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Well.....after 15 years with Logic this transition has not been easy.  I should say the transition is still in progress and will be for a while.  Logic is an open canvas albeit a linear one. Live is and is not.  Session view is giving me a workout and the arrange view is misbehaving from a logical prospect.....but the unusual sonic possibilities Im discovering within live and Max for Live are worth the headaches...... I mean record an audio clip into session and where does it go....not into the arrange view, click on the clip and there it is as a sample at the bottom of the screen.  Its not a sample its audio  ......   Ok, sure its a sample, everything is technically once its in the computer.  Ive got markers appearing all over the place that to the best of my knowledge I did not summon that mess up the loop progress....and I dont use loops thanks you.  Thats "original" never heard before 24bit audio that just happens to be looping.....so there is a fair bit of unknown territory to discover.  I think it comes down to treating every audio track I record as a sample or a sample of say a minimoog even if it was a real one...live will treat as such, it does not discriminate.  The creative possibilities are exciting.  The sense that the computer/daw is conforming / constricting my work flow is unsettling.   Such is the learning curve

Mogami with Nutrik connectors, some monster cables and Acoustic Zen monitor inter conectors. 

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Singapore...OK.  from where I sit in S.E. Florida that could be a Ridley Scott movie stage.....been down here in the salt, sand and strip malls for a while.  Need to spend some time in the metropolis called Miami...get re-acquitted.

Wow...thanks for posting that video Chris.....Im going to listen again without the amazing visuals.  Often ambient music is the soundtrack to our lives or a life and just works so well with our imagination or film, case in point and where is that city?

Interesting plugin.....eq is very good for sculpting,  micro pitch shift thickens up synths pad nicely and delay delays, compressors compress.  No presets, not sure if they just did not install but theres no sign of them on my laptop.  I dont usually care about presents but for this it would be useful to see what it can do beyond my mixing needs.

Oh and loaded in Live & logic it pulled 3% cpu with all components engaged and running once channel of audio on my MBP i7 2.4ghz quad core with 8g ram.

FYI....30% off all Ableton software!.  And I purchased Ableton Live Suite 9, 2 days before the Sale   What are you going to do! ....https://www.ableton.com This is good until friday 13th.

I used to love watching the Young Ones.....sad that he passed and so young.  Classic scene!

Installed Ableton Live 9 Suite today and have been downloading various packs.....mostly Max for live and a few experimental sample sounds

Im really impressed with how Ableton has integrated their soft synth...I thought I would just get the standard version and add Max but working with the Suite version as a trial the soft synths are an integral part of live I sensed I would regret not having them at hand.

Thanks so much for you thoughts & suggestions Tomas & Scott.

Hi Tomas.....having worked with Logic since the late 1990's when it was Emagic's Logic Platinum before Apple bought it Ive been stuck in the linear frame for a long time......and as you said if Im ready to try something completely new.  I think its time and Live seems to be the one daw system that works in a way that turns ones computer into an instrument whereas the Logic, Pro Tools & Cubase scenario is a virtual recreation of the traditional mixing console to 24 track tape machine. 

Auditioning Live 9 has opened the potential for working in a new ways.....I need to get over the "sample thing".

Thanks for your input!

How did he manage to keep a straight face......the free range egg carton because its better for the chickens.  This will keep me smiling all day. Thanks Pete