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379€ - wow, that's an absurd amount of money for personal software. Include that with every tutorial being priced too and having to buy synths and samples etc t
by kabacha 7y ago
379€ - wow, that's an absurd amount of money for personal software. Include that with every tutorial being priced too and having to buy synths and samples etc this turns into one expensive hobbie.
- jamesb93 7y agoIts expensive because its good and the amount of engineering to make sure this doesn't drop a single sample in live performance costs time, expertise and cash.
- delta1 7y agoAbleton Live Standard: $449 Cubase Artist: ~ $340 Reaper: Free/$60/$225 Pro tools: ~ $600 It's priced in the same league as its competitors.
- kbouck 7y ago> Ableton Live Standard: $449 Arturia midi controllers (eg Minilab mkII: ~$100) come bundled with a license for Ableton Live Lite which is pretty functional and might satisfy hobbyist needs.
- jlarcombe 7y agoWell, it's professional software. If you could still buy a permanent licence for Photoshop, say, it would probably be similar.
- joeberon 7y agoIt would be much more
- IGotThroughIt 7y agoVST Library: NI Komplete 12 Full - $1600
- chachachoney 7y agoThere are some amazing free VSTs out there. Also, 379€ is about the price you'd pay for a mid-level guitar. So if you're considering Ableton or Bitwig Studio your "instrument" it's reasonable. (obviously, this analogy breaks under pressure; software still lacks the concrete permanence of a physical instrument)