Ableton Live or Logic Pro X?
I’m actually more towards Logic Pro X (would save me a lot of money), but people keep recommending the Ableton Live though.
I would produce most likely House (House, Deep House, and maybe Electro House some day). Will there be any good reason for a starter to go for the Live 9 instead?
And also,
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keyboards/komplete-kontrol-s-series/
or
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine/
Would someone be willing to explain each of the use for me, and which one would I need more?
Live vs Logic is a question of preference. There is no wrong or right. Probably you will just see how many people here use which DAW. Noone can tell you which one you will like better, but I can ensure that both are capable of doing the job just fine. There is some difference in the workflow and that’s why some prefere Live and some prefere Logic. I’d recommend using Logic since it is great in price/money value ratio. Live is what I personally use so obviously I like it as well. However the reason is simple: It is the first DAW I have used and I just know it inside out - no reason to switch anymore.
Another DAW, which you could try is Bitwig. It is the new brother of Live and runs for about $200 - a reasonable price. Also it has a full featured demo, which is only limited to saving. So you could try it before buying. Live has a 30 day demo as well by the way.
Concerning the Maschine and Kontrol S line keyboards:
I’d not advice you to get anything other than a plain keyboard to begin with. Something for §20 from a pawn shop. If you happen to be from Hamburg, Germany I could give you mine for free. It did serve the purpose for quite some time. You probably won’t even need knobs or pads or anything else. Personally I have sold my Push, have had a Maschine and gave it back to my friend. The reason is that you don’t need those! They are nice. And if you have workflow around those than you can get great results, BUT (!) you can get the same results without anything. So if you feel like you need something “to touch” than spend your money on whateve you want. However you don’t know anything about what you are actually going to get so whatever I write here - you don’t even fully understand. So take things slowly. Spend some (hundred) hours in understanding some basics and than you’ll understand why you would want something like a Maschine. And you will understand why the Kontrol S keyboards are waaaay overpriced.
If you really want something for a hands on experience get Live and the Push. At least it’s a controller for the DAW, not a single plugin. However if you want to be somewhat more sucessful with your production there is now way around learning how to play the piano (at least some). And once you learned that, you will again not need the light show of the S series keyboards. Did I already say that the S series keyboard is a rip off? 
Recommendations? Well yeah, I agree that I shouldn’t rush and burn on hardwares unneeded, but just the DAW and no tools like Maschine or keyboards, will I be able to produce from such a scratch?
Logic Pro X is the best value and the layout of that DAW is damn nice, so I’m still more to it than of the Ableton and Push but we’ll see. 
Really any MIDI keyboard will do. Go on craigslist, search for midi keyboard and get the cheapest that is not broken. The only job it has is to have some kind of velocity (don’t expect something great, but it’s hard to justify getting a weighted keyboard as a non-piano player production beginner) and black and white keys… (WOOOW 
). I had a midistart keyboard, which did cost me €20. I still use it every now and then when a friend comes by and we need two keyboards or a mod/pitch, because I acutally took piano lessons at some point and got a digital piano.
Logic Pro X really has a great value. You can’t go wrong with that. I’ve heard that the synth are not so great, but there is tons of free stuff (Synth1!). Really, don’t get fooled by all the shiny ads. All you need to write a #1 hit is a decent computer, a DAW and some sort of somewhat decent headphones. But even there you can save a lot. The Superlux HD 668’s are only 30€ and yes they are a chinese replicate of AKG’s, but they are damn good for their price. Same thing for the audio interface: You won’t need one! If you have somewhat decent headphones or speakers with some electical resistence than there won’t be no hum from your Mac’s output and the latency also just as fine.
From what I have learned over the years is that music making is not money, but time consuming! If you really want something that is decent, and decent meaning not only you and your friends like it, you’ll have to spend some hundreds or thousands of hours before getting there. However that does not mean it is not fun. So just get started and don’t worry too much about this
I’m for live at this point mainly due to huge user group and tons of resources
Demo both of them and pick the one whose workflow works for you.
Take a look at Bitwig. I’ve tried most DAWs and found Bitwig to have the best work flow, easiest to use and gave me the best results.. simply because I enjoyed using it and picked it up almost instantly.
I found live’s learning curve bigger than Logic but feel like Logic is not as smooth/optimised as it should be .. maybe a little bloated, nice interface but ‘overly designed’ (if thats the right term?) Logic 9 interface is much cleaner..
Logic Pro X features and functionality in Logic 9 interface would be awesome.
Just try them all and see which suits you best.
I like logic pro x a lot. Its way better than 9. I think if your new start on logic x learn how to produce save the money for extra sounds. Ableton is what a lot of people use so it seems like the way to go, but dont go off that. If ableton wasnt so much I might have gone that route though. Im very happy with x for now though.
It’s not an ‘either/or’ for me, as I have and use both. I did vote for Ableton Live 9, as it’s my ‘go-to’ for DJ’ing and production. However, Logic is a fantastic, reliable, and great sounding DAW… and I like to use it for mixing, more than I like to use Ableton; multiple plugin windows at the same time is a big benefit for mixing.
They’re both a good choice for those on ‘Retina’ displays, as they both support the higher DPI resolutions.
i went with ableton because there were more free tutorials online for ableton.