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it's really not. i'm not a fan of the workflow in it, but even if it cost a thousand bucks, you're still saving tens of thousands on real studio gear. so much r&d goes into these DAWs that no one should complain about price. ableton is as capable as any other product on the market, and it also has things like time stretching down pat, which few other programs can boast.

all this aside, we all have the internet, and there are cracked versions of pretty much everything. the only one i've ever had a hard time finding a cracked version for is protools. but then again, i've been off the grid for over a year, so perhaps all that has changed.