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RE: Octatrack vs Ableton Live quick help

> From: perboysen@gmail.com

> in Ableton Live you will be able to time-stretch or
> pitch-shift a loop if you record it as an Audio Clip. You can't do it
> if you record it in the Looper plugin or into some third-party looper
> plugin. 
While in OT you can, isn't it? That's what I know.

>  Myself I don't have an OT. 
Ehm, and why do you think that for me it is better the OT than Ableton or Moebius?
The guy who supposedly has to sell it to me told me "look, I use Ableton plus a foot controller and a launchpad, as livelooper, and I like it much more than the OT because the OT is more linear, and I need unlinear looping, with the possibility to recall later a loop that I played at the beginning of a song. And personally I think you can do with Live all what you are telling me"

> I have chosen to use only software in a laptop; the looperMobius to be specific. 
Could you tell me some things in which Moebius is better than Ableton for livelooping?

> Mainstage is much more
> configurable; meaning I can do things like setting up any kind of
> "graphic conductor" for the musicians. 
What do you mean for Graphic Conduttor? Said like that it makes me think of something I have briefly read about MAX for Live. Or you mean just graphic interface?
Stupid question: if I want to use a software looper, may I safely assume that I need a quite good and powerful laptop to avoid freezes etc? And is it generally needed a Mac? (this would be another reason more to buy the OT).


> I also like the idea of building and having instant access -
> both in the studio and on the stage - to my personal library of
> channel strips. 
Ok, that is a bit too early for me, I mean that I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, and it is a feeling that I like, because makes me feel I am learning and that I am collecting an info which will allow me to learn faster in the future. Could you say something more about that?

> Instead I use a foot controlle, the
> Gordius Little Giant. 
Nice info, appreciated, I will look for it. I already am buying a used Launchpad.

Hey, nice piece the freetless Electric Guitar Harp :)

Thanks for your time and for sharing your experience.

Sergio