Easy to use, but very powerful

Without any previous experience with any professional DAW's, I was able to sit down with Ableton Live and start making multi-track arrangements within an hour of installation.

The Future of Music

I am in awe of the Ableton Live 8.2 software!, this is simply the best purchase I may have ever made. I believe if everyone understood exactly what this tool does then it would be an staple in every musicians arsenal!. This instrument does everything I'd been looking for. I don't think I can say enough praise for Live, I don't understand why I didn't make this choice much sooner?, don't be fooled it is an intense instrument that requires an learning curve and in that process I am simply blown away as I discover more and more about the possibilities this instrument delivers!. Don't think about it just buy it NOW!.

Just when I thought Live 6 was incredible

Ableton 8 defies almost everything about what I assumed about this program. Unlike 6, 8 is about 30% more effective on the CPU than 6, while being able to handle so much more. This in of itself is hugely impressive because on a good day the batteries on my mac would only last 30mn using 6, with 8 while using more effects, my mac would last 45 to 1 hour operation time. Hard to believe but it's true. Ableton 8 has much more to offer than ever before, and it works more smoothly than 6, occasional glitches here and there, but in all manner of ways it is a huge upgrade from 6. It sounds better, has a very good limiter, a better compressor (that combines compressor 1 and 2 from the earlier versions), an easier tool like Slice To Midi that allows many users to finally do IDM/EDM music in the way it's meant to be done without having to do all the cut and paste that had to be done in 6 just to come close to doing decent to good IDM music. I definitely am eager to see how it works from video aspect. There are some improvements but I haven't yet gotten my hands wet in that dept.