Ableton Live Pros and Cons

This program has a learning curve, but not steep. It's chalked full of goodies, including midi mapping, sequencing and recording. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even it has a Live aspect to it - it's not the best for DJs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's powerful, it's easy to use for basic functions, it's an all-in-one software. Warp is efficient, and everything which is based on loops. Perfect for electronic music and non musicians. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is ugly.A lot of options are hidden or missing. It's not the best DAW to use for editing or recording. Even though, a lot of people use it this way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to navigate. Lots of features. Professional software that is affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be overwhelming to new users—steep learning curve to use advanced features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It doesn't matter if you've never used audio recording software before or if you have a lot of experience with other programs. Ableton Live is extremely easy to use, you won't get lost at any point during your recording, mastering and composing process. Everything you need is at your fingertips. It's very stable, really, I have never had a bug or need to approach tech support. It is a truly stable and comprehensive program in every possible way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, and you'll agree as soon as you start using it. You can customize your work area, close, move and open tools depending on what you need at the moment. You can activate the "Help mode" within the program that shows you, in each tool, work area and button present in the program, a description that lets you know what the tool or work area is for. Ableton LIVE takes care of everything! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When Ableton Live is utilized to the full extent of it’s interface, key commands and signal flow, it allows for a seamless production process from idea to composition. It is incredibly easy to use external VST plugins within Ableton, and further manipulating the sounds using the wide selection of highly customizable audio effects gives you as much room for customization as possible. Using Ableton with external mixing plugins can match the work flow and quality of industry standard mixing programs such as Pro Tools. Industry level mixing capabilities paired with the production interface I previously mentioned make this software a powerful tool for music production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve is steep. It takes time to understand the signal flow, but utilizing busses, sends, and audio effect rack parameters in the correct ways can take your production far. There are countless resources available online to help learn from basic to advanced techniques and these can make the learning process much smoother. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a musician who has always been an enthusiast of synthesisers and drum machines, Ableton Live has always been an easy bet for being able to be able to send and receive information meaning it performs just as though it was a hardware sequencer in my eyes. The layout is also very well streamlined for mixing and easy to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I feel that my Ableton stutters when using too many VST effects when recording even though I have a powerful machine, this affects audio being recorded so means I usually record in dry and add effects in post. Not the end of the world but still can be annoying when you find a sound you're looking for and want to record in the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This program is everything. It's got a sleek and intuitive interface, tons of cool effects and preamps, and it's useful for anything I want to create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I don't like about Ableton. It is perfect, and I love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easily we can drag and drop plugin and midi &scale feature in new version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

in new version I don't like how audio clips look and shortcut for automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very easy and quick to set up, so you can get going right away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is a little outdated and isn't super intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ableton is the easiest and most effective DAW that I ever used. It's very accessible and user friendly and it allows many kinds of workflow from live performances to studio production. The built-in tools are quite powerful and very light on the CPU of the computer, without even mentioning Max for Live which is basically a whole other world that can be used within Ableton. MIDI is extremely easy to program and to map as well as warping and manipulating audio files. I use Ableton pretty much for everything: producing, recording, mixing, mastering, editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are few downsides to the software: the editing is not as accurate and it doesn't go as much in depth as for example Pro Tools. The latency can be a headache sometimes, even with MIDI. Exporting separate tracks is also a bit weird because it exports only stereo files even for mono tracks and consolidating clips together normalizes the audio which is something you may not want all the time. I'd say there are a few things that can be improved even if it remains for me the fastest DAW to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.