LESSON 01

Introduction to Music Production 

• What is Electronic Music Production?

• Equipment you need to start.

• What is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?

• Introduction to Ableton Live 11.

• Understanding signal flow of a studio.

• Interface and Preference in Ableton. 

• Understanding file structure and ways to save sessions.

LESSON 04

Sound Theory & Acoustics 2

• Types of Waves? Timer and characteristics of sounds. 

• 3 main parts of human ear, Fletcher Munson Curve. 

• Absorption, reflection, diffusion, diffraction and Phase in sound. 

• Fundamentals and overtones in frequency domain.

• Cabels and Connections (basic)

• Type of Input in a soundcard?

LESSON 07

Audio Effects Processing

• What is an EQ? Type of EQ, How and where to use it. 

• What is a Compressor? Types of Compression? 

• Sidechain Compressor/ Sidegating/ Parallell Compression.

• Audio Effects in Ableton Live 

• TIme based effects like Reverb, Delay, Echo etc. 

• Auto Filter, Drums Buss, Redux and other cool effects. 

• Make a song using 5 tracks with what we’ve learn so far.

LESSON 10

Midi Effects & Automations

• Using MIDI Effects

• Arpeggiator | Chord | Scale

• Keyboard Mapping | MIDI Controller Mapping | Instant Mapping

• Automation Envelopes

• Recording Real-Time Automation

• Drawing Automation Manually

• Automating Clips in Session View

• Unlinking Clip Length and Automation Length

• Keyboard Mapping | MIDI Controller Mapping | Instant Mapping

• Create an interesting ARP pattern and add automations to it.

LESSON 13

Remixing and Sampling Music

• Finding the BPM using Tap Button.

• Find out the Key of any song by ear, tuner or Auto Key(3rd Party). 

• Power of Warping (Quantising Audio) | Warping Modes | Transient Markers and Warp Markers

• Make any off timed audio, meme or dialogue sync with your BPM using warping. 

• Exporting/Bouncing Audio from Arrangement and Session View

• Freeze and Flatten Tracks

• Warp an old song from scratch and synth it with your own drums.

LESSON 16

Session View in Ableton Live

• Launch Modes of Clips

• Follow Actions in Detail

• Making a Break-beat Using Follow Actions

• Randomization and use of session view to create clevel ideas. 

• Follow tempo functionality.

• Production review session

LESSON 19

Fundaments of Mixing - 2

• Why & When to use EQ and Compression. 

• EQ in detail | Types of EQ | Different EQ modes 

• Compression in detail | Types of Compressors

• Multi-Band Compressor | Multi-Band EQ/ Dynamic | Difference btw both

• Discuss various types of plugins in the market. 

• Drums Processing using ibuilt and Decap’s Knock and Parellel Compression/ Tape Saturation

LESSON 22

Fundaments of Mastering - 2

• Transient Enahancement. 

• How to test, refer and finalise your masters.

• LUFS Meter | VU Meter 

• What levels to follow for major streaming platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Wync etc. 

• Continue to Master another good sounding mix to demonstrate the things above.

LESSON 02

Sound Theory & Acoustics

• What is Sound? How it propagates through different mediums? 

• Measure frequencies and amptitude. 

• What is a soundcard? 2 Main Parts of a Sound Card.

• Input Types | Phantom Power | Phase | Polar Patterns

• Signal to Noise Ratio | Mic positions and distance. 

• Niquist Theoram (sample rate and bit depth)

• What is a Preamp? External and internal preamps.

LESSON 05

Recording Audio

• Input monitoring in Ableton Live 

• Setup inputs and outputs in preferences. 

• What is buffer size? How does it help in curing latency. 

• Punch in Punch Out recordings

• Setting the right gain for your recording. 

• Types of microphones | Diaphragm | Famous Examples. 

• Need of a pop filter | Proximity effect | Vocal Fundamental Frequency

LESSON 08 

Digital and Analog Synths

• Type of instruments in Ableton Live. Synths & Samplers.

• Sounds and Drum Presets, Midi Sequences and one shot samples. 

• Connect external analog synths with Ableton Live.

• 3rd Party Synthesizer and Anlong Synths you can learn and implement. 

• Demonstration of our Prophet Rev 2 Analog Synthesizer.

LESSON 11

Genres Song Structure and Sample Selection

• What is a Genre? Types of Genres currently in the industry.

• How to arrange and structure songs. (Chorus, Verse, Bridge, Build ups, Hooks and BreakDowns)

• One shot Sample selection while making drums.

• Presets or Sound Selection and crucial tricks to develop. 

• Using automation and leveling in our arrangements. 

• Clever tricks and tips to make song arrangements, add our unique vocal and sound fx. (based on different genres) 

• A demonstration of sample selection for drums and other instruments.

LESSON 14

Sampling in Ableton live Using Samplers

• Live’s Software Instruments (Samplers)

• Impulse and Drum Rack in Detail

• Parellel and Series Fx | Chock Samples in Drum Rrack

• Simpler And Sampler in Detail

• Make an instrument using any audio sound.

LESSON 17

Performing with Ableton Live

• Make an Ableton set for live performance

• Optimize your Ableton session. 

• Using Dummy Clips to manage your live set

• Max for Live Instruments, Midi & Audio effects

• Creative Essentials | Packs 

• Introduction to Ableton Push 2 

• How to make a track from scratch using Push 2

• Connect an Analog synth with your Ableton set. 

• Demonstrating Push 2 and its functionalities.

LESSON 20

Fundaments of Mixing - 3

• Reverb | Delay | Chorus | Phaser 

• Parallel or Series FX 

• Advance FX mixing techniques 

• Automations with Return Tracks

• Using 3rd Party plugins like Soothe 2 and iZotope Insight

• Finalising the Mix 

• Setting a correct Headroom for Mastering

• Introduction to Mastering

LESSON 23

Make a Hip-Hop/ Trap/ Synthwave Song in Ableton Live

• Make Creative drums

• FX and Fills needed. 

• Arrangement Tips

• Sample Selection

• Mixing and Mastering Plugins 

• Character adding plugins like MO-TT, AutoTune. MetaTune, Alterboy and much more...

LESSON 03

MIDI in Ableton Live

• What is MIDI? How to setup for MIDI Recording?

• Make beats and sounds using MIDI Step Sequencer.

• Understanding Grids | Legato | Velocity

• How to quantize and add grooves in MIDI. 

• Connect a MIDI controller in Ableton Live. 

• Setting Metronome and Time Signature. 

• Make a beat from scratch.

LESSON 06

Ableton More In Depth

• Session and Arrangement View. | Scenes

• Send and Returns | Parallel vs Series Fx

• Record Arm | Solo | Hot Swap

• Ableton Live’s Mixer 

• Setting Tempo | Working in Loops | Setting bar length

• Duplicate | Reverse Midi | Fade and Audio Clips.

LESSON 09

Music Theory

• What is Melody, Harmony and Rhythmn. 

• Introduction to Major, Minor, Augments, Suspended Chords/Traids.

• Chord Progressions and Rhtymn sequences for different music genres.

• Make interesting melodies. 

• Chord Inversions and Chord Voicing. Hamonising 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11ths etc.

• Make an interestive chord loop, refine it and use sounds presets on it.

LESSON 12

Vocal Recording and Production

• Recording Vocals efficiently, Gain staging/ levelling vocals. 

• Proximity Effect | Need of a Pop Filter 

• Breif into on Stereo Micing Techniques | Double Tracking 

• Various practices to follow as a vocalist, engineer and producer. 

• How to produce and guide a singer to deliver good sounding vocals.

• Vocal Fx and Mixing techniques. (3rd Party Plugins)

• Vocoders in Detail. | What is a TalkBox

• Introduction to Auto-Tune & Melodyne. 

• Gain Stage,Tune and mix vocals using EQ, Compression, Limiter and blend it with rest of the instruments (Silk Road Studios Vocal Chain)

LESSON 15

Effects in Ableton Live

• FX Racks | Nested Racks | Drum Racks

• Effects in Series and Parallel

• Instrument Racks | Using Macros | Choking Samples

• Key-Zone Editor and Velocity-Zone Editor

• I/O, Sends and Returns Inside the Drum Rack

• Demonstrate AutoFilter, Redux, Pitch Hack, Corpus, Drum Buss, Echo, etc.

LESSON 18

Fundaments of Mixing - 1

• Colour coding | Grouping | Management 

• Fades | Editing | Cleaning

• Gain Staging/ Levelling | Maintaining Headroom

• Set the right Monitoring | What levels to mix on? 

• Studio Monitor setup/ Positioning | Why do we need room acoustics?

• Importance of levelin gand setting Priority of Instrumentation when it comes to mixing.

LESSON 21

Fundaments of Mastering

• What is mastering? What all you need to know about mastering.

• Importance of Sequence of plugins, what comes first what comes after. 

• Mono Stereo Compability | Stereo Width | Adding Punch

• Use of a Limiter and Clipper in Mastering.

• Inbuilt and 3rd Party Plugins you can use to Master.

• Master a good sounding mix to demonstrate

LESSON 24

Final Project Review & Course Wrap-up

• Overview 

• What all we learnt 

• What practices to follow to continue from here.

• What else can we learn?

• Resources we recomment for self learning.

• Mix and Master Reviews.