We may not have made it to Frankfurt for 'Messe, but the jet-setting Gino Robair did happen to be in Berlin recently, so he popped by the Ableton world headquarters there to speak with Head of Creative Graham Ball, and get an insider's perspective on the power of Live 8.

Not surprisingly, Graham prefers the fully-loaded Ableton Suite 8 out of the available Live retail packages, which comes with so many sonic extras that he hardly uses any additional plugins. Graham tells us what elements of Suite 8 he uses most, and how specifically he likes to work within Live's streamlined environment.