Ableton Focussed Beginners Course

The Ableton Live Focussed Beginners Course. 

You will learn how to make music with Ableton Live in 5 weeks. After these sessions you will be able to make your own track. You will be able to watch tutorials and understand them better by having the knowledge from the course. 

Here’s the course overview:

Day 1:

Introduction of the course and each other
What is Audio and how do our ears work?
Ableton introduction, what to find where
Create tracks, Audio tracks, Midi Tracks
Audio tracks: Using Samples and Loops  
Midi tracks: How to make beats (Drum Rack)

Day 2:

Beats part 2 with panning, transpose/pitch and ADSR
Basic Music Theory Basics Major/Minor scales and chords
Bass, Melody and Harmony (Operator)
Jamming & Recording in Session View & Arrangement View

Day 3:

Audio FX & Return Channels
Recording & Drawing Automation
Sampling & Recording Audio
Sound Design

Day 4:

Recap of first 3 days
Remake of an existing track, analyze a track and re-create it.

Day 5:

Arrangement tips and tricks
Basic Mixdown & Mastering
Finalizing your own track
Rendering your track

More details about the course:

Startdate: Monday the 27th of January 2020 
Rest of the dates: 3, 10 , 17, 24th of February
Duration: 5 x 4 hours (once a week)  
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Location: The Student Hotel (Groningen)
What do you need: Laptop with Ableton Live + headphones

​Goal: You will know the basics of making music with Ableton Live. You will know about sound processing, sampling, sound design, arranging and mixing music and you have produced your first own record at the end of the course.

Intake:

To make sure the course suits the needs of the student we do an intake with every application we receive. During this phone conversation we ask a few questions to get a better idea if the course will be suitable for the applicant.