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Welcome & Overview 4
Welcome to the class! Let's dive in!
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IntroductionLecture1.1
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What We Will CoverLecture1.2
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What is an Ableton Certified Trainer?Lecture1.3
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How to Use This ClassLecture1.4
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A Brief History of Digital Audio 6
Learning about analog audio, and how we transitioned to digital audio is a fascinating study, and something we will do in this section.
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Analog AudioLecture2.1
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The Oldest Known Recording of a HumanLecture2.2
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EdisonLecture2.3
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Bell Labs and Max MathewsLecture2.4
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Advances Since MathewsLecture2.5
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The Difference Between Analog and DigitalLecture2.6
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Hardware: What Gear Do I Need? 8
Let's talk about hardware: What kind of computer do you need? Microphones? Synthesizers?
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Mac or PC?Lecture3.1
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Laptop or Desktop?Lecture3.2
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The ADC and the DACLecture3.3
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The Audio InterfaceLecture3.4
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Speakers or Headphones?Lecture3.5
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MicrophonesLecture3.6
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External Hard DrivesLecture3.7
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My Setup at HomeLecture3.8
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Software: The DAW 11
The DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, is the main tool we will use. It is the heart of any production studio.
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What is a DAW?Lecture4.1
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What to look for in a DAWLecture4.2
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A Highly Opinionated List of Common DAWsLecture4.3
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For the Money…Lecture4.4
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The 4 Sections in Every DAWLecture4.5
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The TimelineLecture4.6
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The MixerLecture4.7
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The Effects SectionLecture4.8
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The TransportLecture4.9
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Nearly Universal Key CommandsLecture4.10
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Care and Feeding of Your DAWLecture4.11
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Working on the Grid: Rhythm and Meter 12
A big part of music production is understanding the grid.
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What is the Grid?Lecture5.1
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Horizontal = TimeLecture5.2
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Vertical = TracksLecture5.3
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How DAWs Handle MeterLecture5.4
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Vocabulary: Downbeats, Upbeats, and OffbeatsLecture5.5
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Elements of the Beat: Kick, Snare, Hi HatsLecture5.6
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Building the Worlds Most Basic BeatLecture5.7
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Placing the KickLecture5.8
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Placing the SnareLecture5.9
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Placing the Hi HatsLecture5.10
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Having Fun with Hi HatsLecture5.11
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Looping and ConsolidatingLecture5.12
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Working with Audio 10
It's time to focus in on audio - and learn how to build tracks using audio samples and tracks.
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Audio is Finicky.Lecture6.1
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Looking at WaveformsLecture6.2
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Sine WavesLecture6.3
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ClippingLecture6.4
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File FormatsLecture6.5
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The Sample RateLecture6.6
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The Nyquist TheoremLecture6.7
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What Frequencies Do We Really Need?Lecture6.8
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The Bit RateLecture6.9
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Standards for Sample Rate and Bit RateLecture6.10
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A Brief History of MIDI 10
Let's focus in on MIDI for a bit, and talk about where it comes from, and how it works.
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The Dawn of Electronic InstrumentsLecture7.1
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The ThereminLecture7.2
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What Happened to Leon?Lecture7.3
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The MoogLecture7.4
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Wendy CarlosLecture7.5
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What Happened in 1981Lecture7.6
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The MIDI 1.0 Spec is BornLecture7.7
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MIDI Instruments TodayLecture7.8
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MIDI GuitarsLecture7.9
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Other Uses of MIDILecture7.10
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What is MIDI? 8
Now that we know what MIDI is, let's look at how we use it to produce great tracks.
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MIDI is a ProtocolLecture8.1
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MIDI is Not AudioLecture8.2
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MIDI ChannelsLecture8.3
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Anatomy of a MIDI MessageLecture8.4
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Note On ErrorsLecture8.5
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Velocity TracingLecture8.6
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Advantages of MIDILecture8.7
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Adjusting NotesLecture8.8
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MIDI Effects 12
Soon we will talk about Audio Effects and Plugins, but first we need to understand MIDI Effects, and why they are different.
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What are MIDI Effects?Lecture9.1
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ArpeggiatorLecture9.2
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ChordLecture9.3
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Note EchoLecture9.4
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Note LengthLecture9.5
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PitchLecture9.6
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RandomLecture9.7
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ScaleLecture9.8
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QuantizeLecture9.9
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Can you use Audio Effects on a MIDI track?Lecture9.10
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“Printing” MIDI effectsLecture9.11
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Here is that Goofy TrackLecture9.12
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Working on the Grid: Incorporating MIDI 10
OKAY! Let's make something using audio and MIDI!
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MIDI and Audio Are FriendsLecture10.1
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Velocity EditingLecture10.2
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AutomationLecture10.3
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Panning AutomationLecture10.4
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“Binary Automation”Lecture10.5
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Audio Effect AutomationLecture10.6
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MIDI Effect AutomationLecture10.7
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Tempo AutomationLecture10.8
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Automating AnythingLecture10.9
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Walkthrough of a Whole TrackLecture10.10
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Working with Loops 11
Loops are a fundamental element of electronic music production.
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Finding Loops for FreeLecture11.1
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File TypesLecture11.2
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Automatically Warping LoopsLecture11.3
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Fixing A Poorly Warped TrackLecture11.4
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Let’s Do That Again….Lecture11.5
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TransientsLecture11.6
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Breaking a Loop for FunLecture11.7
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Flattening LoopsLecture11.8
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Stacking LoopsLecture11.9
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Making Your Own LoopsLecture11.10
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Creating a Loop LibraryLecture11.11
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Introduction to Synthesis and Sound Design 15
It's time to learn some sound design! This is where things really get fun!
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Sound Design in Ableton LiveLecture12.1
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Workflow: Working with Live’s InstrumentsLecture12.2
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Quick MIDI RefresherLecture12.3
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MIDI ClipsLecture12.4
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Fold To ScaleLecture12.5
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Important Key CommandsLecture12.6
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Sound Design BasicsLecture12.7
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Synthesis TypesLecture12.8
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Synthesis ElementsLecture12.9
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Live’s Analog SynthLecture12.10
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Basic OutlineLecture12.11
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Programming AnalogLecture12.12
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The LFOLecture12.13
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Saving And Loading PatchesLecture12.14
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Analog Patch from this SectionLecture12.15
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Synthesis with Samplers 9
Let's talk about sampling: This is everything from a drum beat sample, up to a whole track sample.
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The Sample and the SamplerLecture13.1
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Exploring SamplersLecture13.2
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The Simpler and the SamplerLecture13.3
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Using Simpler (Classic Mode)Lecture13.4
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Simpler in 1-shot modeLecture13.5
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Simpler in Slice ModeLecture13.6
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Using SamplerLecture13.7
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MultiSamples and ZonesLecture13.8
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Sampler Orchestra Library ExampleLecture13.9
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Starting from Scratch 8
Let's start from scratch, and start making a new track.
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Let’s Make a Track.Lecture14.1
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Where do we Start?Lecture14.2
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Using a Guide TrackLecture14.3
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Programming The DrumsLecture14.4
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The HarmonyLecture14.5
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Adding Strings?Lecture14.6
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The BassLecture14.7
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The Super Top Secret of Making Tracks QuicklyLecture14.8
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Wrap Up 3
That's all for now! But are you ready to go a little deeper?
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What Comes Next?Lecture15.1
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Thanks for Watching!Lecture15.2
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Bonus LectureLecture15.3
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