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English
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1-2 hours worth of material
selfpaced
Overview
Learn how to capture your musical ideas quickly and turn them into great songs with Ableton Live.
Everyone writes songs in their own way. Some start with a melody or a beat; some begin with a lyric. Whatever your starting point, you need to get your ideas down quickly, and then polish them into songs that are worth sharing: on the web, with songwriting partners, or even with publishers. This short course is all about using Ableton Live to do just that. Yeuda Ben-Atar demonstrates his techniques for writing, recording, and mixing a song in Ableton Live in just one hour. He starts from an empty Ableton Live project, and then he creates a beat, lays down additional software and real-instrument tracks, and adds effects and automation. Next, he records vocals and mixes the track with effects like EQ, compression, reverb, and delay. Finally, he shows how to bounce down the track and share your song with the world. So dive in and learn to capture your musical ideas before inspiration fades.
Make sure to check out our other Songwriting courses here.
Everyone writes songs in their own way. Some start with a melody or a beat; some begin with a lyric. Whatever your starting point, you need to get your ideas down quickly, and then polish them into songs that are worth sharing: on the web, with songwriting partners, or even with publishers. This short course is all about using Ableton Live to do just that. Yeuda Ben-Atar demonstrates his techniques for writing, recording, and mixing a song in Ableton Live in just one hour. He starts from an empty Ableton Live project, and then he creates a beat, lays down additional software and real-instrument tracks, and adds effects and automation. Next, he records vocals and mixes the track with effects like EQ, compression, reverb, and delay. Finally, he shows how to bounce down the track and share your song with the world. So dive in and learn to capture your musical ideas before inspiration fades.
Make sure to check out our other Songwriting courses here.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Optimizing Ableton Live for recording
- Setting up and using templates
- Working in Session vs. Arrangement views
- Making a demo beat
- Recording software instruments
- Recording audio in Session view
- Moving from Session to Arrangement
- Recording audio in Arrangement view
- Adding effects and recording automation
- Recording vocals and exploring a comping workaround
- Creating a rough mix
- Mastering, bouncing, and sharing the song
- Inspiration and next steps
Taught by
Yeuda Ben-Atar
