>I don't own Max for Live, so the large ecosystem of useful tools that I'd enjoy trying out is unavailable to me.
Well, it's not that difficult to purchase as an update to Suite or by itself, on a typical western salary.
The ecosystem has tons of free/open source devices. Is it that bad that Ableton doesn't make Max (which they had to buy the whole company for) free too?
I prefer they have actual product revenue like that, and don't go the VC route, gifting stuff to get market share, and then coasting and rent-seeking like NI and others.
Well, it's not that difficult to purchase as an update to Suite or by itself, on a typical western salary.
The ecosystem has tons of free/open source devices. Is it that bad that Ableton doesn't make Max (which they had to buy the whole company for) free too?
I prefer they have actual product revenue like that, and don't go the VC route, gifting stuff to get market share, and then coasting and rent-seeking like NI and others.