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[Angus Gibbins]

Hey guys,

Long time lurker, occasional poster here.

Long story short, I'm one of those DJs who's been slowly learning how to produce but not really getting very far with it ATM (mainly due to time constraints). So I guess what I'm getting at is, I know how to find my way around a DAW, but in reality I'm still a n00b.

Anyway, I have a full copy of Logic Studio 9 (completely legit) but I'm sick of Logic's general interface and counter-intuitiveness.

I received a free, legit copy of Ableton Live 7 when I bought my mixer a few years ago, and can get a decent deal on updating to Live 8, I'd really be interested in updating it, but need help choosing between Live and Suite, also, is there any real advantage in getting a box vs download? I have about 400gb a month to burn through so download's not really an issue. I've attached the pricing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Angus

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[Captain Terrific]

you get a nice manual and discs when you get the boxed version - up to you really. I don't really see it being worth it, as everything you're going to need is going to be in the .pdf help you get...

If I were you, I'd be getting the Live upgrade now and getting your head round that for a while - Next upgrade, perhaps look at expanding to the Suite if you wanted to delve deeper into it

I'm interested in knowing why the ditch from Logic? I've found it to be very intuitive, and everything where I would expect it to be. I dumped Cubase to play with Logic and haven't looked back. I use Live for my live show however, and find THAT a most counter-intuitive program with an infinitely horrid user interface!

I couldn't produce a choon in Live if my life depended on it - for me and my uses, it's nothing but a reeeeaaally rad sampler that does some cool shit

[Captain Terrific]

and I think I remember selling you a soundcard maaaany years ago... FA66??

[Angus Gibbins]

Thanks for the reply mate, Ended up asking around for a few mates and going the Suite box, for the price I can't complain.

I'm loving Live so far, what used to take me 30-40 mintues to get my head around in Logic takes me a few minutes in Live. Also when I shut down Logic at the end of a session, I dread having to open it up next time, because it's so cumbersome, Live, when I shut down, I can't wait till next time to open it.

That was me mate, soundcard's still going strong as well!