Ableton Live Music Production Course | Bay Area
Getting Started
- →Interface Overview and preferences
- →Arrangement and Session View
- →MIDI and Audio Clips
- →Basic Templates and Track Defaults
- →Saving Projects and Library Organization
Creating MIDI and Audio
- →MIDI Notes and Building Beats
- →Clip View and Clip Properties
- →The Piano Roll and the Beat Grid
- →Warping and Quantizing Audio
- →Audio Manipulation and Resampling
Ableton’s Instruments and Devices
- →Drum Racks and Building Beats
- →Simpler and Sampler
- →Synthesis Basics
- →Deep Dive into Analog, Wavetable and Operator
- →Max4Live and 3rd Party Plugins
- →FX and Automation
Constructing the Song
- →Starting an Idea in Session View
- →Basic Music Theory and Cheats
- →Constructing Chords, Melodies and Basslines
- →Song Structure
- →Finalizing Arrangements
Recording and Engineering
- →Audio Interfaces and Recording Live Instrumentation
- →Setting up MIDI Controllers and MIDI Mapping
- →Basics of Sound Waves, Frequency and Amplitude
- →Understanding EQ and Compression
- →Introduction to Mixing
Advanced Techniques
- →Editing Arrangements
- →Track Grouping and Routing
- →Ableton Racks and Chains
- →Push 2
- →Introduction to Mastering
Additional Info
- →This course supports Ableton for Mac and PC.
- →Headphones and MIDI keyboards are available to use.
- →Download a free 30 day trial of Ableton Suite here.
36 Hours | $2199 + $100 Registration
Use the ‘CONNECT’ button below to request schedule and pricing information. One of our placement experts will follow up within a business day. For one-to-one lessons, see our Music Production Private Instruction page.
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