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How to Produce Music with Ableton Live
Get Started
Introduction (0:46)
What You Need For This Course (1:07)
Quick Start (0:58)
FAQ's
Resources
Music Production Glossary
Mac and PC Shortcut Sheet
Additional Useful Links
Chapter 1 - Ableton Live Fundamentals
Intro - User Experience (3:47)
Why Use Session View? (2:12)
Session View in Detail (5:59)
Recording From Session to Arrangement View (4:18)
Clips (Quick Overview) (0:41)
Global Quantisation (2:13)
Help View Demo Set (3:44)
CHAPTER 1 Ableton Project Download
Mary's Summary (3:41)
New In Live 11 - User Interface (1:40)
Chapter 2 - Making a Drum Beat
Drawing MIDI Drum Clips (4:35)
Hot Swapping: Changing Drum Sounds (1:43)
Finger Drumming MIDI Clips (2:46)
Intro to Quantization (1:38)
Setting Up a Midi Controller (6:17)
Using Capture (1:25)
Adding Notes to an existing clip (1:01)
Tweak Levels in your Drum Rack (5:53)
The Grid and Subdivisions (1:16)
Working with a Triplet Groove - Quantize Settings (2:26)
Drawing Velocity Curves (1:39)
New In Live 11 - Velocity Curves and Probability (1:39)
Playing with clip speed (0:39)
Ableton's MIDI Drum Patterns (1:41)
RKC's MIDI Drum Patterns (1:16)
RKC'S MIDI DRUM PATTERN DOWNLOAD
Mary's Summary (5:15)
Chapter 3 - Exploring MIDI Instruments
Intro to Ableton's Instruments (6:00)
Selecting Sounds and Creating a Collection (2:00)
Using the Piano Roll (3:08)
Creating a MIDI Bass Line (2:45)
Creating MIDI Chord Clips (5:54)
New In Live 11 - Scale Mode (4:02)
RKC'S MIDI CHORD IDEAS DOWNLOAD
Ableton's Learn Music Platform (0:46)
Mary's Summary (2:24)
Chapter 4 - Recording Audio
Setting up to Record (4:28)
Recording Audio (1:58)
Experimenting with Audio Clips (4:08)
New In Live 11 - Audio Clips Look & Feel (2:26)
Songwriting Tips (1:05)
Recording an Instrument (3:40)
Dealing with an Upbeat (Mary's Question) (2:08)
Troubleshooting Recording for New Music Producers (1:55)
Latency (4:44)
Mary's Summary (4:15)
Chapter 5 - Audio FX
Intro to Audio FX and Creating an Audio FX Rack (10:22)
Intro to Warping Modes (4:07)
Delay (7:43)
What is EQ? (5:30)
What is Compression? (1:21)
Reverb and Intro to Sends FX (7:35)
Adding FX to individual Drum Hits (4:08)
Download a Max For Live Device (3:04)
RKC Favourite - Auto Filter (1:48)
New In Live 11 - Audio FX (3:10)
Make Your Drums Fat - Drum Bus (1:03)
CHAPTER 5 Ableton Project Download
Mary's Summary (4:27)
Chapter 6 - Audio to MIDI Techniques
Slice Audio to New MIDI Track (2:57)
Converting Audio to MIDI Melody and Drum Track (5:04)
Intro to Sampler (4:17)
Intro to Simpler (4:27)
Mary's Summary (1:16)
Chapter 7 - Project and Plugin Management
Creating a template project (2:28)
New In Live 11 - Templates (0:55)
Best practices for saving a live set (5:23)
Saving a New Version (0:50)
MAC ONLY Installing Third Party Plug-Ins (Part 1) (5:17)
MAC ONLY Installing Third Party Plug-ins (Part 2) (2:59)
MAC ONLY Installing Third Party Plug-ins Troubleshooting (4:38)
PC ONLY Installing Third Party Plug-ins (Part 1) (6:59)
PC ONLY Installing Third Party Plug-ins (Part 2) (3:59)
Installing Third Party Plug-Ins DOWNLOAD LINKS
Mary's Summary (2:22)
Chapter 8 - Further Ideas and Concluding Session View
Clip View Automation (2:06)
Controlling Clips and Scenes Without a Mouse (2:40)
Summary Video (1:45)
DEMO TRACK: Billy's Beat (2:17)
DEMO TRACK: Barbara's Beat (1:39)
Recap - Recording from Session to Arrangement View (1:44)
CHAPTER 8 Ableton Project Download
Mary's Summary (1:40)
Chapter 9 - Transport and Navigation
Zooming In/Zooming Out Shortcuts (2:54)
Transport (Moving around your arrangement) (2:40)
Copy/Paste/Mute/Group (2:01)
Working with the grid (2:09)
Mary's Summary (1:19)
Chapter 10 - Layering and Arrangement
Tracking and Comping Vocals (7:18)
New In Live 11 - Comping / Take Lanes (9:38)
Intro to Macro Audio FX Rack (3:02)
RKC's Effect Racks DOWNLOAD
Building your own Audio FX Rack (3:36)
RKC Advice - Listening with a Critical Ear (1:25)
i. Layering with Additional Audio and MIDI Tracks (3:47)
ii. Layering with Additional Audio and MIDI Tracks (2:26)
Using and Crafting Samples to Layer Up Drums (3:36)
Cutting, Copying and Duplicating Time to Form a Structure (3:35)
Adding Movement with MIDI Arpegiator (3:18)
Adding Movement with Shaper Effect (2:23)
Adding Movement with 'Max for Live' LFO Tool (1:29)
Side-chaining with a Compressor (2:36)
Summary - 'Amazing Masterpiece' Listening Party (2:40)
CHAPTER 10 Ableton Project Download MAC USERS
CHAPTER 10 Ableton Project Download PC USERS
Mary's Summary (4:07)
Chapter 11 - Automation
What is Automation (1:50)
Drawing in Automation (4:55)
Automate a Parameter (AutoFilter) (1:33)
Automation Shapes Menu, Lanes and the Override Button (2:29)
CHAPTER 11 Ableton Project Download MAC USERS
CHAPTER 11 Ableton Project Download PC USERS
Mary's Summary (0:56)
Chapter 12 - Transition Techniques
Transitions (1:23)
Reversed Reverb (5:53)
Automated Reverb Tail and Drum Cut (3:26)
Filtering Drums (2:11)
Impacts - Crashes and Sweeps (2:58)
Autofilters (3:23)
BeatRepeat and Drum Delays (3:24)
Why Do We Use Transitions? (2:49)
Adding Sparkles and Keeping the Track Interesting (4:49)
CHAPTER 12 Ableton Project Download MAC USERS
CHAPTER 12 Ableton Project Download PC USERS
Mary's Summary (2:23)
Chapter 13 - Mixing Techniques
Tweaking Volumes and using Utility (6:10)
Cross Fades and Using a Gate (2:06)
i. Using EQ - First Steps (5:57)
ii. Using EQ - Making Sounds Cut Through (3:25)
iii. Using EQ - L/R Mode (1:54)
iv. Using EQ - Removing Harsh Frequencies (2:51)
Using Compression - RKC's Approach (8:22)
Creating Space with Panning (2:58)
Summary: 'Amazing Masterpiece' Final Production Recap (13:26)
CHAPTER 13 Ableton Project Download MAC USERS
CHAPTER 13 Ableton Download Project PC USERS
Mary's Summary (3:42)
Chapter 14 - Exporting Your Demo
Limiter: Bouncing a Demo (3:13)
Exporting (6:01)
Outro
Congratulations! (1:01)
Sample Pack, Audio FX's Racks and Midi Loops
RKC's Audio FX Racks
#RKCTEACHESMARY Big Fat Sample Pack
MIDI Chord Packs
MIDI Drum Patterns
Complete Resources Folder
Ableton in the Real World (BONUS Material)
Ride With You Masterclass (28:21)
Paper Tiger Masterclass (24:23)
Wavy Cat Masterclass (15:02)
Adding Sparkles and Keeping the Track Interesting
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