> My question: Does anyone know a software which does the job which Abletons > Live is doing for me at the moment? what aspects of live are you using? there are people who have done live performances with ardour (brave souls, i say; and i wrote ardour :) > Well, also, I need to know if I can still use my USB audio interface > "Lexicon Omega" with my laptop. depends on whether it is a truly class compliant device. does it come with its own win/mac drivers or not? --p