Ableton Core

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Get productive in Ableton Live

Ableton has two views, a unique clip-based workflow, and a deep set of built-in instruments and effects. Most people learn bits of it from YouTube over months. This course teaches you how Session and Arrangement views connect, how the routing works, and how to build a project from scratch — so the software makes sense as a whole, not just in isolated pieces.

27 chapters of ground covered

Navigation and topology — how Live is laid out, what lives where, and the Session/Arrangement relationship that defines Ableton’s workflow
Getting stuff in — audio, MIDI, samples, loops, and instruments. Every way to bring material into a project
Recording — audio and MIDI recording, cycle recording, comping, punching, overdubs, and looping
Editing — clip editing, warping, quantizing, groove extraction. Ableton’s approach to time manipulation
Instruments and synthesis — Operator, Wavetable, Simpler, Sampler, and how Racks and Chains let you build complex instruments from simple pieces
Effects and mixing — Live’s audio effects, working with sends and returns, and building a mix inside the DAW
Slicing and sampling — chopping audio into playable instruments, a core Ableton workflow
Automation, arrangement, and performance — moving from loops to finished tracks, and Live’s unique strengths for live performance and DJ sets

Taught at an Ableton Certified Training Center by instructors who use Live daily.

Prerequisites: None. This is the starting point.

What's next? Mixing and Synthesis Tools — the effects, synthesis, and mixing vocabulary that applies across every DAW.

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Office Hours Weekly. Ask questions, get help, and connect. Included with residency. Production Gym Weekly. Production breakdown of your favorite songs. Included with residency. Theory Gym Weekly. Morning music theory workout. Included with residency. Ear Training Weekly. Test your ears and discuss — music, mixing, and more. Included with residency. Instrument Gym Weekly. Practice and workout on instruments. Included with residency. Weekly Beat Review Weekly. Listen to Beat Challenge song ideas together. Included with residency.

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