P2P | Dec 14 2016 | 1.97 GB
After having taken this class, you'll have seen a complete production process first hand, starting from nothing and working through all the different important stages of the production process, from start to finish. The final track is inspired by artists like Flume, San Holo, Cashmere Cat, Odesza.
What's required?
Basic understanding of using Ableton (like loading files, creating MIDI clips, etc - check our other mini Ableton refresher in Part 6 for the basics)
Ableton Live 9.2 Standard (or higher) - you can also follow along with 9.2 (the only difference is the Simpler, an extra video explains it)
VST: NI Massive (1.3xx or higher)
no other 3rd party plugins needed
What song is being produced in the course?
The course will walk you through:
- Idea generation (first in Session View, later we switch to Arrangement View)
- Writing powerful Future Bass chords and advanced MIDI writing techniques
- Writing fat and powerful drums
- Writing melodies
- Sound Design (with NI Massive - and optional with Operator and Serum)
- Making vocal chops and glides
- Creating chord slides, glides, pitch effects, LFO shapes and techniques, frequency shiftings
- Filtering, EQing, Vibrato, Envelope shaping
- Layering and sound stacking
- Creating crazy little fills and breaks for huge drops
- Creating Future Bass arpeggios and melodies
- Adding sphere with resampling and reversing sounds
- Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
- Mixing: We are completely mixing the track using techniques like "Frequency Masking",
- Mid-Side mixing, and many more
- Mastering: in the end we are fully mastering the track with a custom Ableton effect rack chain.
- Bonus: Serum sound designs, more vocal chops, ..
What you're getting:
- A complete start-to-finish production course
- 30+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
- 5h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
- Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this couse (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive)