Mash me up

December 16, 2007 5:05 PM

What software should be in my arsenal of weapons for making some wicked music mashups?

Windows Vista compatible, please.

posted by c:\awesome to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Yes, Ableton Live is what you should be using.
posted by cmicali at 6:02 PM on December 16, 2007

CandyAbleton is dandy, but Reaper is cheaper!
posted by moonmilk at 8:13 PM on December 16, 2007

While reaper is less expensive, it doesn't have the beat matching niceties for which Ableton Live is renowned. Go pick up a demo copy and give it a spin.
posted by bigmusic at 10:42 PM on December 16, 2007

Ableton is excellent, and the overall tempo lock is handy. BUT anything will do. Really. Almost anything you've heard of is complete enough and capable enough to do 90% of the same stuff. It's just subtleties after a certain point.
posted by Magnakai at 5:47 AM on December 17, 2007

Almost anything you've heard of is complete enough and capable enough to do 90% of the same stuff.

Great, so Photoshop will do, then? Seriously, that's why I asked -- I haven't heard of anything (aside from Live, now).
posted by nitsuj at 7:28 AM on December 17, 2007 [1 favorite]

I would recommend Ableton as well, however, for "simple" mashup/edit duties the Live LE could very well be enough. Comes with a bundle of DJ-friendly effects and more than enough audio tracks.
posted by phax at 7:42 AM on December 17, 2007

Ableton Live is the best probably, but it's quite possible to do mashups with something like Audacity as well. A bit more manual, but doable.
posted by alikins at 12:28 PM on December 17, 2007