Hi Daniel, really pleased to meet you!!!
First of all thank you very much for your tips, some of them I already knew but they are great.
I love Ableton because it invites me to experiment and is so "transparent", it doesn't gets in the way of making music. I have red some opinions about Ableton and how most people think is for DJing only, but I never have used it for that, instead I've made rock music and now I'm making simple "scores" for my animations and games.
I'm a great admirer of Danny Elfman. I've listened to his demos and to me they sound almost like the orchestral versions. Of course you can tell they are created with a computer and samples but they are very rich, with every nuance and detail and with all the dynamics classical music has. It keeps me wandering how can he do that! of course he has unique talent and you can not learn that
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For me composing in Live feels very natural although there are some things that seem to be almost impossible to do with it (how the hell do you make portamento in Live???)
I'll stick with Ableton Live, since is what I like the most, and thanks to your advice, you are the proof that what really matters is talent and hard work, since the tools do nothing by themselves.