I love that it is not only clean and usable, but also they somehow managed to make it cool in a very minimalist and utilitarian way. It is like a digital version of a sleek physical synth with very raw industrial design. Reminds me of how NAD amplifiers look ugly-beautiful with their greyish chases.
replyIt's because they grew up playing with Fischer Technik.
replyThey really do a good job especially considering how much complexity is contained within Ableton.
replyDunno... but coming from Studio One, I find Ableton’s interface very off-putting and ugly.
replyYeah, I know... personal taste :)
I actually much prefer FL Studio UI over Ableton's
replyFunny! I think fl studio ui is the worst, ableton is better than fl, and bitwig much better than both. I guess it really is just personal preference or maybe we mistake familiarity for ergonomics because we build muscle memory for tools and then if we try anything else, it'll obviously feel worse because we don't know how it works.
replyAgreed, it's really intuitive (or it was for me). I feel like it has just the right learning curve, it just makes sense.
replyFor me it was through comparison I realized this. I used some other DAWs and found Ableton to just make sense. They jam so much into a simple UI that it all just makes sense.
replySame. To be honest I tried using FL Studio (back when it was "Fruity Loops") and it never fully clicked with me. Live immediately made sense, it's been home ever since.
replyFl studio browser was the biggest turnoff for me.
reply100% agreed, gold standard in creative software design
replyI moved from Ableton Live to Bitwig and found Bitwig's interface even more intuitive than Live's. There are some idiosyncrasies in Live's UI that aren't hard to learn but definitely non-intuitive, in my opinion Bitwig has a more polished experience for interaction/intuitiveness.
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