I remember using Ableton Live v3 back in the day. Compared to MOTU Digital Performer (which had plugins which could put windows anywhere) and Reason (which took

I remember using Ableton Live v3 back in the day. Compared to MOTU Digital Performer (which had plugins which could put windows anywhere) and Reason (which took skeuomorphism about as far as you could possibly go) its minimalism and modality of the UI seemed restrictive. But probably very sensible for live performance. Feels like they prefigured mobile user interfaces by some years.