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Originally Posted by Cadevil
VST plugin support would be nice. Will AbletonLive provide all I need to start using VST plugins, or will I also need something like Cubase or Logic?
Ableton seems like a great program that can provide some great sound manipulation capabilities...and I believe allows Reason to Rewire in so I could continue using the synths and other "instruments" in Reason...how does Live affect where/how I do my sequencing?
I think I'm just a bit confused about what exactly Live is...everything I've heard about it sounds great...I'm just not sure I understand how it would fit into production workflow.
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generally speaking, Live is similar to other software like Cubase/Logic, except that it is (obviously) als suited for playing live and it has a session view (kind of a vertical grid with all your clips that you can trigger and loop as you please) as well as a standard arrangement view (horizontal timeline, like Cubase). The session view imo is the coolest part of Live, as the arrangement features aren't quite as extensive as those found in traditional sequencers like Cubase and Logic (but it still works pretty well).
Other than that, yes Live is a VST host so you can use any VST instrument or effect in it. And yes it's also a rewire host so you can still use Reason beside it and everything should sync up nicely. I'm not sure about the details of how those two apps would work together, although I guess you could program your Reason sequences in Reason's sequencer itself, which will then by synced with ableton's transport controls. Maybe you can also control Reason by using midi clips within Live.
I'd say both Cubase and Live will give you what you want, the question is which one do you prefer and suits best your working style, so try some demo's (although I don't think there's even a Cubase demo so you might want to try some, ahem, other means to acquire and "evaluation copy"
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btw I'm only mentioning Cubase and Live cause those are the two sequencers I'm familiar with myself. There is of course also Sonar as a pretty big sequencer platform and several cheaper sequencers like Traktion.