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Overview
Learn professional techniques for producing and mixing electronic music with Ableton Live and Ableton Push 2.
Learn professional techniques for producing and mixing electronic music in Ableton Live. Producer Nate Mars starts with the basics of the Ableton interface and different approaches to making electronic musicâsome of which incorporate Ableton Push 2, the exciting new pad-based MIDI controller. He explains the important Ableton fundamentals for working with clips, warping, and effects. Next, Nate demonstrates various techniques for programming the foundation of a trackâthe drumsâin a variety of EDM genres.
He then moves into creating basslines via analog synthesis and creating lead synth sounds with Ableton Live's built-in Operator synth. He also goes into how to create and use samples and MIDI effects, and use Push 2 for production and mixing. He pulls it all together in the final few chapters, which demonstrate ways to arrange tracks, use creative effects, mix tracks together, and use automation to finalize the mix.
Learn professional techniques for producing and mixing electronic music in Ableton Live. Producer Nate Mars starts with the basics of the Ableton interface and different approaches to making electronic musicâsome of which incorporate Ableton Push 2, the exciting new pad-based MIDI controller. He explains the important Ableton fundamentals for working with clips, warping, and effects. Next, Nate demonstrates various techniques for programming the foundation of a trackâthe drumsâin a variety of EDM genres.
He then moves into creating basslines via analog synthesis and creating lead synth sounds with Ableton Live's built-in Operator synth. He also goes into how to create and use samples and MIDI effects, and use Push 2 for production and mixing. He pulls it all together in the final few chapters, which demonstrate ways to arrange tracks, use creative effects, mix tracks together, and use automation to finalize the mix.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Configuring preferences
- Quick review of Ableton Live basics
- Working with Ableton Live's browser
- The foundation of a track: Electronic music production concepts
- Session view and Arrangement view
- Exporting and saving your project
- Editing audio and MIDI clips
- Warping basics
- Sends and returns
- Insert effects
- Capture recording
- Editing multiple MIDI clips
- Working with groups
- Quick history of traditional drum machines
- Programming drums with Ableton Live's drum racks
- Programming drums, slicing an audio sample, and slicing to MIDI
- Creating custom drum racks for your samples
- Using the drum buss
- Creating wobble bass lines with Analog
- Creating call and response bass lines
- Creating wobble bass lines with Operator
- Programming leads with instrument racks
- Programming pads and mapping macros
- Chord shapes with Ableton Push
- Slice to MIDI
- Harmony to MIDI
- Melody to MIDI
- Drums to MIDI
- Using wavetables
- Creating a lead sound with wavetables
- Creating a bass sound with wavetables
- Creative vocal sampling
- Using Push 2 with Ableton Live Sampler
- Using MIDI effects
- Tips and tricks for using Push 2 during the production process
- Tips and tricks for using Push 2 during the mixing process
- Electronic music arrangement basics
- Working with automation
- Working with EQ and compression
- Setting up sidechain compression
- Building effects racks
- Working with Ableton Link and iOS devices
- MIDI mapping parameters with your controller
- Using Ableton Live with an analog synth
- Next steps and further training
Taught by
Nate Mars