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Sketch musical ideas with Ableton Note

Level

Beginner

Duration

54m of video content

Format

Recorded workshop

Added

14/09/2022

Course overview

Ableton Note is an affordable iOS app. It is a place to form ideas, experiment with sounds and find direction. Get your ideas out or play until inspiration hits using a selection of Ableton Live’s drum kits, synths and melodic instruments. Or create your own sound palette by recording the sounds around you into Note’s sampler instruments using your phone’s microphone. If you want to take your ideas further, use Ableton Cloud to send your projects to Live without leaving the app. In this workshop you will begin to explore using Note creatively to capture musical ideas.. This workshop aims to provide you with suitable skills to begin exploring Ableton Note & the Ableton Cloud.

Learning outcomes

Setup and configure Note

Build beats and add instruments sounds to musical ideas in Note

Sample your environment and add FX to sounds in Note

Utilise Note’s session view and export to the Ableton cloud

Who is this course for?

  • Sound designers looking to get started with Ableton Note
  • Music producers interested in learning Ableton Note

Requirements

  • Computer and internet connection
  • iOS device (requires iOS 15.0 or later)
  • Access to a copy of Ableton Note

Course content

Sketch musical ideas with Ableton Note

8 videos

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  • Part 1: Introduction
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  • Part 2: Setup and configure Note
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  • Part 3: Build beats and add instruments sounds to musical ideas in Note 1
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  • Part 4: Build beats and add instruments sounds to musical ideas in Note 2
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  • Part 5: Build beats and add instruments sounds to musical ideas in Note 3
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  • Part 6: Sample your environment and add FX to sounds in Note
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  • Part 7: Utilise Note’s session view and export to the Ableton cloud
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  • Part 8: Conclusion
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Instructors

Phelan Kane

Phelan Kane

Instructor

Phelan Kane is a Berlin & London based music producer, engineer, artist, developer and educator. He is currently running the electronic music record label Meta Junction Recordings and the audio software development company Meta Function. He has released the Max for Live device synth Wave Junction in partnership with Sonicstate. http://metafunction.co.uk/ http://phelankane.com/bio/

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