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Re:Ableton Live 13 by adzm on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:33AM (#50440968)
If you buy them a midi keyboard or controller it will usually come with a lite or introductory license. The push is fun but a real keyboard feels special and the pads and sliders and knobs really make Live feel like a real instrument rather than just a piece of software
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Re:Ableton Live 13 by cruano on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:02AM (#50442236)
This is the best option by far. Lite/Intro is currently $80 on sale, but for $10-$20 more, you can get an MPK mini [1] which includes it. That version is limited to 16 tracks, but I mean... that was enough for most people up until the 90s.

[1] https://www.akaipro.com/mpk-mini-4/

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by butlike on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:12AM (#50442366)
They bumped it from 8 tracks? Hey that's pretty cool (though, I always kinda liked that Ableton Lite was just an 8-track player)
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Re:Ableton Live 13 by CorpoZoomie on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:55PM (#50447467)
+1 on this.. hardware is really what makes Ableton shine, Launchkey series all flow super well with Ableton and allow you to throw things together super fast.
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