Ableton Live 12: Intro vs Standard vs Suite - Which Should You Buy?

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I started with a free version bundled with some controller I bought, upgraded to standard and kept using it for a few years. I only upgraded last year to Suite, because by then I already knew the software quite well and knew that Live would remain my DAW of choice. A plus was the fact that the total cost was spread over a few years.

I bought Standard for what I want to do it’s perfect. I’m doing DJ mixes within Abelton. I do plan to create some small beats and my own samples and such but as of right now I’m still learning it.

I had a thought. I can take advantage of the student/teacher discount, so getting Suite for $299 USD is certainly appealing (even if I don't know whether or not I need the extra Suite features yet). However, when Live 13 eventually comes out, the cost to upgrade to the 13 Suite would be huge as opposed to the scenario where I upgrade from 12 Standard to 13 Standard. And so even though Suite is only $125 more right now, I wonder if that would bankrupt me in the long term due to the upgrade price. I don't know if I'm thinking ahead too far, but at the same time I don't want to spend 100s of unnecessary dollars (in the long run) on maintaining Suite if I don't need the features. And I don't actually know if I need them (for context, I have a few years of casual experience in Ableton 11 Intro, but I want to use a range of guitar sounds that I currently don't have access to). So much to think about

My biggest disspointment was lack of ROAR in standard version...

Do you need to be a teacher in university to use the discount? Or I could use this discount if I teach on YouTube? Thanks…

2 months later and Intro is USD 99, Standard is USD 439, and the Suite is USD 749... what is going on with Ableton!?!? I use Cuebase and it does everything I need. I don't understand why Ableton is getting so expensive. Cuebase was similar in price... now they are the same or cheaper... 99, 329, $579.99. I got a USB interface and it came with for free. It doesn't side chain compress which is a bummer, but if you are learning OR good enough, you can manually do it.

I wish they would do a monthly payment plan like Bitwig does. You can start and stop payments whenever and pick back up to finish paying it off.

I want the amp for guitar, but not sure what version that comes with.. if someone could answer I’d appreciate it. Thanks

is live 12 edu exactly same as live 12 or there are any differences like sampler given in edu version etc.

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I don’t know how to use Ableton at all then should give it a try with intro first and upgrade it to standard??

how in the heck is it Ableton 269 pounds when for me in the US its $750...?

I cant find the costs of upgrading 12 strd to 12 suite anywhere, does anybody know? Or some kind of estimate..

My path: Ableton lite bundled with hardware, then upgrade to Standard during Black Friday (179€)

As a DJ i will only use it for putting tracks together and warping bpm for tracks. Is intro enough or can i get standard?

Everyone says that Suite licence is expensive. Is it monthly or yearly licence? Because if this is one time purchase than Suite is one of the cheapest tools i ever use

Another affordable way is getting abelton live 11. But where can you buy 11 when everyone seems to be selling 12 now?

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I lean towards Ableton Live Pirate!!!!