The Entire History of Ableton Live

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @afunnylookingsquash
    @afunnylookingsquash  2 года назад +40

    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 2 года назад +253

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

    • @OfficalNarisxmTV
      @OfficalNarisxmTV 2 года назад +3

      😂😂😂 I sweaaarrr... me rn!!!

    • @key1228
      @key1228 2 года назад +6

      But it's so good tho :(

    • @lucidattf
      @lucidattf 2 года 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 2 года назад

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

    • @terrordisco2944
      @terrordisco2944 2 года 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 2 года назад +95

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

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  2 года назад +12

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

    • @brendanhoffmann8402
      @brendanhoffmann8402 2 года назад +1

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

    • @MalrusOSC
      @MalrusOSC 9 месяцев назад

      That’s actually clever

    • @marcuswerker
      @marcuswerker 6 месяцев назад

      It looks like the foam used to isolate the studios.

  • @exmaxhina
    @exmaxhina 2 года назад +15

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

  • @fernandoriverabakho9577
    @fernandoriverabakho9577 2 года назад +13

    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.

  • @XxXenoZzZ
    @XxXenoZzZ 2 года назад +15

    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.

  • @kadinimdad
    @kadinimdad 2 года назад +6

    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.

  • @Bkoded
    @Bkoded Год назад

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

  • @ValenteAlvarezMusic
    @ValenteAlvarezMusic 2 года 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  2 года 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 2 года 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 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @soupe.silent_e
    @soupe.silent_e 2 года назад +45

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

    • @Kbryce
      @Kbryce 2 года назад +1

      ^^^^^ This

  • @wilfig
    @wilfig 2 года 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.

  • @Kbryce
    @Kbryce 2 года назад +11

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

  • @chrouu
    @chrouu 2 года назад +4

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

  • @brudduh
    @brudduh 2 года назад +1

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

  • @NUKELEDGE
    @NUKELEDGE 2 года назад +2

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

  • @honeypeadigital
    @honeypeadigital 2 года назад +17

    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 2 года 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

  • @RealMacJones
    @RealMacJones 2 месяца назад

    8:32 To do this in FL just drag and drop the sample you want to replace onto the channel rack, instead of directly into the playlist. This will replace any instance of the old sample you had in the play list with the new one, and keep all of the automation, and effects will stay.

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  2 месяца назад

      @@RealMacJones right, but in ableton dragging it onto the playlist just replaces that one instance, in fl studio you have the option to either replace it all or nothing. Unless fl 21 has had some update in the last year or so that changed this, I still use fl 20

  • @EvilDragon666
    @EvilDragon666 2 года 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 2 года 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 2 года 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 2 года 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 2 года назад

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

  • @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.

  • @lunamisynth6051
    @lunamisynth6051 2 года 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  2 года назад +3

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

  • @0xfeedcafe
    @0xfeedcafe 2 года 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

  • @chandanbijitchetiamusic
    @chandanbijitchetiamusic 2 года назад +4

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

  • @xtra8dj
    @xtra8dj 2 года 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.

  • @fromixty
    @fromixty 3 месяца назад

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

  • @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.

  • @dxtrs_mnpltr
    @dxtrs_mnpltr 3 месяца 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 ❤

  • @PiddeBas
    @PiddeBas Год назад

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

  • @Naeromusic
    @Naeromusic 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @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!

  • @lilofrfr
    @lilofrfr 2 года назад

    this channel is incredible remember me!

  • @NESDUB
    @NESDUB Год назад

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

  • @Sunny01331
    @Sunny01331 2 года 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.

  • @CinoPORakaDjCino
    @CinoPORakaDjCino Год назад

    A multifunction masterpiece!

  • @zainhammad
    @zainhammad 2 года назад

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

  • @JoeySokol
    @JoeySokol 2 года 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

  • @ZipSnipe
    @ZipSnipe 2 месяца назад

    I am an avid Flstudio user and while I do have Ableton Live 9, I have a great respect for Ableton, it pushes other developers to make their products better. I just use Flstudio because I have mastered it and it just doesn't make sense to change. I do have a secret to tell Ableton, if Imageline figures out how to correctly implement Zgame visualizer...its game over, they will rule live playing.

  • @frankherrgott
    @frankherrgott 2 года назад

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

  • @kuzev
    @kuzev 2 года 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.

  • @rommix0
    @rommix0 2 года назад +6

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

  • @alfaxysm
    @alfaxysm 2 года 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!

  • @neonvoid
    @neonvoid 2 года назад +3

    Ableton Push 2 is the best instrument I ever had.

  • @dolphinuppercut
    @dolphinuppercut 2 года 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.

  • @mbongeningcobo30
    @mbongeningcobo30 2 года назад +1

    Keep going, appreciate the work

  • @nirajkamat
    @nirajkamat 2 года 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.

  • @bunabyt3
    @bunabyt3 2 года 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 2 года назад

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

  • @kstnS
    @kstnS 2 года 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.

  • @gabriel2fan
    @gabriel2fan 2 года назад

    Love ableton keep up the good job like the videos alot

  • @rectify2003
    @rectify2003 2 года назад

    Excellent series on the evolution of software

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 2 года 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!

  • @shanu6478
    @shanu6478 2 года назад

    Great video 👍🏼

  • @MiniStumpy
    @MiniStumpy 2 года назад

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

  • @carstensorensen154
    @carstensorensen154 2 года 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.

  • @arielpabon4462
    @arielpabon4462 2 года назад +2

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

  • @mej6519
    @mej6519 2 года назад

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

  • @stephen7185
    @stephen7185 2 года назад

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

  • @DJMoonlightKonamare
    @DJMoonlightKonamare Год назад

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

  • @juleleleldilla3950
    @juleleleldilla3950 2 года назад

    been an ableton child forever and always will be

  • @joelthurner3682
    @joelthurner3682 2 года назад

    awesome video 😍

  • @alzy101
    @alzy101 2 года 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

  • @juanocordoba
    @juanocordoba 2 года назад

    i love ableton. i think im never switching daw.

  • @3xAudio
    @3xAudio 2 года назад

    amazing. learned so much ty

  • @BOMBPHONICS
    @BOMBPHONICS 2 года назад

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

  • @ЕтанДрешковка
    @ЕтанДрешковка 2 года назад +1

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

  • @officialvirtualrain
    @officialvirtualrain 2 года назад

    wow, cool channel, now I’m subscribed)

  • @therealdjap
    @therealdjap 2 года назад

    Great job.

  • @tdtrecordsmusic
    @tdtrecordsmusic Год назад

    Ableton my love

  • @valdir7426
    @valdir7426 2 года 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)

  • @pinkenbajedi2119
    @pinkenbajedi2119 2 года назад

    7 was my first version.

  • @beatrute2677
    @beatrute2677 2 года назад

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

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  2 года назад +1

      got a lot of em in the works, but takes a while to research

  • @oscillatorstorm
    @oscillatorstorm 2 года назад

    Beautiful video

  • @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?

  • @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.

  • @jeetmix1986
    @jeetmix1986 2 года назад

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

  • @bbraff8885
    @bbraff8885 2 года назад

    Great video I love ableton

  • @rano12321
    @rano12321 Год назад +1

    excel live

  • @morgengabe1
    @morgengabe1 2 года 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.

  • @neofox2526
    @neofox2526 4 месяца назад

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

  • @dannycastellanos3945
    @dannycastellanos3945 2 года назад

    Best daw ever

  • @PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy
    @PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy 2 года 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

  • @DeviHisgen
    @DeviHisgen 2 года назад

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

  • @zekegohard43
    @zekegohard43 2 года назад

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

    • @afunnylookingsquash
      @afunnylookingsquash  2 года 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 2 года назад

      @@afunnylookingsquash haha I figured later on! thanks!

  • @zainhammad
    @zainhammad 2 года 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 ;)

  • @xoffworld
    @xoffworld 2 года 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

  • @ravirana2001
    @ravirana2001 2 года назад +1

    woww i came here after fl studio video one .

  • @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.

  • @michaelhallett2842
    @michaelhallett2842 2 года назад

    you should make a video about LMMS

  • @rabitec.
    @rabitec. 2 года 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.

  • @sjh3217
    @sjh3217 2 года 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? 😂

  • @binarysun_
    @binarysun_ 2 года 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

  • @rano12321
    @rano12321 Год назад +1

    Still no shortcut customization

  • @donjave7146
    @donjave7146 Год назад

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

  • @kyeneoffearth
    @kyeneoffearth 2 года назад

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

  • @jeko_official
    @jeko_official 2 года назад

    woah its my daw

  • @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

  • @XRaym
    @XRaym Год назад

    But why thumbnail is reaper 6 screenshot? 🤔

  • @hammondboybennett1580
    @hammondboybennett1580 2 года назад

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

  • @dammdopeboy29
    @dammdopeboy29 2 года назад +1

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

  • @IMJUSTWANTTOTALK
    @IMJUSTWANTTOTALK 2 года назад

    One of cubase , reaper , logic , reason , pro tools and studio one

  • @peacepeace9770
    @peacepeace9770 2 года назад +2

    Anyone from FL gang?? 👀