Dweeble, with the help I gave you on IRC did you get your drumkit working?
I'm here if you need any help with Ableton stuff, always willing to share knowledge
I can also share or make presets for people if they are in need of something specific.
I use Ableton for all of my music, and it was the first DAW I chose when I started out 2-3 years ago.
I learnt with a friend, with trial and error, mostly making terrible acid house and noise.
Since then I've used almost all of the commercially available DAWs in a studio environment, and nothing compares for an easy creative process.
I'm still to try out Max for live, it really interests me, but it's time and effort to learn something new with so much going on right now.