Why Ableton is my favorite DAW

In the past few years, Ableton Live has become one of the most popular DAW’s in the production world. In all my experience with DAW’s, Ableton has been the most intuitive and innovating pieces of software I have ever seen.  One of my favorite features is the two different views.  There is arrangement and clip view.  Arrangement view is the same view that other DAW’s like Logic or Pro Tools have.  However, clip view is where things really get interesting. Clip view is the best for laying down quick ideas and looping them to create different sections of a song.  In a matter of minutes you can have many different sections laid out.  Soon after, you can trigger each section to preview what it will sound like when it is put into the arrangement view.  Once you have your different sections, you can record each section into arrangement view in real time.  This innovation is why I think Ableton is far greater than the rest of the other DAW’s for sale.