
Using a program I know extremely well enables greater efficiency and inspiration. In this case, even though it’s not Abe’s strong side, I believe it’s worth the time to have it work with video. I’m partisan of putting the hard work upfront to facilitate creativity later. Why stay with Ableton Live 9 when Reaper does it better?īecause Peacefulness also means having a working system you can rely on. You can solve this issue by changing some of its parameters (Reaper vs Ableton Live, Live 10 vs Live 9, Mac vs PC…), here’s why I didn’t do it. Also, there are windows permission problems. This is explained in details in this Ableton article but, in short, on pc, the 64 bits version of Ableton is unflexible with the kind of video it supports. Ableton Live 9 and video: Why is it so hard?

If you just want the solutions and, like this lady, think that you can skip directly to the walkthrough. If you ARE an Ableton Live 64bits pc user, however, let’s get into it! Problems causes, alternate solutions and why I didn’t pick them If you’re not an Ableton live 64bits pc user who’s struggling with videos, you might prefer stories about promiscuous Neighbor (and Rocky) or What I did after discovering the CEO of Patreon is my twin brother. This post is pretty technical compared to what I usually write. So ditch the mistress and let’s reconciliate Ableton Live 9 with video! what to do when the video remains black (and a cool workaround if nothing else work).why Ableton Live 9 can’t import video files (the forbidden symbol and the “File could not be read…” error message).I considered being unfaithful to my beloved Live 9 and go with the slanderous Reaper…but then decided to rather invest in the relationship. The support who just blew my mind with their professionalism. I had such a nice combination of problems that I now have a full roadmap to help You with: Still, Ableton Live 9 and video are not a winning team which apparently helps Reaper becoming the industry standard for game audio. Live was for live performance only, then it was for electronic musicians only…but it has now evolved into a multi-function machine (like all the other DAW, arguably). Well, I love everything about Ableton Live 9…except the way it deals with video.

It’s not enough to stop the relation of course…but every time this thing (let’s say she doesn’t like Deerhoof) comes up, it makes you question everything.

Have you ever been in a relationship where you love everything about the other person…except one detail?
