Truth be told, most people would agree that Ableton Live seems to be easier than Logic. I wouldnt advise anyone though to base his choice on what looks – feels easier. While Ableton Live excells as a performance tool – software, and of course it is a full and capable DAW I wouldnt recommend it for production for two main reasons:
1. the built-in instruments in particular, although capable, do not offer the amount of flexibility usually found in other DAWs which most often than not, also contain 3rd party (developer) plug ins bundled, therefore offer slightly more variable content to begin with.
2. Its “linear” workflow (arrangement view) is somewhat lacking in intuitiveness and fast operations as opposed to other DAWs. Of course, that said, other DAWs do not feature at all the non-linearity of Live’s “Session view”.
The greatest advice I would give, especcially since the dillema involves only 2 DAWs and not 10 or so (lol) would be to work with the demo versions of both for a certain amount of time – in a serious way, reading the manual, trying to make a decent beat and all – and decide for yourself which software’s workflow fits you better. Sounds like an advice which will require more time than just picking one and working with it, but its an advice that will save you from the hassle of switching DAWs later down the line (if you stick to producing that is).
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