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Ableton Live Developers at Work [video]

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Re: Ableton Live Developers at Work [video]

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Post by keyle »

joesmo wrote: post #17

Last time I used Ableton (2011), the recording cut off somewhere between 5 and 6 hours. From the email exchange I had with them, this was because they were using 32bit ints instead of 64bit ones. For a company that touts its partnership with Serato, and the ability of their program to work with Serato's DJ tools to specifically record DJ mixes (which can be many hours or even days long), this is absolutely unacceptab…

Well it goes to show the struggle of large development teams and products at large. According to that video, maybe you should revisit now.

I've used Ableton but I found myself driven back to simpler tools that give a less digital sound. Also I sort of agree about the UI.

Re: Ableton Live Developers at Work [video]

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Post by cubano »

joesmo wrote: post #17

Last time I used Ableton (2011), the recording cut off somewhere between 5 and 6 hours. From the email exchange I had with them, this was because they were using 32bit ints instead of 64bit ones. For a company that touts its partnership with Serato, and the ability of their program to work with Serato's DJ tools to specifically record DJ mixes (which can be many hours or even days long), this is absolutely unacceptab…

Oh my...it has changed drastically from 2011 and I'm sure it now records music until your hard drive is full.

The idea it is "amateur software as best" flies in the face of the fact that most professional electronic producers use it if they use Windows, at least as far as I can tell from the various computer music magazines.

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Post by cjbprime »

twohearted wrote: post #15

Wonderful video. I am a white man of european descent so it looks like I would be a great fit to work here.

You're getting downvoted for the throwaway, but I had the same thought. Amazing to see such a complete lack of diversity, and sad to see it being ignored by almost everyone in their responses.

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Post by bobcostas55 »

twohearted wrote: post #15

Wonderful video. I am a white man of european descent so it looks like I would be a great fit to work here.

This will shock the average HN reader, but not every place is like SF. In fact, most of the world is radically unlike SF, and that's fine.

Re: Ableton Live Developers at Work [video]

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Post by natch »

cjbprime wrote: post #25
twohearted wrote: post #15

Wonderful video. I am a white man of european descent so it looks like I would be a great fit to work here.

You're getting downvoted for the throwaway, but I had the same thought. Amazing to see such a complete lack of diversity, and sad to see it being ignored by almost everyone in their responses.

I don't know. Just listening to the many different accents in the video, there were people from many different places. All of us have different stories, even white guys. Diversity is not just about skin color, although some seem to think so.

Re: Ableton Live Developers at Work [video]

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Post by lukeh »

tacos wrote: post #8
lukeh wrote: post #7

Great video! I'd be interested to see the Avid equivalent (don't get me wrong, I love Pro Tools, but it seems like a culturally different organization).

Trust me ... you really don't. Stripped to shreds by the parent corporation. On last breaths, brought in an ex-Bain asshole who previously worked at the two worst hard drive companies (because music = hard drives, right?) who stripped engineering to the bone. Lost him then promoted an internal guy with no business experience. Who couldn't keep it in his pants at Digi, got swiped by Apple, then booted from there after…

Interesting. Yes, I really admire Ableton as a company and as a product. Unfortunately for the music I make, Pro Tools makes more sense (of course, I'm sure if I switched I would survive!).
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