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Ableton Live 13

What HN thinks

A DAW launch thread that turned into a support group for Linux exiles and people emailing project folders to each other.

Collaboration is still painful
Many want git-like versioning or shared projects for Live, but plugin licensing, platform paths and media storage make it hard. Veterans say just bounce stems.
Bitwig is the better or Linux-friendly pick
Lots of commenters recommend Bitwig for native Linux support, sandboxed plugins and its modulation system. A few say it is flaky with their audio hardware.
Ableton's UI and pricing are fair
Many praise Live's clean design and see rent-to-own and paid upgrades as reasonable. Others prefer FL Studio's lifetime updates or find the UI ugly.

Consensus: Ableton is widely admired, but remote collaboration remains unsolved, and bouncing stems is the practical workaround most people use.

Recommended in the comments

Bitwig Studio ↗ (product): It runs natively on Linux, sandboxes plugins and has a flexible modulation system.
Reaper (product): It is very customizable and runs well on Linux, especially with yabridge.
Ardour ↗ (product): It is a strong FOSS option on Linux and has nice MIDI editing.
Scheme for Max ↗ (library): It allows accurately timed Lisp scripting and Live API control inside Ableton.
Strudel ↗ (tool): Its pattern-based approach to sequencing is ingenious and easy to plug into a DAW.
Ableton Learning Music ↗ (service): Commenters called them a delightful starting point for beginners.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 3 days ago.

Points: 318
Comments: 340
Best rank: #2
Posted: 2026-11-10 by phaser
Category: Other

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