Ableton Live Production

Ableton Live Music Production Course | Sydney

Ableton has evolved into one of the most powerful DAWs, enabling powerful sound creation, unrivaled creative expression, and virtually endless performative possibilities. In this 36 hours course you will have a thorough grounding in its workflow, and intuitive approach to music production, empowering you to produce, perform and release the music in your genre. The course is broken down into well paced modules so that information is easy to digest, and you will be mentored throughout the process by our team.

Please note that as a GMP participant you are eligible for 40% off the price of Ableton software.

Let’s Go!

• What sets Ableton apart from other DAWs?
• Getting set up: Audio and the preferences window
• Session view vs. Arrangement view: applications of each
• Live concepts: clips / scenes / browser / library
• The concept of Ableton’s unique warp engine
• Launching clips
• Intro to FX
• Intro to instruments

MIDI Tracks and Composing with Virtual Instruments

• Simpler - Unlocking the full potential of this simple sampler
• Drum Rack - Programming beats, manipulating sounds, chopping up loops, vocals, and tracks - making rhythms from anything. Slice to MIDI
• Using and controlling third-party virtual instruments
• Grooves + groove extraction
• Setting up a MIDI keyboard or drum pad controllers
• Getting creative with MIDI effects

Creating With Audio & MIDI

• Warping in practice
• Quantizing audio
• Clips: clip view and clip properties
• Making beats with Drum Racks and Simpler sampling
• Effects: Live’s effects and using third-party effects
• Recording MIDI and live looping
• Basic routing and resampling
• Automation: creating dynamic changes in your arrangements

Recording Techniques and Introduction to Sound Design

• Balancing, introduction to the art of mixing. Group tracks and advanced uses of routing
• Introduction to sound waves, frequency, and amplitude
• The recording patch in detail, introduction to gain structure
• EQ and compression for recording
• Foldback, headphone mixes, and latency
• Digital, analog, sampling rate and bit-rate explained
• Microphones overview and stereo miking techniques
• Recording specific aspects of Ableton
• Compiling audio takes

DJing and Live Performance

• Preparing (warping) whole tracks and harmonic mixing
• On the fly DJ effects
• Using MIDI controllers effectively / mouse-free control
• Bespoke Ableton controllers - Akai, Novation, and Push
• Grouping tracks and basic routing
• Structuring your sets and using loops
• Recording your performance + editing the arrangement view
• Bouncing down

Advanced Techniques

• Advanced warping - acapellas, classical music and anything without beats!
• Multi-track warping
• Clip envelopes - creative uses of Ableton's unique loop-based automation on audio fx, instruments, and midi fx. Easily achieve complex music, sound, and rhythm manipulation
• Using all automation types together - creating build-ups and break-downs with complex sounds
• Intro to Racks & Chains – powerful hidden features. Layering FX and instruments

Our Testimonials

I found the course very useful at least for me as I didn't have previous experience with Ableton. The instructor was always very helpful and attentive to solve and answer any question.

Luis Miranda

Everything was great. Can't think of anything I would change. The instructor is knowledgeable and personable. His expertise and time is much appreciated. Thank you!

Mike DeMille

The course is very friendly and engaging. Any and all questions will be asked with no hesitation or frustration, and it helps everyone else in the class that might have the same question in mind.

Ryan Conway

I would highly recommend Garnish because besides providing the technical aspects of the course material, the teachers are very knowledgeable about not only Ableton but music production in general which is a huge help. Garnish provides a great environment for music producers from all walks of life.

Terry Pham

Its a great school . I didn't know if I wanted to be more interested in music production and EDM but after Ableton I am totally in and I want to take more classes. Either you are a beginner or know something about Ableton, instructors will explain you very well.

Maria Luisa

It's much easier to learn from an experienced instructor rather than Youtube because I am able to ask questions and know why things work instead of just following a video.

Henry Hang (Zankr)

It was a lot better than watching youtube or reading about Ableton. The classes were helpful and it was nice to be around people with a similar mindset for networking etc.

Emma Henry

I took this course to build a stable foundation in Ableton. What I got was not only a foundation but and incredible amount of knowledge that surpassed my expectations. I highly recommend this course for anyone looking to take that next progression from DJ'n to producing. I now have the full confidence to open up Ableton and make a full blown production from scratch. I have Garnish and their awesome teachers to thank for that!

Corey Aguilar

This course helped me become a lot more confident in my ability within Ableton. I learnt a lot of tips and tricks, that even friends who are successful in the industry didn't know about. Every lesson was packed with useful knowledge and I never felt stupid asking ANY questions. I came to this course with very little knowledge of Ableton and had no recording/production knowledge. I am very happy with the level I am at for taking such a short course. 5 stars!

Vanessa Jadesa

Great introduction to Ableton and music production. The course gave me the confidence, knowledge, and inspiration that I needed to get cracking in my home studio. It made me realize how creative I can be, and how much potential I have. I am very grateful for this experience, and the teachers were very cool and patient. I plan to take follow-up courses in the future as I felt very comfortable at Garnish.

DJ Rhiannon

The instructor had a way of explaining things that helped drive things home and really stick for me. He almost felt like a peer rather than a teacher and to be able to ask "dumb" questions and receive a genuine response was great. I can tell there's a real passion for teaching these programs here, and it's not just to get our money.

Max Goldcamp

36 Hours | In-Person: $AU1999 + AU$150 Registration fee | 33% off Online Remote Attendance

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