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0 pointswhstl1y ago0 comments

Good points...

For me personally a similar thing was when Ableton Live transitioned from having a more "direct" interface to having popup menus for absolutely everything, and it took time for me to adapt to it for live performances. To be fair I never really adapted and just moved to something else.

Rather than coming up with creative solutions like they did before they just kept adding things to those popup menus. The app went from magic (by enabling me to perform live effortlessly) to frankly difficult (by having the interface become difficult to memorize and getting in my way).

Coincidentally was when they also started racking up bugs so much that they needed a couple years without new features just to clean up bugs.

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hinkley1y ago

I think it’s a damn shame that so few apps have made serious use of dual screen modes.

If you’re doing something like a sound mixer you should be able to move more things to a second screen. Run the main app on your new tablet and the ancillary functions on your old one. Or a small monitor if it’s view only.

askafriend1y ago

What did you move to?

whstlOP1y ago

I stuck with it for a few years, but eventually moved to a Sampler (MPC) + hardware synth, plus I learned how to use my Looper pedal properly.

My usage of Live was just hosting VSTs plus augmenting the band's sound, while retaining the ability to improvise.

Today I use Mainstage, which has no pretensions of becoming a production app, so I guess it will remain simple.

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