In this introductory video of the Free Ableton Live 12 Music Production Class, J. Anthony Allen explains the three editions of Ableton Live 12—Intro, Standard, and Suite—detailing their relative feature sets (software instruments, audio effects, MIDI effects) and price tiers. He provides practical buying guidance: if budget permits, purchase Suite for professional work; otherwise start with Intro and upgrade later, or choose Standard if you can afford it and aim for professional production. He notes that prices fluctuate and promises a follow‑up video with tips for obtaining the software at a lower cost.
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Okay, in these first couple videos, I want to talk about just getting a setup with Live, which version you should get, where you can get it, and getting it installed and set up. So first there are three versions of Live. Now, I'm not talking about the number at the end of Live, like we're going to be talking about Ableton Live 12. That's the version number I'm going to be working with in this series of classes. I also have series of classes on Ableton live 11, 10 and nine. And I think eight is when I started making all of these Live classes. But that's not what I'm talking about. There is Ableton Live 12 intro, Ableton Live 12 standard, and Ableton Live 12 suite. Okay? So if you look up here, you can kind of see that there's a breakdown of what has what. Basically, Suite is the big version. Suite is the full version. Standard has less stuff than Suite and Intro has less stuff than that. So balance that against the cost of each one. Standard is cheaper than Suite and Intro is cheaper than Standard. So you can kind of see here that where it really comes down to is the instruments and effects. So you can see here software instruments. In suite you get 20, in standard, you get 11, and intro you get 5 audio effects. In suite you get 58, standard 35. And in intro, 20 midi effects, midi tools, modulators, software instruments, I guess is another big one. You get 20 in suite versus five in intro. So you can kind of go down and see all the different things on this page. The page I'm at is ableton.com en live compare additions. So what does all that mean? Let's put this into, like, practical understanding. If money is no object to you, get Suite always. That is the professional tool. You're going to want Suite to be making professional music, hands down, no question about it. But if you don't have all the money in the world, that's okay. You can upgrade. So you could get Intro. If you're just getting into Live and you don't know if you're going to like it, get Intro, get Intro. And then once you decide this is what I want to be doing, then save up the cash and invest in upgrading to either Standard or Suite. Eventually you're going to want to get to Suite. If you are aspiring to do professional work, if you can afford Standard, get that and then you can upgrade to Suite. Okay? So my advice to you is if you can afford it, get Suite. If you can't get what you can afford, and if you really like it. You can upgrade down the line and get suite. Now, I can't really tell you what the prices are because they change all the time. But I do want to talk about the purchasing process here, so. So let's go to a new video for that because I have some tips that might get it for you a little bit cheaper. Let's go.
