stuff I use:

DAW: Ableton Live Suite

Plugins:

• Melda Suite:
  • MMorph
• Kilohearts Bundle
• Neutone Morpho
• Serum
• Ableton stock plugins
• Valhalla's reverb plugins (Room, VintageVerb)
• Synplant

Good books to read about music and creativity

• Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by David Huron
• Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer
• Microsound by Curtis Roads
• Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music by Christoph Cox
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• Keep Going by Austin Kleon
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi
• This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levatin