Ableton Live Producer Course (W/E)

The Ableton Course takes place in small groups		Learn Ableton Live with the pro producers at Point Blank

Course Summary

Ableton Live offers an innovative new approach to music production and performance that frees up your creativity whilst allowing you to add greater emotion to a performance or composition. This powerful piece of software is intuitive, quick and responsive and a fantastic tool for writing, composing and recording ideas.

This intensive weekend course explores all of the key features that Ableton Live has to offer. Ableton Live is incredibly flexible and this Ableton Course will familiarise you with  the interface but perhaps more crucially help you work out how to optimise it for your own productions.

In just two days you will get an intensive introduction to the skills and techniques you need to start producing your own tracks.  The course includes setting up, using audio and midi clips, arranging your track, utilising the sesssion and arrangement views, effects and processing, for example using vocoders filters, and reverb and mixing. The course is taught in a small group by a Certified Ableton Trainer.

Ableton Live Producer Course Contents

Introduction and Setup

Setting up your audio card to work with Ableton Live

The Session and Arrangement views

Loading and triggering clips

Global Quantization

Using Audio Clips

How to use Warp Markers

Warping short audio files

Manipulating loops with clip envelopes

Using MIDI Clips
MIDI sequencing and editing
MIDI files and commands

Drum programming with Drum Racks
Introduction to sampling with Simpler

Arranging Your Track
Real time arrangement
Post recording editing
Traditional arrangement techniques
Automation envelopes

Session View

Manipulation of clips and recording changes

Legato Mode

Recording into the Arrangement View

Effects & Processing

MIDI controller set up and programming

Live Devices: Beat Repeat / Vocoder / Auto Filter
Reverb and Delay, Distortion effects

Mixing

Mixing theory and tips

Types of EQ and how to use them

Introduction to Compression & Limiting

Mastering