Producing with Ableton Live Course

This course will teach you all you need to know about producing with the revolutionary Ableton Live software. An experienced professional producer will be guide you through all the various stages of music production, from understanding MIDI programming, getting to grips with EQing sounds to the final mix down and mastering

Course Materials:

Weekly webchat with an experienced pro music producer

Personalised project feedback via video

Over 50 Quicktime video tutorials

300 pages of notes

Song files and audio samples

24/7 access to student / tutor discussion forums

Course Breakdown:

Introducing Ableton Live

• Explaining MIDI
• Session & arrangement view
• Clips and scenes
• The browser
• Basic rhythm concepts

MIDI Clips

• Programming your drums
• Recording MIDI
• Editing MIDI
• Routing MIDI (utilising the in/out matrix)
• The basic Ableton instruments: Impulse and Simpler
• MIDI Clip envelopes

Audio Clips

• How to work with audio clips
• Warp marking
• Creating loops and warping entire tracks
• Playback algorithms
• Audio clip envelopes
• Tidying up loose loops

Creative Browser Use / Audio and MIDI FX

• How and where to use MIDI FX
• How and where to use Audio FX
• Keeping your projects, clips and channels organised
• Understanding the file management system

Recording Arrangements and Audio

• Recording arrangements
• Consolidating audio/ freeze/ flatten tracks
• Recording audio into Ableton
• The analogue to digital process

Automation/MIDI Controllers/MIDI Mapping

• What is Automation?
• Using a MIDI controller
• MIDI Clock and synchronisation
• Setting up MIDI controllers (MIDI mapping)

The Rack Systems in Ableton

• Understanding the rack systems in Ableton Live
• Creative use of drum racks
• Warping multiple tracks

Advanced Audio Routing and Midi programming

• Advanced audio routing
• Advanced MIDI routing
• Utilising Rewire with Reason and Logic

Mixing Your Track

• Setting up your listening station for optimal results
• Pan and Balance
• Creating separation in the mix with EQ
• How do compressors work
• Situations for 'side-chaining'

Mixing Your Track - 2

• Key structure and arrangement techniques
• Adding delays and reverbs to create space in the mix

Mixing Your Track - 3

• Sub grouping
• Modulation FX
• Using third party plugins

Final Project

• Mix down your audio for CD & Mp3
• Mastering
• Final exam

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Tutor profile

JC Concato
JC's previous projects include production, engineering and remix work for the likes of Bjork, Portishead, The Cure, Erasure, Allister Whitehead, Galliano, Pressure Drop, Raggatwins and Renegade Soundwave.

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