LEARN MUSIC PRODUCTION✨

On Ableton Live 11

A comprehensive 101 electronic music production course that covers concepts of audio engineering, recording, music theory, sample selection, arrangement, mixing, tuning and mastering music.

Including the use of creative audio, midi effects and using advanced vst's and Analog synthesisers to make some awesome sounds.

At the same time, we will focus on developing practices that make the process of music-making fast, fun and creative for you. And as we run a Music Studio you'll get an in-depth experience on how we produce records for our clients.

The course offers a mix of online (Zoom & HQ Audio) and offline lectures.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Satyam Sangwan is an Ableton Certified Trainer and a Music Producer from New Delhi. Owner of Silk Road Studios, which is a friendly music production studio where he offers services and mentorship in the area of music and visual composition, production, engineering and education.

Ripple Drift is the creative alias of IDM producer, sound engineer and educator, Satyam Sangwan. Knowing the ins and outs of Live, Satyam actively produces and engineers artists, jams on analog synths, and mentors students.

COURSE CURRICULUM

15 structured lessons will be taught in this course which shall give you a full understanding of Music Production, Recording, Tuning, Mixing and Mastering a track.

LESSON 01

Introduction to Ableton

Introduction to Ableton Live
Setting up your system
What is a DAW
Signal Flow | Equipment You Need
Preferences in Ableton Live
Understanding Ableton’s Interface
Working with Scenes
Introduction to Live’s Browser
What is MIDI | MIDI & Audio Properties.

LESSON 04

Audio Effects In Live

Live’s Mixer
Exclusive Arm and Solo
Dry/Wet | Series and Parallel FX
Using Sends and Returns
Creating Manual Feedback for Returns
2 Ways of Building Headphone Cues
Using Effect Devices
The Hot Swap Switch
EQ and Filters
Soloing Different EQ Bands
EQ-ing in Stereo, L/R and M/S
Compressors and Dynamic Processing
Different Types of Delay Effect Processing
Using Reverb Effectively
Side-Chain Gating and Side-Chain Compression
Make a song using 5 or more tracks and use what we have learned.

LESSON 07

Sampling In Live

Live’s Software Instruments
Impulse in Detail
Impulse as Multi-Output
Simpler in Detail
Isolating Chords from a Loop to Playback as an Authentic Chord
Simpler / Sampler in Detail

LESSON 10

Recording & Tuning Vox

Recording Vocals efficiently.
Practices to follow as a vocalist
How to produce a vocalist.
Vocal Fx and Mixing techniques
Vocoders in Detail
Introduction to Auto-Tune & Melodyne.

LESSON 13

Introduction to Mixing-1

Gain Staging
Colour coding | Grouping | Management
Fades | Editing | Cleaning
Levelling
Set the right Monitoring | What levels to mix on?
Studio Monitor setup | Why do we need room acoustics?

LESSON 02

Understanding MIDI

Live’s Browser in detail
Auditioning Clips and Devices
Understating File Structure and Saving Live Set
Preparation to Record MIDI
Recording and Overdubbing MIDI
Using the Step Sequencer to Enter MIDI
Grids | Fold View in the Editor | Legato Option
Quantizing | Quantizing with Grooves | Live Quantizing
Editing MIDI Velocities | Note Expression | Chance
Make a beat using what we learned.

LESSON 05

Automation & Mapping

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
Editing Automation
Using Fades and Cross-Fades

LESSON 08

Racks in Live

Live Racks
FX Racks
Nested Racks
Effects in Series and Parallel
Using FX Chains
Instrument Racks
Key-Zone Editor and Velocity-Zone Editor
Drum Racks
I/O, Sends and Returns Inside the Drum Rack
Choking Samples
Using Macros

LESSON 11

Prepare a Live Set

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

LESSON 14

Introduction to 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 | Difference btw both
Discuss various types of plugins in the market.

LESSON 03

Recording Audio In Live

Recording Audio
Different Monitoring Modes
Understanding Session & Arrangement View
Grids in Arrangement View | Permanent Scrub Areas
Recording in Arrangement View
Using Punch-In and Punch-Out Switches
Recording from Session View to Arrangement View
Back to Arrange View Button
Grouping Tracks
Using Locaters
Editing in Arrangement View
Shortcuts for a fast workflow

LESSON 06

Warping In Live

Warping Audio
Basics of Warping
Understanding all Different Warping Modes in Detail
Transient Markers and Warp Markers
Using Warp to Quantize Audio
Creating an Instrument Using Warp Markers
Exporting/Bouncing Audio from Arrangement and Session View
Freeze and Flatten Tracks

LESSON 09

Launching Clips In Live

Launch Modes of Clips
Follow Actions in Detail
Making a Break-beat Using Follow Actions

LESSON 12

Overview of Push2

Introduction to Ableton Push 2
Walkthrough basics of Push 2.
How to make a track from scratch using Push 2
Introduction to Analog Synths
Connect an Analog synth with your Ableton set.

LESSON 15

Finalising the Mix & Introduction to Mastering

Reverb | Delay | Chorus | Phaser
Parallel or Series FX
Advance FX mixing techniques
Automations with Return Tracks
Finalising the Mix
Setting a correct Headroom for Mastering
Introduction to Mastering