Ableton Live Course - Crash

Overview	Whether you are a DJ looking to move your skills into the 21st Century or you’re a producer looking for an intuitive and easy to use production package, Ableton live has the answer. You can play sets from your laptop or you can produce your own tunes, mash-ups, remixes or re-edits. Best of all it’s designed to be played “Live” (hence the name) so you can do all of this “on-the-fly” as part of a live performance. Ableton provides DJ and producers with a unique approach to playing, producing and performing. Fans include Sasha, Richie Hawtin, Diplo, Daft Punk, Evil Nine, Coldcut and DJ Krush. Not forgetting of course your course tutor Danny Mac who plays all over the world using Ableton Live with his own custom-built controller. Whatever you want to do this coures will show you how to use Ableton to it's maximum potential.
Ableton 1	Introduction and Setup	Setting up your Audio Card to work with Live The Session and Arrangement views Working with clips and scenes Introduction to the browser
	Using Audio Clips	Auto Warp Marking Audio Tightening Up ‘Loose Loops’ with Warp Markers Manipulating Loops with Clip Envelopes Beat Scrambling
	Using Midi Clips	Drum programming with Impulse Introduction to sampling with Simpler Midi Editing
	Session View	Manipulation of Clips and recording changes Legato Mode Recording into the Arrangement View
	Mixing	Automation Basic EQ Reverb and Delay Tempo Changing
Ableton 2	Devices & How to use them	A detailed examination of the range of effects available in Ableton Impulse / Autofilter / Erosion / Filter delay / Grain delay / Vinyl distortion / Redux / Resonators / Reverb
	Live Performance/ DJing with Live	We show you how to use MIDI controllers to control effects as “instruments” Chaining FX We show you how DJ’s like Sasha perform a live DJ set using Ableton Control the software using a mouse or use Ableton as a player and connect to a DJ mixer How to configure a MIDI controller for precision control
	Advanced Mixing and Mastering	Compression – both from a corrective and creative perspective EQ – Parametric EQ Low Shelf High Shelf Bell Curve High Pass Filter (Low Cut) Low Pass Filter (High Cut) Routing Options – creating sub mixes Mastering – Explain why it is necessary and the benefits then go through the processes, showing which devices to use in each scenario. Overall Track Compression EQ Limiting
	Rewire	We demonstrate how to synchronise Ableton Live to either Cubase or Logic.