:D This information has proven to be very helpful thanks so much :D yeah this is a good start. try filters along with eqs as well. filters will help more in my opinion. nearly every track in a song i write has a hp filter, a lp filter and an eq on it. Whats the diff between Eqing it off and Filteri...

How do you get it installed?

Edit: Im retarded, found intructions
Edit again: Weird error on install "Drive file not found."?
Then got a success message? Havent checked if working

don't try to use the gui of the vst. push the little triangle next to the on off button on the vst and you should get all the available settings. I know you cant pass through the midi directly to the vst via the vst interface but Ill have to try and see if the params for the vst in ableton will ass...

how important is it to you that your tracks are perfectly arranged? for example(s): the number of bars is a multiple of 16 major changes happen exactly at 64 or 128 or... the track has a 32 bar intro a 128 bar main section and a 32 bar outro or something very well aligned like that you get my drift...

I am having a problem with assigning midi controls to vst instraments in ableton. Im starting to get the impression that you can't do it, any suggestions?

OK I answered my own question, steinburg site 3rd party section. So anyone interested in joining the dev team? Will get rolling in the next month, need to have current members study the API and then we will start a dev cycle for wrapping the API in something nicer to reuse to help make all devs avai...

Actully it was my fault, I copied the abreviated version of the link, its working now. Sorry bout that.

Ill third it. Cubase is an awsome studio recording solution but Ableton cannot be beat for the hybrid recording performance market. If you plan on doing live PAs via laptop Ableton all the way