Learning Songwriting: Ableton Live
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to use tried-and-true workflows for Ableton Live 11 alongside its new production tools to create music of all kinds.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Learn the essentials of Ableton Live 11
- How to use the exercise files
- Connecting your system
- Audio I/O setup
- MIDI controller setup
- Optimizing performance
- The Ableton Live user interface
- Browser categories
- Browser places
- Searching and auditioning
- Customizing the browser
- Working with Live Sets
- Track controls
- Zooming and selecting
- Controlling playback
- Loading and saving presets
- Preparing to record MIDI
- Recording MIDI in Arrangement View
- Punch record MIDI
- Computer keyboard as a MIDI controller
- Session View overview
- Clips and playback
- Scenes and playback
- Recording MIDI in Session View
- Click and Pencil MIDI entry
- Step entry
- MIDI Editor
- Grid config
- Editing rhythm and quantizing
- Groove quantization
- Editing pitch and duration
- Editing velocity and chance
- Editing expression
- Session View: Copy and paste
- Arrangement View: Copy and paste
- Preparing to record audio
- Record and punch record audio
- Clip editing
- Fades
- Take comping
- Linked track editing
- Warping audio, part 1
- Warping audio, part 2
- Quantizing audio
- CPU management, track freeze
- Locators
- Section editing in Arrangement View
- Section editing in Session View
- Moving from Session to Arrangement View
- Moving from Arrangement to Session View
- Plug-in basics, part 1
- Plug-in basics, part 2
- Instrument plug-ins
- Audio plug-ins
- MIDI plug-ins
- Effects racks, part 1
- Effects racks, part 2
- Instrument racks
- Drum racks
- Zone editors
- Rack macros
- Mixer setup
- Sends and returns
- Drum rack sends and returns
- Group tracks
- Key mapping
- MIDI mapping
- Instant mapping
- Graphic automation
- Editing automation
- Clip automation, part 1
- Clip automation, part 2
- Real-time automation
- Managing files
- Arrangement View audio export
- Session View audio export
- Next steps
Taught by
Yeuda Ben-Atar
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