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Get expert advice on Ableton Live from professional music producers | | Create your own tracks and remixes on the Ableton Course |
Ableton Live is increasingly popular with DJ's and music producers including the likes of Sasha, Daft Punk, Coldcut and Richie Hawtin. The Ableton Live Course provides the perfect platform for DJ's who are looking to make the move into music production and offers producers a unique creative approach to making and performing your music. The Ableton course is perfect for beginners and shows you how to create your own tracks utilising audio, MIDI and effects. The course is taught by a certified Ableton trainer.
Introduction
System requirements & soundcards for Ableton Live
The Ableton interface: Session & Arrangement views
Working with clips and scenes
Loading files from the browser
Audio in Ableton Live
The "elastic audio" concept
Warping audio clips
Warping entire tracks and creating loops
Playback algorithms and clip envelopes
Making Beats with Ableton Live
MIDI recording in Ableton Live
Making beats using Simpler & Sampler instruments
Making beats using Drum Racks
Adding groove and swing to your rhythm track
MIDI instruments
MIDI controllers and setting them up (MIDI mapping)
Creating bass and lead sounds with Analog
Creating string and pad sounds using Sampler
Using MIDI effects -arpeggiator, chord, midi cascade
MIDI recording, editing and overdubbing
Arranging your track
Manipulating clips in Session view
Structuring your track in the Arrangement view
Using automation and controllers
Consolidating audio. Using freeze/ flatten tracks
Launch options: Using legato and follow action functions
Remix & Mashup techniques
Sampling law and copyright
Sourcing accapellas and samples
Cleaning and editing samples
Warping accapellas
Routing & Rewire
Advanced MIDI Routing
Advanced audio routing
Multitrack recording
Utilising Rewire with Reason and Logic
Mixing your Track
Setting up your mix environment
Balancing and panning your sounds
Guide to frequency ranges
Utilising EQ to create separation in the mix
Creative use of effects (delay, reverb, distortion etc.)
DJ Performance with Ableton Live
Sourcing your tracks
Organising your music library
Creating a DJ template
Recording a mix
Live Performance
Synchronising with external instruments
Creating a cascade template (auto-launch function)
Jamming with Ableton Live
Slave/master warping
Mixing & Mastering
How to use compressors
Utilising "side-chaining"
Modulation FX
Sub grouping
Mixdown and Final Test
Students take final test and submit assignment
As with all music production software training at Point Blank, you can choose to learn Ableton at the level that works for you. If you are looking for a shorter, intensive training period check out our weekend Ableton Course