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Ableton Live vs. Sound Forge

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ableton Live

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AAbleton headquartered in Berlin offers Ableton Live, the company's flagship digital audio workstation and audio editing suite.

    $79

    Sound Forge

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AMagix Software offers Sound Forge, the company's audio editing and digital audio workstation. Magix acquried Sound Forge from Sony in 2016.N/A
    Pricing
    Ableton LiveSound Forge
    Editions & Modules
    Live 10 Intro
    $79
    Max for Live - Crossgrade
    $79
    Live 11 Intro
    $99
    Max for Live
    $159
    Live 10 Standard - Students & Teachers
    $269
    Live 10 Standard
    $359
    Live 11 Standard
    $449
    Live 10 Suite - Students & Teachers
    $449
    Live 10 Suite
    $599
    Live 11 Suite
    $749
    Live 10 Intro - Push
    $799
    Push + Live 10 Standard - Students & Teachers
    1,068
    Live 10 Standard - Push
    1,078
    Push + Live 10 Suite - Students & Teachers
    1,248
    Live 10 Suite - Push
    1,278
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ableton LiveSound Forge
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Ableton LiveSound Forge
    Considered Both Products
    Ableton
    Chose Ableton Live
    Ableton Live has just the right feature set for electronic music production. It offers more professional features than GarageBand, while not featuring the level of hardware integration or other high end features that you find in Avid Pro Tools. However, I prefer Ableton Live …
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    MAGIX Software
    Chose Sound Forge
    I tend to use WaveLab for recording, because I can apply effects chains to the audio as it is coming in. So, if I'm recording a singer, I can give them reverb, compression, EQ, and other audio effects in realtime going into their headphones. I'm still recording the dry signal, …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Ableton LiveSound Forge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)