The other two major changes are inconsequential compared to track rendering that is 5x as fast and 3x better than before.
Seriously, it’s like night and day. I want to go back and remaster all my tracks- the clarity is amazing. Maybe this just brings Ableton up to speed with the big-boys like Cubase and Pro Tools, but it’s a huge upgrade for Ableton users.
so how is this “3x better” measured?
And rendering quality is dramatically improved when exporting to a lower sample rate
which sample rate did you use for your earlier exports?
Depends. 96/32 usually. Sometimes 192/32 if it’s a very complex track. I don’t use 64 bit because most of my plugins (and many of Ableton’s own plugins) don’t work at all
It just seems to draw a more distinct line with EQing than before. It’s measured by how it sounds to me.
No need to get all technical. I happen to love the results.
Funny how Ableton used to argue that their rendering/summing was just as good as any other DAW software. I chose the “other”…
…of course I still need to finish mastering every track in Adobe Audition
Mastering? Wassat?
A pain in the ass that makes the hours of the night disappear (especially when you’re in the process of teaching yourself!)
I think I’ve found a certian “Zen” state while listening to little tiny differences between different versions of the same track at 3am.
Im enjoying 9.1. I have a huge 27 inch monitor so having two windows side by side for arranger and session views is really great. Kind of like Bitwig actually!
As for the rendering. It is certainly faster and, to my ears, I do agree with the above that it seems to have more clarity. Im sharing files with folk via Dropbox to work on so we keep the sample quality down to about 44.1 to save space and upload times and have to say that the two files I rendered last night definitely appear to have a little more clarity to them. Not much mind you but enough.
I’m for sure going to get a monitor- I can’t imagine how much better your workflow is with both views up at the same time.
(I mean, being able to track the audio while you mix?? WHAT A CONCEPT)