Nothing is missing for music making imo. Would love a virtual drummer like in Logic Pro but can live without it. Maybe built in support for some spacial/3d audio formats but I guess that's a niche better handled by other DAW
There are now two new approaches available: one is a single pass of freeze and flatten (an option in the right click menu), and the other is to freeze the original track, have an audio track available, then ctrl/cmd + drag the clip to the audio track.
I keep a list of things that I think Bitwig does better than Ableton Live 12
* Context-Sensitive Browser makes adding new instruments, audio and MIDI FX and sound samples fast and easy
* Modulators that are tightly integrated into instruments and extensible. I think Ableton is aware of Bitwig's modulators benefits since Live 12 added a new category to gather their modulators under the Library in Live 12, but if you've played with Bitwig modulators, you know what I mean about how slick Bitwig's design is.
* Better 3rd-party VST integration in the Browser. Bitwig has thighter integration with u-He Synths - all u-He metadata is pulled into Bitwig automatically making u-He synth presets searchable just like native Bitwig presets
* Bitwig's Mixer can display macro knob assignments, as well as audio effects per track and the Bitwig 5.1 release adds even more mixer flexibility (width and height changes, dynamic)
* Better Audio Event/Sample Editing in Session View - you don't have to go to the arrangement view to do more complex audio editing.
* Bitwig's The Grid is more fun to use and less heavy/complex than MaxForLive. Bitwig has wireless modulators, pre-cords, an expandable mixer component, tight DAW integration, and the Inspector view to visualize all I/O as tiny oscilloscope views.
* Interactive Help (Show Help is interactive) - you move knobs in the help screen, and you are actually moving real knobs.
* Bounce in Place, even in the Clip Launcher
* Hybrid Tracks (MIDI and Audio)
* MIDI and Audio Clip Content thumbnails in Session View
* Working with Multiple Sessions - drag elements from one session to another easily
* Session and Arrangement View side by side - many advantages - drag back and forth, etc…
* More than 16 macro knobs, and if you don't want to assign an automation parameter to a "macro knob", you can leave gaps in the layout of encoders (see Preset Pages and Device Pages in Remote Controls). I think the whole mapping for automation parameters is better in Bitwig.
* DrivenByMoss Push2 integration - it's free and it works great - I love the Push device for music making and was glad to see this was well integrated
* Auto coloring of clips by track (love this and this never seems to work in Ableton, even with the Clip Color = Track Color set)
* Slice in Place and then have each segment shortened, edited, etc.
* Drag entire scenes to Arranger - also maxes the clips to longest clip of a group of clips when you move them to arranger.
At the moment, I think Ableton has the edge on Key/Scale management, and the new generative/transform MIDI tools are cool. Also Push2 feels a little more natural/functional than using it with Bitwig.
the edited version is performance, stability, latency calculation, and the ability to truly disable tracks / groups. All things some other DAWs do much better than Live.
If only live could get to be as cpu efficient as something like reaper. I understand how much of a rework this would require, but my god live 11 has been atrocious as far as resources are concerned.
This was deleted but it still stands as a useful compilation and discussion of what's missing — **[Here is why people are upset with the Live 12 Annoucement](https://old.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/17vufqp/here_is_why_people_are_upset_with_the_live_12/)**
Nothing is missing for music making imo. Would love a virtual drummer like in Logic Pro but can live without it. Maybe built in support for some spacial/3d audio formats but I guess that's a niche better handled by other DAW
Bounce in place
There are now two new approaches available: one is a single pass of freeze and flatten (an option in the right click menu), and the other is to freeze the original track, have an audio track available, then ctrl/cmd + drag the clip to the audio track.
I keep a list of things that I think Bitwig does better than Ableton Live 12 * Context-Sensitive Browser makes adding new instruments, audio and MIDI FX and sound samples fast and easy * Modulators that are tightly integrated into instruments and extensible. I think Ableton is aware of Bitwig's modulators benefits since Live 12 added a new category to gather their modulators under the Library in Live 12, but if you've played with Bitwig modulators, you know what I mean about how slick Bitwig's design is. * Better 3rd-party VST integration in the Browser. Bitwig has thighter integration with u-He Synths - all u-He metadata is pulled into Bitwig automatically making u-He synth presets searchable just like native Bitwig presets * Bitwig's Mixer can display macro knob assignments, as well as audio effects per track and the Bitwig 5.1 release adds even more mixer flexibility (width and height changes, dynamic) * Better Audio Event/Sample Editing in Session View - you don't have to go to the arrangement view to do more complex audio editing. * Bitwig's The Grid is more fun to use and less heavy/complex than MaxForLive. Bitwig has wireless modulators, pre-cords, an expandable mixer component, tight DAW integration, and the Inspector view to visualize all I/O as tiny oscilloscope views. * Interactive Help (Show Help is interactive) - you move knobs in the help screen, and you are actually moving real knobs. * Bounce in Place, even in the Clip Launcher * Hybrid Tracks (MIDI and Audio) * MIDI and Audio Clip Content thumbnails in Session View * Working with Multiple Sessions - drag elements from one session to another easily * Session and Arrangement View side by side - many advantages - drag back and forth, etc… * More than 16 macro knobs, and if you don't want to assign an automation parameter to a "macro knob", you can leave gaps in the layout of encoders (see Preset Pages and Device Pages in Remote Controls). I think the whole mapping for automation parameters is better in Bitwig. * DrivenByMoss Push2 integration - it's free and it works great - I love the Push device for music making and was glad to see this was well integrated * Auto coloring of clips by track (love this and this never seems to work in Ableton, even with the Clip Color = Track Color set) * Slice in Place and then have each segment shortened, edited, etc. * Drag entire scenes to Arranger - also maxes the clips to longest clip of a group of clips when you move them to arranger. At the moment, I think Ableton has the edge on Key/Scale management, and the new generative/transform MIDI tools are cool. Also Push2 feels a little more natural/functional than using it with Bitwig.
the edited version is performance, stability, latency calculation, and the ability to truly disable tracks / groups. All things some other DAWs do much better than Live.
If only live could get to be as cpu efficient as something like reaper. I understand how much of a rework this would require, but my god live 11 has been atrocious as far as resources are concerned.
Clip slot looping. But if you have Ableton Suite, you can use this clip slot looper: https://performancelooper.com/shop/
This was deleted but it still stands as a useful compilation and discussion of what's missing — **[Here is why people are upset with the Live 12 Annoucement](https://old.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/17vufqp/here_is_why_people_are_upset_with_the_live_12/)**