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Introduction to Music Production with Ableton Live

The Introduction to Music Production with Ableton Live Course is a 6-week course of 12 live online classes, taught by Music Hackspace tutor Anna Lakatos, providing the necessary latest skills,

Level

All levels

Duration

Self-paced

Format

Self-paced video

Course overview

The Introduction to Music Production with Ableton Live Course is a 6-week course of 12 live online
classes, taught by Music Hackspace tutor Anna Lakatos, providing the necessary latest skills,
techniques and first-hand industry insight into the methodology, workflow and tips and tricks to
start making music with Ableton Live.

The online course will consist of:

2 x 2hr live online classes / week
All classes recorded for student use (during the course only)
Access to session templates and sounds
Interactive group challenges
Ask Me Anything drop in clinics
Music Hackspace Graduate Certificate of Excellence
50% discount on your first year subscription to Music Hackspace

Course content

Session 1: Introduction to Music Production and Ableton Live

4 lessons

Introduction to the course
Getting to know each other
Understanding the process and various roles in music production
How to set up Ableton Live & tour of the interface

Session 2: The Session View & Creating Beats part 1

3 lessons

Understanding how to operate the Session View
Understanding rhythm, tempo, and time signatures
Introduction to Drum Racks

Session 3: Creating Beats part 2

3 lessons

Step Inputting notes
Real-time Sequencing
Understanding Quantize, Swing and Grooves

Session 4: Creating Melodies

3 lessons

Introduction to basic Music Theory
Introduction to MIDI Transform Tools
Understanding Scale Mode

Session 5: Introduction to warping

2 lessons

Understanding warp modes
Exploring Warp markers and quantization

Session 6: Recording Audio

2 lessons

Understanding the basics of audio recording techniques
Comping

Session 7: Sampling

2 lessons

Introduction to the concept of Sampling
The Sampler device

Session 8: Audio Effects

2 lessons

Introduction to some of Live’s audio effect devices
Basic understanding of Effect Racks in Live

Session 9: Production Challenge

1 lesson

Create a track in 2 hours!

Session 10: Arrangement Techniques

2 lessons

Understanding song structures for various genres
Executing an Arrangement in Live

Session 11: Automation & Exporting Audio

2 lessons

Introduction to Automation in Live
Introduction to Automation in Live

Session 12: Peer Review

1 lesson

Feedback Session on your track

Instructors

Anna Lakatos

Instructor

Anna Lakatos (aka ANNA DISCLAIM) is a London based electronic musician, singer, trained audio engineer and educator.Anna has been working as a recording, mix engineer and music producer since 2014, using various DAWs and analogue outboard gear. As an educator she works as an Ableton Certified Trainer and Lecturer at Point Blank Music School. Anna is also Avid Certified for Pro Tools, and one of the UK Native Instruments Product Specialists. These roles took her to festivals like Dimensions and Outlook in Croatia, Sonar in Barcelona, Amsterdam Dance Event and gave her the opportunity to provide training and tech support to numerous artists from Universal Music, Ministry of Sound (Sony Music), Rinse FM, BBC Radio1 and more. She has also been featured in Future Music Magazine, Music Tech Magazine, run workshops for Adam Audio, Saffron Records, Ableton and Native Instruments.