate the caracteristics of all of them.
      As a musician, you'll be more efficient to try out 2 or 3 demo versions of traditional DAWs, and then chose the one that suits you best, than losing your time finding out how you can make Reaper work like Ableton Live or Cubase.

    • @EvilDragon666
      @EvilDragon666 Год назад +2

      Plenty of people have had completely polar opposite of that experience. For me nothing else works as fast as Reaper because it works how I want it to work, not how somebody else thought it's best for me to work.

    • @pw6002
      @pw6002 Год назад

      @@EvilDragon666
      I understand your point of view.
      But I had the opposite experience.
      I didn’t want to have tons of menus and options that I knew I would never have the use of.
      I want to make music without having to design the UI myself before producing any sound ! 😅

    • @EvilDragon666
      @EvilDragon666 Год назад

      @@pw6002 Plenty of people make music exactly because all those options are there. But we're all different. :)

  • @wilfig
    @wilfig Год назад +7

    Loved Ableton Live. Jumped in on version 4. I still admire Live, but I switched to Bitwig in 2014 and haven't looked back.
    Not that Live is bad, but Bitwig's workflow works best for me.

  • @chrouu
    @chrouu Год назад +4

    Only 145 views? This is amazing man, you deserve 145 *k*

  • @lunamisynth6051
    @lunamisynth6051 Год назад +5

    Amazing video! But on 13:28 - Cubase and Logic just left the room :P Ableton was definitely not the first DAW to introduce Time Signature changes, Cubase has had this since the 90s! Looking forward to a Logic, Cubase and ProTools video!

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  Год назад +3

      fl studio only added it in 2018 or something like that, the slow child of the group 😂

  • @chandanbijitchetiamusic
    @chandanbijitchetiamusic Год назад +4

    Well I am a producer, producing in ableton and I am in love with it ❤️🔥

  • @ValenteAlvarezMusic
    @ValenteAlvarezMusic Год назад +19

    8:23 you can do that in FL... If you double click on the clip while it's on the playlist, you'll open its audio clip window. You'll see the the sample's waveform on the bottom. If you drag a new sample on top of that, it'll replace the sample and all of the automation, effects, and settings will stay the same.

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  Год назад +6

      After going into FL 20 myself, I realized this! I believe it is a feature added in a later version of fl studio because I think this wasn't possible in FL 11 which I started with. Thanks for the info!

    • @CadoFox
      @CadoFox Год назад +3

      You can now also even hot swap by holding control and just clicking the sample once in the browser. GREAT for drums and other short samples haha

    • @BenPotts
      @BenPotts 4 месяца назад +1

      @@afunnylookingsquash it's been in FL since like FL 7 bro

  • @mojito6629
    @mojito6629 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the great video. I'm an Ableton Live users, started on 4, I think, got on and off for awhile, then started my long stay at the version 7 until now, always use it.
    Before that, I used many other DAWs. Longest time was Cubase, which is still the most complete DAW, IMO, especially for MIDI and Audio editing and all the complex detail stuff, but after I totally migrated to Live, I decide to stay and leave Cubase and others.
    Ableton Live, although with some of it's 'minuses' compared to other DAW, (especially in MIDI editing and less complex things than, for example, Cubase) but it's the most and very intuitive, for me. (And it's always be the DAW that runs the smoothest in my computers too). Maybe Ableton Live's limitations are also what made it great as a music creating tool. It's not as complex as Cubase or Logic, or etc, which have (confusing and) deep with many possibilities.Ableton Live can also have depth and also can be deep of course, but it's actually best for us, to see it as a simple tool. Which mean I can focus more in the creating music process itself, from scratch until finish, without many obstacles of complexity of choices in the way. It's so efficient and effective. And yes, it's so fast, much faster than other DAWs, to create music from scratch until finish. And it's, again, very intuitive for musicians (or not) in doing that.
    Fast forward many years after, just recently, I got scoring jobs for some movies, which I had to do as a team with other musicians, none are using Ableton Live. Looking to how they work with their DAWs, I was tempted to try Cubase again. And I did. But I felt lost in Cubase. I thought Cubase would be more suitable and better for that kind of job. Not really, I found out. Ableton helps me work faster even if in that regard. So, I, again, I decide to use different DAW than my team mates, I decide to do it on Ableton Live. And boy, how I feel grateful.
    Now I'm sure this would be my only DAW to work with. Because actually it's the music you created that important. How you execute it, let the inspiration flows, develop, enhance and record it in and with your tools. Not the tools. The tools should not hampered your creativity flow. And as Ableton Live suites me best, and it's a super awesome DAW surely, I will use it as my only DAW, as long as it suites me best.

  • @fromixty
    @fromixty 11 дней назад

    As an FL Studio user that never opened Ableton, I heave to say that this is a great video, and I approve.

  • @0xfeedcafe
    @0xfeedcafe Год назад +2

    as a software developer and musician I love Ableton, good design in de HCI, good performance and really nice to use, it's like an extension of myself at this point

  • @jj4l
    @jj4l Год назад +2

    This is the formula, keep doing these types of videos sprinkled in with your others and you will hit 20k by March

  • @mrlorikeetmp3
    @mrlorikeetmp3 8 месяцев назад

    Your channel deserves alot more streams than it has, big love for your content !

  • @dxtrs_mnpltr
    @dxtrs_mnpltr 16 дней назад

    One of the most fun DAW’s out there for sure! Jumped in on version 1.5 and still love the product like the very first day I got it ❤

  • @CalvinLimuel
    @CalvinLimuel Год назад +1

    I've now also seen Ableton Live used to control lighting changes, trigger video sequences, and even as a live keyboard performance program.
    I'm a longtime Logic user, but I also use Bitwig Studio now, some cool carryover from Ableton Live.

  • @NUKELEDGE
    @NUKELEDGE Год назад +2

    How do you only have 4K subs with content this good

  • @Naeromusic
    @Naeromusic 2 месяца назад

    I went from Fl Studio to Ableton, everything, and I seriously mean everything, feels so much better to do, it just makes sense.

  • @xtra8dj
    @xtra8dj Год назад +1

    Yes, Ableton is great, using it for live dj sets from 2011. Regarding the warp modes, all the mp3 or wav songs, I use the tone mode and not complex. There's a notable difference in sound output with complex mode which many times degrade the high frequencies. The tone mode works with 90% of songs and sounds as original input. All the mixes on my channel have done with tone and beat modes, you can check them out.

  • @brudduh
    @brudduh Год назад +1

    Ableton fan here, just wanna say great video!! I also saw your FL video and loved it too!

  • @arielpabon4462
    @arielpabon4462 Год назад +2

    It would be cool to have the history of reaper, since the creator of that daw is the same that did winamp

  • @rommix0
    @rommix0 Год назад +6

    Very important piece of software for remixing. Ableton has the best beat warping tool compared to Logic and FL.

  • @Bkoded
    @Bkoded 10 месяцев назад

    3:28 given the launchpad being designed around ableton, thatd deffo make sense

  • @CinoPORakaDjCino
    @CinoPORakaDjCino 11 месяцев назад

    A multifunction masterpiece!

  • @JM-yk6eh
    @JM-yk6eh Год назад

    I use ableton for almost 10 years now, and I can say I always have a lot of fun using it!

  • @kuzev
    @kuzev Год назад +2

    Very good video, even though I'm a user I didn't know about the history of the program.
    I switched from FL to Ableton on the third try. As you mentioned - it could be difficult for someone used to the mixer wiring and multiple windows. However that layout + the fact that when you copy a clip it becomes it's own thing (opposite to FL where you have to specifically make it unique) improved a lot my abilities to make finished songs. Also FL still eats a lot more CPU for some reason.

  • @neonvoid
    @neonvoid Год назад +3

    Ableton Push 2 is the best instrument I ever had.

  • @NESDUB
    @NESDUB Год назад

    Whattt I’ve always loved Ableton interface, it’s so clean.

  • @nulcow
    @nulcow Год назад +2

    This is why I still feel good about making my parents pay $500+ for a piece of music software. (and that's with the educator discount, a regular Live 10 Suite license costs $1000+ usually)

    • @pw6002
      @pw6002 Год назад

      $1000 ?
      You mean american dollars ?
      Because here in Europe, Live Suite is sold at

  • @JoeySokol
    @JoeySokol Год назад +3

    Dude, thank you so much for making such an incredible video about Live! It’s been my absolute favorite software EVER for over a decade and is a big part of my life now. You’re fantastic! Thanks again

  • @Sunny01331
    @Sunny01331 Год назад +1

    Great video thanks for taking the time to make this! I would love to see a video on why you ultimately decide to use Fl Studio. Maybe getting into the type of music you make and scenarios you would choose to use other DAWs. I really enjoy the unbiased view you provide with these videos and how you can recognize the strengths of all platforms.

  • @kstnS
    @kstnS Год назад +1

    If you used a sampler on the channel rack you can drag to replace samples. I personally wouldn't want that on FL's playlist.

  • @alzy101
    @alzy101 Год назад +1

    pretty sure drag to replace is a thing in FL... you have to drop the replacement over the instance of the sample in the sequencer not the arrangement

  • @alfaxysm
    @alfaxysm Год назад +1

    Love your videos man, I've always wanted to see someone cover the history of various DAWs in a video form and you made my dream come true. I will for sure stick around and wait for more, especially if you consider making a video about the Propellerhead's line of products beginning from ReBirth/ReCycle all the way up to today's Reason or maybe even a single documentary about DAWs that are long gone, such as Project5 or Storm Studio!

  • @PiddeBas
    @PiddeBas Год назад

    8:03 , you can absolutely drag to replace in FL and keep everything

  • @lilofrfr
    @lilofrfr Год назад

    this channel is incredible remember me!

  • @frankherrgott
    @frankherrgott Год назад

    What a phenomenal work doing this video. Bravo bravo bravo 👏

  • @OdoSendaidokai
    @OdoSendaidokai Год назад

    Thank you for this wonderful overview. Do you plan to create an overview as well for Bitwig since they are a kind of related to Ableton?

  • @nirajkamat
    @nirajkamat Год назад

    @8min In FL, you can do that by using mouse Middle click button. It is the best feature along with piano roll that no other daw (rest is confusing with FL). I wish there was a middle click option cause drag and drop sucks too when you are trying out samples that work with the session.

  • @DJMoonlightKonamare
    @DJMoonlightKonamare Год назад

    I use Ableton Live to produce now. Used to use FL Studio, and then Logic.

  • @dolphinuppercut
    @dolphinuppercut Год назад

    I left so many comments here because it's important to get all this vocabulary right, especially on educational content with a prepared script. Most people learn DAWs by searching RUclips and Google. Starting off with the wrong terminology could be hours stuck searching for answers using the wrong terms. I see every day on every technical subreddit I follow. I have been in that position myself plenty of times.

  • @user-fo9lw3pq8l
    @user-fo9lw3pq8l Год назад +1

    Next up: The entire history of Bitwig!
    I'd love to see a video on them.

  • @zainhammad
    @zainhammad Год назад

    also, kenny beats features himself using ableton in his studio and live all the time, so dope

  • @zainhammad
    @zainhammad Год назад

    watched the FL studio one and was like "this is cool but i use ableton", lo and behold this in my recommended
    should make a vid on bitwig studio, thatd be neat ;)

  • @peacepeace9770
    @peacepeace9770 Год назад +3

    Anyone from FL gang?? 👀

  • @mbongeningcobo30
    @mbongeningcobo30 Год назад +1

    Keep going, appreciate the work

  • @rectify2003
    @rectify2003 Год назад

    Excellent series on the evolution of software

  • @MiniStumpy
    @MiniStumpy Год назад

    This video was awesome and informational. I love your style! Looking forward to more videos from you! Keep up the great work!

  • @shanu6478
    @shanu6478 Год назад

    Great video 👍🏼

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Год назад

    I bought Ableton 11 this year to replace my old Mac setup of Logic pro on a 2015 MacBook Pro. (Bought for my new Ryzen PC). It's great but it took me about a month to realise how to change from live looping mode to the track view! lol Smooth sailing now though!

  • @pinkenbajedi2119
    @pinkenbajedi2119 Год назад

    7 was my first version.

  • @BOMBPHONICS
    @BOMBPHONICS Год назад

    Damn I love Ableton so much!!! The Push 2 is incredible. I’m guessing you’re aware of Ableton Note on IOS

  • @valdir7426
    @valdir7426 Год назад

    Pretty sure analog and the aas plugins came with live 9. (Also no mention of one of the most powerful feature, the max 4 live integration, with 7 or 8, I'm not sure)

  • @carstensorensen154
    @carstensorensen154 Год назад

    I purchased Ableton Live 1.0 exactly because it allowed to trigger audio loops as my main DAW Reason 1.0 did not have any audio, but the two could connect using ReWire, so the combination of the two was perfect.

  • @therealdjap
    @therealdjap Год назад

    Great job.

  • @stephen7185
    @stephen7185 Год назад

    I've been waiting for vids like this. Plz do reaper. It's one of my favorite pieces of software of all time.

  • @jeetmix1986
    @jeetmix1986 Год назад

    Waiting for ARA support for Melodyne or a good pitch correction tool like or Variaudio in Cubase...

  • @3xAudio
    @3xAudio Год назад

    amazing. learned so much ty

  • @nomad1517
    @nomad1517 Год назад

    Technically speaking. Ableton is the company. Live is the program. That's why it's: push for live, not Ableton push for Ableton live. Also, when you click the programs icon, it says live.

  • @mej6519
    @mej6519 Год назад

    i jumped into ableton in version 4, havent changed since, its still the best daw for audio manipulation.

  • @gabriel2fan
    @gabriel2fan Год назад

    Love ableton keep up the good job like the videos alot

  • @beatrute2677
    @beatrute2677 Год назад

    Thanks for making this man, really enjoyed it. Are you going to do one on Reason?

  • @juleleleldilla3950
    @juleleleldilla3950 Год назад

    been an ableton child forever and always will be

  • @OGStoneVegas
    @OGStoneVegas Год назад +2

    Ableton may be those aesthetically pleasing DAW to use... and I've used it on and off for the past 20 years, but still don't really know what the session view is for

  • @marvin469
    @marvin469 Год назад

    I use a lot of DAWS pretty much everything except Bitwig and this dad gum Ableton kind of stands out ; not by a landslide but by a photo finish. FL has the best piano roll so I'll step record midi , then I'll take about 10min to learn to play it then I'll put it down & freak it in Ableton.

  • @juanocordoba
    @juanocordoba Год назад

    i love ableton. i think im never switching daw.

  • @officialvirtualrain
    @officialvirtualrain Год назад

    wow, cool channel, now I’m subscribed)

  • @oscillatorstorm
    @oscillatorstorm Год назад

    Beautiful video

  • @neofox2526
    @neofox2526 Месяц назад

    5:27 fl only took 20 years to add cross fades 🥳 (happy fl user)

  • @DeviHisgen
    @DeviHisgen Год назад

    love this! Are you going to make one about Reaper too?

  • @tdtrecordsmusic
    @tdtrecordsmusic Год назад

    Ableton my love

  • @joelthurner3682
    @joelthurner3682 Год назад

    awesome video 😍

  • @PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy
    @PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy Год назад

    I can said with certainty that Version 7 and 9 from the old version , where the most stable and fun to work on them

  • @donjave7146
    @donjave7146 Год назад

    It was called glive, and only djs used it now it's a different story

  • @xoffworld
    @xoffworld Год назад

    plz do studio one

  • @Heat_Scorcher
    @Heat_Scorcher Год назад

    Acid music is some what the same thing and was the first program that worked with samples only and kick started the sample companys like big fish audio

  • @morgengabe1
    @morgengabe1 Год назад

    in fl you can also replace samples by dragging into the sampler. but that's usually less performant than in ableton and you will still lose any sampler configuration.

  • @bbraff8885
    @bbraff8885 Год назад

    Great video I love ableton

  • @binarysun_
    @binarysun_ Год назад

    Unsure regarding the others but I am pretty sure Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) is using Bitwig nowadays. But Bigwig's layout is pretty similar to Ableton Live's

  • @ravirana2001
    @ravirana2001 Год назад +1

    woww i came here after fl studio video one .

  • @nomad1517
    @nomad1517 Год назад

    Just found a little fun fact: Ableton is short for
    A_nother
    B_unch of
    L_iquid
    E_lectrons
    T-antelizing
    O_mitted
    N_eutrinos
    -Robert Henke on an ableton forum q and a in 2004

  • @jeko_official
    @jeko_official Год назад

    woah its my daw

  • @nudirt1274
    @nudirt1274 Год назад

    Started in fl and acid pro. I became an Ableton fan and user since v 5 when they made the computer keyboard playable item.

  • @ThreeBeingOne
    @ThreeBeingOne 19 дней назад

    Hans Zimmer asks you for card, game won.

  • @hammondboybennett1580
    @hammondboybennett1580 Год назад

    Ableton Live done changed the church scene now almost every church musician uses Ableton very heavily

  • @handleisntavailable-
    @handleisntavailable- Год назад

    Honestly confused on how you don't have a million subs

  • @michaelhallett2842
    @michaelhallett2842 Год назад

    you should make a video about LMMS

  • @rabitec.
    @rabitec. Год назад

    I tried it and I can see why people like it but I ultimately stuck with FL because trying to get around the ui made my head hurt and also no free upgrades on major version changes.

  • @zekegohard43
    @zekegohard43 Год назад

    amazing video aside... how did you get MapleStory 14:33 on your mac lol🤣 once again, great video!!!

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  Год назад +1

      it wasn't my mac, it was footage from another youtube video that I used and edited together. their channel is ruclips.net/video/QNrYiUTthvM/видео.html, check em out and show em love!

    • @zekegohard43
      @zekegohard43 Год назад

      @@afunnylookingsquash haha I figured later on! thanks!

  • @dammdopeboy29
    @dammdopeboy29 Год назад +1

    I use ableton to record live recordings, I find it much easier then fl studio

  • @djnelosarilho
    @djnelosarilho Год назад

    Nice Historical videos about daws you dont even use :P big up !! nostalgiaaa!!
    ;)

  • @dolphinuppercut
    @dolphinuppercut Год назад

    Ableton’s stock plugins aren’t VSTs. They’re proprietary, exclusive to Ableton.

  • @sjh3217
    @sjh3217 Год назад

    8:08 - I've been using Ableton for ten years now and somehow I'm only just learning about a feature that's been present since version 3? 😂