ill.Gates is a wizard with Ableton and has many gigs of templates and samples to download along with days of tutorials.
Producer Dojo – I joined the Dojo about a year ago and it provides tremendous value. No other software required, and entirely free! They also have 50% student discount for many of their plugins, unlike UAD. Izotope Ozone & Neutron 2 – I generally like to stick to stock Ableton tools but there are several features in Ozone and Neutron you can’t duplicate in Ableton 10 for mixing and mastering. I now recommend Loopcloud over splice for most people. You can search for samples by key, genre, and tempo. I use splice find samples, backup my sets, and enter remix competitions. Many of my songs start here, and the workflow is very close to what I teach in my workshops. Captain Plugins – these plugins are amazing for getting a quick sketch down with matching chords, bass, and melody. Cost: $20-$250, they run sales periodically. Finally, if I want something glitchy I’ll bounce it to audio and mess around with the final clip. I experiment with different Groove Monkee MIDI patterns and adjust notes to taste. Here’s my general workflow: I have a 128 drum rack that is filled with royalty free percussive samples I can quickly cycle through using knobs on my MIDI controller. 
It features over 34,000 royalty free drum loops and fills across a dozen different genres. I purchased their Mega Pack some years ago. Groove Monkee is particularly nice because their clips are not quantized they have a “human feel.” It’s easy to quantize them more if you want to, but it’s harder to humanize something after the fact.
Groove Monkee – I love MIDI files for their flexibility. If you’re a student or teacher they do offer a 40% student discount. 
I picked Ableton because of it’s features and flexibility as both a production tool and a performance tool.
Ableton Live 11 – my Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). I’m going to write a studio hardware post separately. I’ll update this regularly, so check back. Here are my favorite programs, websites, and apps which I personally use and recommend as an independent producer, DJ, and musician.
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