some more thoughts on ableton now that I'm coming more to grips with it:
I think one of the most WTF things about it, is that there a number of differences, not major differences, but all sorts of tiny little things that are different between the mac and pc versions, and apparently, I guess, most tutorials and information online seems to be geared towards mac users.
Now, this might not be a big deal to people that don't have fairly impactful mental disabilities, but if you've got visual/spatial issues, and tend take things literally, this is the kind of thing that makes you want to smash your laptop.
I can see no good reason for calling something one thing on a mac version and then calling it something else on the pc version, nor can I see a good reason for moving the placement of some little things here and there.
I mean, f*ckin hell, ableton is confusing enough as it is without that!
I guess I'm the only person in the world that uses the pc version because the professor from calarts I've taken a few lessons from has also been confused by it and has never seen these things before that he sees when I'm sharing my screen with him, but he also says that every person he's taught uses a mac, so I guess that's what I get for using a pc, apparently!
My other thought is that maybe I should have held off on also getting Push 3.
My thought process was that having a piece of tactile hardware to interact with the program would help me, but it hasn't one bit.
I mean, it's still nice to have for the very few things I'm using it for so far, but def not worth the money yet - in fact, after I finish these next two final ableton lessons I signed up for (total of 6 lessons, but that's it for me 'cause it ain't cheap!), I might need to find someone to teach me Push!