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Posted by kadomony on Jan-16-2009 17:08:

almost finished reading through the whole v7 manual; looks like i'll have some more to read!

things i'm glad to see:
better groove engine
multiband dynamics and limiter plugin
scrubbing and waveform on the browser

Posted by junkie_vince on Jan-16-2009 17:33:

I haven�t checked out what the new features are yet but there are two things that I hope they�ve added or will add soon. The first is adjustable fade i/o curve in the arrangement window like in logic. I hate adding dots everywhere to get a fade the way I want it. The other is mp3 encoding. I think it�s dumb that you can use mp3 files but you can�t export them. Exporting to wav or aiff & then encoding with another program is waste of time & a simple feature that every daw should have.

if they aren't in v8

Posted by Acton on Jan-16-2009 17:37:

quote:
Originally posted by junkie_vince
I haven�t checked out what the new features are yet but there are two things that I hope they�ve added or will add soon. The first is adjustable fade i/o curve in the arrangement window like in logic. I hate adding dots everywhere to get a fade the way I want it. The other is mp3 encoding. I think it�s dumb that you can use mp3 files but you can�t export them. Exporting to wav or aiff & then encoding with another program is waste of time & a simple feature that every daw should have.

if they aren't in v8

Do you mean curved automation? Or just a crossfade function in arrangement view?.

Version 8 has the latter and no curved automation that I have seen, despite the amount of requests Ableton AG has had for it.

Posted by kitphillips on Jan-17-2009 05:16:

Ah, curved automation and MP3 output. Also, LFOs on automation. they were the only three things I wanted but didn't get.

The new cycling 74 stuff flawed me. That's going to revolutionise live performance. as far as I'm concerned Live now really is the best DAW, the only two things that it was lacking was groove templates, track folders and crossfading. Now it has those three, its the most powerful out there IMO.

The APC really is very dissapointing though. No good for DJs at all given the lack of EQs and knobs for effects. Still, it might end well if they expose the bidirectional control to other devices like the monome through the new API. The idea of being able to build your own sequencers and stuff within live is just making me foam at the mouth. Does anyone know if Max for live is a full version of MAX/MSP 5? Or is it cut down somehow?

Posted by mzvirbulis on Jan-18-2009 07:46:

quote:
Originally posted by kitphillips
Ah, curved automation and MP3 output. Also, LFOs on automation. they were the only three things I wanted but didn't get.

dont worry i actually said i wanted some more audio editing features also plus hi rez lfo's for automation.
so hopefully cos i know my opinions on improving live were heard by support team.

But really wow, i dont even have 7 yet so cant wait to save up for Live 8 to use with Max and csound.

Posted by Beatflux on Jan-18-2009 21:03:

I'm looking forward to the improved Operator. I will scream if I have to pay to upgrade it.

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Jan-18-2009 22:42:

Still no curved automation huh? Silly.

Posted by staticblue on Jan-18-2009 22:56:

Really looking forward to this

Posted by kitphillips on Jan-19-2009 04:56:

quote:
Originally posted by mzvirbulis
dont worry i actually said i wanted some more audio editing features also plus hi rez lfo's for automation.
so hopefully cos i know my opinions on improving live were heard by support team.

But really wow, i dont even have 7 yet so cant wait to save up for Live 8 to use with Max and csound.

What else is missing that you wanted? I'm struggling to think of much that live really needs now...

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-19-2009 07:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Nick Cenik
Still no curved automation huh? Silly.

I'm also thoroughly disappointed

If 8 gets released and doesn't have this, I think we should get everyone to bombard ableton with emails requesting this feature.

How can they still not have it!?

Posted by kitphillips on Jan-19-2009 09:20:

But really, is curved automation something you often find yourself reaching for and don't have?

I usually record automation by hand myself...

Posted by Fledz on Jan-19-2009 12:57:

quote:
Originally posted by kitphillips
But really, is curved automation something you often find yourself reaching for and don't have?

Yes actually. Very often.

Posted by kitphillips on Jan-19-2009 13:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Fledz
Yes actually. Very often.

Hmm. Fair enough then.

Dude, when am I going to meet you? I think we've been at a couple of the same events now, but haven't run into you

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-19-2009 16:43:

quote:
Originally posted by kitphillips
But really, is curved automation something you often find yourself reaching for and don't have?

Very often.

edit: ha, fledz bet me to it.

Posted by Fledz on Jan-19-2009 20:55:

quote:
Originally posted by kitphillips
Hmm. Fair enough then.

Dude, when am I going to meet you? I think we've been at a couple of the same events now, but haven't run into you

lol no idea. PM me your number and I'll send you a text
Will probably be out for The Thrillseekers in a couple of weeks.

Posted by hereander on Jan-20-2009 09:46:

Sounds more like a bigger update. Still no Dualscreen, that's why I'm definately not gonna get it. Though trackfolders or groups are a long needed enhancement.

Posted by Acton on Jan-20-2009 14:52:

quote:
Originally posted by hereander
Still no Dualscreen.

Are you reffering to the abilty to have arrangement view on one monitor and session view on another one?

If so, yeah that would have been awesome, next time maybe.

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Jan-20-2009 14:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Acton
If so, yeah that would have been awesome

Definitely.

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