This 30 hour course was taught in Spanish by Ableton Certified Trainer and Director of Dubspot International and the Brooklyn Digital Conservatory Dan Freeman (CØm1x). It met daily from August 17 – August 21, 2015 between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM at 101 Training for 30 hours.
The course covered the following topics:
Part I: Building Beats
How to construct beats with Ableton Live’s Drum Rack
Building kicks with synths
Techniques for writing great beats
Mixing and sound designing beats
Beat making with the Ableton PUSH
Part II: Building Bass Lines
How to sound design a bass sound on an Analog synth using Ableton’s Analog and the Moog Minitaur
How to write a good bass line
Techniques for fattening up bass
Recording and using electric bass
Part III: Pads, Stabs. Melody
How to create dynamic and interesting pads and stabs using Ableton’s Operator, Analog and Instrument and Audio Effect Racks.
Designing lead sounds using Ableton’s Sampler instrument and multisampling
Utilizing external synths in your production
Reverb and Delay techniques for space.
Part IV: Vocals
Students will focus on techniques for recording and mixing vocals in Ableton Live 9.
Students will learn about compression and EQ techniques for vocals
Students will learn how to build a vocoder.
Part V: Mixing & Performance
Students will learn how to mix a track in a laptop studio
Students will learn how to set up and prepare a mix