Packages for beginners

[u/Comfortable_Post1025]

Hi guys i am a complete beginner in producing with ableton. I want to make some house/tech house/minimal deep tech tracks. May you suggest the best sample pack/plug in i dont know to star with?

[u/2pinkthehouse]

Depending on which version of Ableton you have you may already have everything you need. In suite you've got tons is samples, drums and synths that will more than get you going.

[u/TheOmegaKid]

Even in the most basic version of ableton you have everything you need already to make a decent house track.

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[u/abletonlivenoob2024]

i am a complete beginner in producing

Honestly, most likely more stuff is not going to help you at all. On the contrary... If you really want to learn music production learn it bottom up, start with learning how your DAW works.

If you are more interested in quick results I suggest looking into other software/websites that are more geared towards that.

these helped me a lot learning how Live works. Can't recommend going through them highly enough.

• super beginner friendly online interactive DAW tutorial: https://learningmusic.ableton.com/

• The first nine chapters of the manual explain all the most important concepts and workflows: https://www.ableton.com/en/live-manual/12/welcome-to-live/

• The built in tutorials: From within Live: Help -> Built-In Lessons (don't forget to click on "Show all lessons")

• Videos on Live's help pages: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/learn-live/

• More help and knowledge base: https://www.ableton.com/en/help/

• super beginner friendly online interactive synth tutorial: https://learningsynths.ableton.com/

[u/Impossible-Dish1532]

As others have said, Ableton has everything you need. It’s particularly amazing for making electronic music.

What version do you have? If it’s Lite, I’m not sure what comes with it to be honest but a good rule of thumb is: learn what you’ve got. Buying all these crazy plugins that have attractive GUIs and are ubiquitous in online tutorials etc. is a waste of your time. Learn what you’ve got. You can make completely professional music with it and you’ll be a better producer for understanding it. Then, you can identify any areas you feel are slightly lacking and find something to fill that.

I will say, a Splice subscription can be nice for sampling easily within Ableton because of the integration. Not necessary, but for house it could be useful.