This is another good free resource for exploring and creating alternate tuning systems.

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 7 - Paid Production Resources

Paid Sample Libraries

As mentioned above, you don't really need to buy any additional samples. However, if you want some premade drum sounds or need to acquire licensed samples for a project, here are some options.

• ASDR Sounds
• Cymatics
• Decent Samples
• Ghosthack
• LANDR
• Loopcloud
• Loot Audio
• Producer Loops
• Samples From Mars
• Splice Sounds

Recommended Paid Plugins

I'd advise watching videos / researching anything you are thinking about buying, as it is likely that there is something similar that is free.

Note: Many companies

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 6 - Paid Learning Resources

Paid Ableton Classes / Tutors

Some people swear by finding a tutor you like, and paying for a pre-recorded course or lessons. These can get very expensive (see Berklee classes), but if you find one that seems like a good fit for you, it might be worth it.

• Bassgorilla
• Beatlab Academy
• Berklee Online
• Brian Funk
• hobo-tech
• Letsynthesize
• Mercurial Tones
• Mr. Bill
• Noise Lab
• Point Blank Music School
• Rachel K Collier
• Seed to Stage
• Slynk

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 5 - Bonus - Other Interesting YouTube Channels

These channels may feature some Ableton Live tutorials, but are not primarily focused on them. Some may feature music theory, generalized production advice applicable to any DAW, synthesizers and other interesting hardware, or other music related topics.

• 8-bit Music Theory
• Adam Neely
• Andrew Huang
• Bad Snacks
• Benn Jordan
• CSGuitars
• Dash Glitch
• David Hilowitz Music
• Dylan Tallchief
• Hainbach
• JHS Pedals
• [Jon Makes Beats](https://www.youtube.com

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 4 - Production Resources

Sample Players / Plugin Hosts

Recommended free sample players and plugin hosts. Some of these are needed to play the sample libraries listed below.

• Decent Samples - Decent Sampler - Plugin to play Decent Samples libraries.
• Native Instruments - Komplete Start - Bundle of free plugins. Contains Kontakt Player and Reaktor Player, which are needed to play some free libraries and instruments. Also contains Komplete Kontrol, which is a plugin host that allows browsing / loading presets from NKS compatible plugins. Bundle contents can be installed individually.
• Plogue - Sforzando - Free player to play SFZ and SoundFont libraries.

Sample Libraries

Most of the samples you need can likely be recorded yourself, or are alre

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 3 - Learning Resources

YouTube Channels (youtube.com)

Classic free learning resource. Some of these channels also have private sites and offer paid courses.

• Ableton Tips
• Ableton
• Alice Yalcin Efe
• ARTFX
• Au5
• Audioreakt
• BeatAcademy
• BrianFunkMusic
• Bunting
• Collective Intelligence
• Cycling '74
• Decap
• EDM Tips
• ELPHNT
• [Julien Earle](htt

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 2 - Getting Started

Official Ableton site (ableton.com)

• Ableton Live Manual - The official Ableton Live manual.
• Ableton Live Packs - Note: Packs can also be downloaded from within Live.
• Live Keyboard Shortcuts - The official Ableton Live keyboard shortcuts.
• Learning Music - An interactive site to learn the basics of music making.
• Learning Synths - An interactive site to learn the basics of synthesis.

Max for Live (M4L)

• Max for Live Documentation - The official Max for Live documentation.
• MaxforLive.com - Community site for Max for Live.

Live Extensions

• [Live Enhancement Suite](https://enhancementsuite

Ableton User Group Resource Thread - Part 1 - Introduction

This is a collection of resources for Ableton Live / Push / what have you. Based on learning resource threads on Reddit - but in the spirit of Lemmy, focused on free resources. (Yes, I realize Ableton Live isn't free, but the resources can be! 🙂) There will be a section of recommended paid resources at the end should you want to spend money.

When I started this list, I was planning on more or less doing a copy / paste from the Reddit version - however, I ended up doing a bit of a rework... it took longer than I'd care to admit.

Please let me know if you'd like to recommend any updates - maybe I missed something, or maybe I've accidentally included someone who has done something terrible (or is just a bad teacher).

There is an edit button, so I'm open to suggestions.

Hopefully this is helpful to someone!

*Note: this collection of resource threads will be converted to a single post once the character limit is increased