Learn Music Production With Ableton Live 12: Brooklyn, NY. November 17, 2024

Artist/Producer, Ableton Certified Trainer and Berklee College of Music Electronic Production and Design professor Dan Freeman will be teaching an 5 session, 30 hour intensive course on Music Production with Ableton Live 12 from November 17 – December 14, 2024. The course will meet weekly from 12 – 5 at Park Slope’s ShapeShifter Lab (837 Union St.) and is for up to 15
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New Course: Summer Music Production Camp With Ableton Live 12 – Brooklyn, NY. August 19-23, 2024

Artist/Producer, Ableton Certified Trainer and Berklee College of Music Electronic Production and Design professor Dan Freeman will be teaching an 5 session, 30 hour intensive course on Music Production with Ableton Live 12 from August 19-23, 2024. The course will meet daily that week from 12 – 6 at Park Slope’s ShapeShifter Lab (837 Union St.) and is for up to 15 students
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New Course: The Fundamentals of Ableton Live 11 – Brooklyn, NY. July 5th, 2023

The Fundamentals of Ableton Live 11:  A Certified Training course with Ableton Certified Trainer and Berklee College of Music and Juilliard professor Dan Freeman.   Artist/Producer, Music Technologist and Brooklyn Digital Conservatory founder Dan Freeman will be teaching an 8 session, 24 hour course on the Fundamentals of Ableton Live in his Williamsburg studio.  The course
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Open Live Performance With Ableton Live Course at 343 Labs: May 27, 2023

On May 27, 2023, I’m looking forward to launching the third version of the Live Performance with Ableton Live course in partnership with 343 Labs in NYC. Like the previous courses, this course will cover various aspects of live performance including what makes a compelling live performance, audio playback, incorporating MIDI instruments, Audio Effect Racks
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A Free Bass Synth

Hi everyone: Here’s a synth that I built using Ableton’s Operator to get a very 90’s house bass sound. Download it free here. Check out the video below on how it’s used. Enjoy!
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3 Free Ableton Audio Effects Racks

  I wanted to share 3 Audio Effects Racks that I designed for Ableton Live.  These can be used for performance or production. (Click here for the download until September 1, 2020) I encourage you to open up the racks and see how I got them to work.  You should be able to simply load
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20 Great Live Electronic Music Performances Using Ableton Live: Post #1

(Aqui para la version en Español) In the past month I have taught two online classes on live performance with Ableton Live and laptops – one for DJLab’s (Costa Rica) Certificate Program in Music Production with Ableton Live and one at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.  It is a particularly strange time to
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How to Teach Music Production Online With High Quality Audio

Hi everyone:  As everything gets crazier, more people are going to have to spend more time essentially locked into their houses.  We’ve taken our classes online here at DJLab in San Jose, Costa Rica and through trial and error, have come up with a solid system for teaching music production online that we wanted to
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Tips For Teaching Online, Particularly Music Production

  BACKGROUND:  In 2005, shortly after my son was born, I realized that I needed another source of income.  I had been making somewhat of a living playing gigs around New York City as a bass player which included playing in musical theater pit orchestras, gospel churches, studio sessions with singer/songwriters and even some weddings. 
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