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Ableton Bundle
Price:
US$ 237.00
Duration:
with Noah Pred Mar 28, Apr 25 & May 16, 1 P - 5:30 P in Toronto in Toronto
Learn From The Only Certified Ableton Live 8 Instructor in Canada
Course Description

Taught by the only certified Live Ableton 8 instructor in Canada, these three workshops take you from 0 to 60 with the use of the popular tool that provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music. For more information, visit Ableton.com.

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Producing electronic music and performing live for over ten years, Noah Pred has released over fifty recordings and remixes under various guises on numerous international labels. You can catch him DJing at venues throughout Toronto when he's not away on tour. Currently running the Thoughtless Music label from his studio headquarters, Noah's been using Ableton Live for all of his productions, remixes and live sets over the better part of the last decade, and began teaching Ableton workshops at MOOG Audio over two years ago. He is now an Ableton Certified Live Trainer.



Who is this course for?
Users of Ableton Live who want to get up to speed on the core, intermediate and advanced features of this amazing tool.
Prerequisites: Laptop with Ableton Live 8 installed (demo or trial version acceptable), headphones suggested, midi controller and audio interface optional. To download the demo, visit Ableton.com

Location:
Rich Media Institute - Toronto
156 Augusta Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2L5
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View Course Outline
  • Basic Ableton: Foundations of Live 8
    • The Geography of Live A tour of the interface – explaining views, transport controls and display areas
    • What "Sets" Live Apart Typical linear arrangement vs. non-linear session sequencing
    • Basic Concepts MIDI vs. audio, multi-tracking, signal processing, destructive and non-destructive editing, time-stretching, pitch-shifting and warping
    • Using the Mixer sends and returns, bus routing, group tracks
    • Fundamental Components Clips, Tracks and Scenes
    • Clips The building blocks of Live
    • Manipulating Audio Basic warping and looping for musicians and DJs, using different warping algorithms, quantizing audio
    • Show Time Building a Live set, basic commands, assigning MIDI and key automation, jamming Live
    • Studio Sketches Recording your performance as an arrangement for further editing
    • Under the Hood Customizing your preferences and defaults 8
  • Advanced Ableton: The Next Level of Live 8
    • Non-Destructive Sound Design Creative audio warping, linked and unlinked clip envelope automation
    • Intelligent Looping launch modes, follow actions and dummy clips
    • Unmitigated MIDI Mastering the MIDI Editor, changing note transposition, length and velocity, live recording and punch-out looping
    • Internal Connections MIDI and audio routing techniques, creative bussing and side-chaining
    • Timing is Everything Making beats with Drum Racks, slicing audio to MIDI, rhythmic programming concepts, quantization, syncopation, randomization and humanization
    • Making Waves Dive into the groove pool
    • Maximizing the Browser Making files and folders work for you
    • Crafting your Sound introduction to Live's included instruments
    • External Control Working with hardware controllers, audio interfaces, control surfaces and auto-mapping
  • Ableton Masterclass: Complete Production with Live 8
    • Live Tools in-depth use of Live's included instruments, audio effects and creative MIDI effects
    • Rack Addict maximizing Live's included instruments and effects by utilizing racks with macro controls, implementing 3rd-party VSTs and VST-Is, racks within racks (within racks [within racks])
    • Polishing your Creation Recording and editing your performance in the Arrange view with advanced editing commands, contextual editing menus, multi-clip editing, in-depth automation and multiple automation lanes, track freezing and flattening
    • The Mix in Three Spectrums Amplitude and compression, frequency and EQ, stereo and panning
    • The Bounce Normalization and mastering concepts – peak vs. RMS, multi-band dynamics, master EQ, limiting and dithering for optimal results