can someone explain to me in dummy terms what Ableton Live is for and what its capable of?...ive been doing some online probing and it seems to be what alot of dj's/producers are using...im content with using Virtual DJ rite now but wouldnt mind adding another weapon to the arsenal...so any comments or remarks would be deeply appreciated..

j1n

Ableton Live can be used as either a DJ tool, or production one for the studio. Though it is pretty complex, when I purchased my M Audio Axiom 49, I got a copy of the lite version, and still have problems getting my head round it. lol

I use it for mixing together all my sets. It's great for beatmatching. I would personally recommend it as it's great for pre-recorded sets too.

One thing that is sometimes annoying is hearing songs with vocals that are slower than the average tempo of your overall mix. eg. cerf, mitiska & jaren - Light The Skies is quite slow (around 130) and in a mix with other trance tunes of about 136 BPM, the vocals become more digitalised because the samples are being forced to be closer together.

anyways worth it