Ableton Live Course

Get expert advice on Ableton Live from professional music producers		Create your own tracks and remixes on the Ableton Course

Course Summary

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.

Content

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