Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Let's look at how you can overcome the limitations of Ableton Live Lite and Intro, such as: limited track count, not many good sounds or instruments, and a small selection of audio effects/plugins.

Samples
Production Music Live: bit.ly/pmlsamples
Audiotent: audiotent.com/samples
Splice Sounds: bit.ly/tajsplice
Loopmasters: bit.ly/lmaff

Serum: bit.ly/xferserumtrial

Plugins
Blue Cat's Triple EQ: pluginboutique.com/products/276?a_aid=59072e3057ff5
Melda Free FX Bundle: meldaproduction.com/MFreeFXBundle
Soundtoys: soundtoys.com
FabFilter: fabfilter.com

Learn how to make great dance music that DJs will play, fans will love, and record labels will sign:

theaudiojourney.co.uk/ableton-accelerator (Full course)

theaudiojourney.co.uk/quickstart (Free intro course)

00:00 Intro
00:26 Getting better sounds
01:56 Where to find them
02:58 Instruments
04:18 Getting better plugins
05:19 Free options
06:35 Paid options
08:12 Limited track count
09:03 Drum rack trick
10:28 Ultimate track count hack!
15:02 Final tips