Advanced Ableton Live

At School of Synthesis we cover ADVANCED ABLETON LIVE in a small class of between 1-9 people in an Ableton Live Certified Training Centre to ensure you know this powerful music production tool like never before.

This course is intended for those that have completed ‘Alive’ with Ableton Live or users that are comfortable making music with Ableton Live

OUR STUDENTS GET 40% OFF ABLETON LIVE SOFTWARE INCLUDING INTRO, STANDARD, AND SUITE

Course Overview

Learn advanced techniques using Ableton Live. Our Advanced Ableton Live course will teach you how to record instruments and vocals using the comping feature of Ableton Live, create unique drum patterns using groove templates and Ableton’s racks and effects, use Push 2, Ableton’s synthesisers and advanced production techniques to increase your workflow and productivity. In 4 weeks you will be able utilise these advanced techniques in all of your own productions.

Course Level

The course is suitable for advanced users of Ableton Live who already have experience with music making software or have completed ‘Alive’ with Ableton Live. This course assumes some experience of Ableton Live and covers more advanced techniques and topics not covered in our Alive with Ableton Live course.

Course content and features

• Advanced Drum Production Techniques
• Extracting and applying groove templates Using Groove Pool
• Ableton sampling using Simpler and Sampler
• Ableton Push 2 controller
• Advanced automation of various plug-ins and their parameters in Ableton Live
• Delays, reverbs and parallel compression using Auxiliary Channels
  Ableton synthesis including Operator and Wavetable

Course objectives

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Create layered drum patterns using Drum Rack, Sampler, Note Repeat and advanced techniques
• Apply unique humanisation and groove templates to your music
• Apply transients and pitch shifting techniques with Simpler and Sampler
• Use Ableton Push 2 Controller
• Create basic sounds in Operator and Wavetable
• Record, edit and compile various audio tracks
• Use automation shapes, parallel compression and other advanced techniques

EXCLUSIVE LEARNING TOOLS INCLUDED

Permanent access to our guides and articles in our Content Portal:
Each student gets access to detailed notes and references covering all courses and providing a valuable ongoing and updated resource to aid learning reinforcement.

Carbon Electra:
Each enrolment includes a software licence to use the award-winning Carbon Electra, one of the world’s leading synthesizers.

School of Synthesis Producer Pack:
Each enrolment includes a carefully selected VST/AU plugin pack for Windows and MAC OSX with everything you need to get producing, including some of the best EQs, Compressors, FX and Limiters available.

Analogue Sequences:
Each enrolment includes an authorised download of the Loopmasters Analogue Sequences pack designed by School of Synthesis trainers.

SOS Loopmasters Pack:
All SOS students receive 2 gigabytes of samples from the award-winning Loopmasters collection.

Educational Discounts:
As an SOS student, you will be eligible for student discounts from Ableton, Output, Fabfilter, Rob Papen, Plugin Boutique and more. Information on educational discounts will be sent to you via email upon enrolment.

Learning methods:
Each session commences with a group demonstration and discussion, followed by solo work on one of our eight Mac workstations where you will practise set themes and techniques derived from real-world applications of the technology. Upon demonstrating your command of the necessary skills you will be further encouraged to add originality to your recreations and save various versions of your work.

Additional resources and materials:
All hardware and software is supplied, though we recommend students bring a storage device (eg. a portable USB drive) to save and back up all work, and a pen and paper to take notes. We also recommend students own a PC or MAC. Students can bring their own laptops to class so the tutor can assist with setting up software like Rekordbox.

Assessment and feedback:
You will save successive work and will receive regular support, encouragement and feedback from your tutor. All students will receive a t-shirt, sticker and completion certificate upon the successful completion of the course. At the conclusion of the course, you will be invited to leave feedback and evaluate your experience, at which point we’ll email you a link to a suite of exclusive sounds and various discount offers from the School and its partners to say ‘thanks’!