Comments on: Finally, Easy Custom Ableton Live Skins: SonicTransfer Live Skin Editor

By: lowercase

lowercase — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:45:19 +0000

Actually, I do pick my vst’s partly based on appearence. They don’t have to be flashy or pretty, they just can’t look like crap. I find it hard to be creative when I’m looking at something that was designed with absolutely no inspiration.

By: Dave Dri

Dave Dri — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:05:27 +0000

People will still pay AUD$300 for a Roland MC303 Groovebox but they wont pay AUD$500 for Ableton Live 6? Someone might be forgiven for thinking thats a little odd.

Now to finally settle on a skin… Thanks for the heads up Peter.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:36:59 +0000

See our Straight Out of No-Cash series for budget alternatives. But many of us feel Live's price is worth the investment; compare what you'd pay for a good musical instrument, or a good piece of audio gear. Just because something's software doesn't mean it's not worth money. And, likewise, the one advantage of software is that if you don't have the money to invest, you can still find excellent open source and budget options. The choice is yours.

By: etaro

etaro — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:27:29 +0000

the problem with live is its price
not the color scheme

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:07:21 +0000

The interface remains minimal; it remains the Ableton interface you know and love. What you get to do here is change the color scheme. (Actually, “skin” is probably a misleading term, but that’s what Ableton calls them.)

It’s no less minimal if you use white-on-black instead the (largely) black-on-gray. This is a chance to improve readability and keep something minimal that you find aesthetically pleasing.

And if you don’t have time to fiddle around with schemes, it also means that others will likely be generating schemes you like without you even lifting a finger. :)

By: No1

No1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:41:24 +0000

Not implying that this is trying to look like hardware, but really what is the point?

By: No1

No1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:38:36 +0000

Hmm, isn’t one of the appeals of Live’s UI that it is simple. I hate these programs that try and look like hardware, to me it makes things seem gimmicky. Minimal interfaces allow work to get done without concentrating on poncey graphics which is the reason I chose Live, skins suck and are for retards who are more worried more about how their music looks than sound, I wonder how many ppl chosse plugins based on which looks the coolest, retarded.