ABLETON MENTORSHIP
AN ALL-IN-ONE MENTORSHIP COURSE FOCUSING ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT
LEARN ABLETON & MAKE THE MUSIC YOU’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF!
WE’LL COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
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A concise breakdown of how to use the program (my process & workflow) w/ helpful tips & tricks to level up your productions. I want you to feel cozy, confident & capable!
1. ABLETON OVERVIEW 101
Covering the most important & essential ways to produce sounds & start ideas in the program:
Importing, warping & editing audio
Using Simpler & Drum Racks
Resampling synths & audio
Audio to midi // Harmony to midi
Using Genosphere (Synplant)
2. CREATING SOUNDS & IDEAS
There’s so many built-in effects in Ableton & they’re all amazing, but you don’t need to use them all. I want you to have a grasp of the essentials I use all the time for your own production journey!
In this module we will cover these essential effects:
Reverb // Delay // Auto Pan
Phaser // Flanger // Chorus
Compressor // Saturator // Erosion
Utility // Overdrive // Beat repeat
3. USING ESSENTIAL ABLETON EFFECTS
A deep dive into sound design, drum & groove design, fx automation, enhancing your mixes & overall clarity/space. I want you to be able to make things sound good quickly & how you want them to sound.
We’ll also go over some highly essential/recommended 3rd party plug-ins I use & how to use them yourself. These include some of the following:
PANCZ (Transient Shaper)
SOOTHE 2 (Harshness Remover)
FRESH AIR (Frequency Enhancer)
GW VOICE CENTRIC (Vocal Enhancement)
GAIN REDUCTION (Saturator)
THERMAL (Colorful Effects)
SERUM (Synth)
4. SOUND DESIGN & MANIPULATION
I’ll give you some of my custom chains & show you how to create your own:
DRUM EFFECT CHAIN
SYNTH CHAIN
VOCAL CHAIN
EVERYTHING BAGEL CHAIN
You’ll have my go-to mix chains & understand how to use them + be able to create your own!
5. TRACK EFFECT CHAINS
I’ll show you some incredibly useful AI tools that have completely changed the modern production game. These will blow your mind!
LALAL (Stem Separation)
SYNTH GPT2 (Prompt Based Synth)
Audimee (Next Level AI Vocals)
6. ESSENTIAL AI TOOLS
I’ll show you how to organize & develop your ideas into fully structured pieces
SETTING MARKERS
USING GROUPS
LOOPING
AUTOMATION
You’ll be able to quickly & easily structure songs & evolve ideas!
7. ESTABLISHING STRUCTURE
We’ll start some song & sound design ideas using all the previously covered topics & skills. I’ll guide you through my process to make full tracks!
Making A Template
Having fun with Automation
Creating A Fully Structure Song Concept
I’ll guide you through the process of remixing a song
8. GETTING CREATIVE
So much of production is solving problems. This module focuses on addressing the common issues producers have & how to solve them:
Why do my drums feel stale?
My sounds aren’t interesting enough…
My low end doesn’t feel right…
I’m stuck on an idea & can’t move on… help!
Something feels like it’s missing…
It just doesn’t sound right…
Too much is going on (cluttered sounds)
I need a vocal, where do I get one?
What effects should I use?
What’s that clicking sound?
There’s so many plug ins! I need them all.. (no you don’t)
9. SOLVING COMMON PROBLEMS
You will learn how to creative live sets in 2 different ways with Ableton
Session View Based Set
Setting Tracks, Stems & BPM Launch Points
Arrangement View Based Set
Setting up Multiple Tracks, Cue Points & Overall Flow
You will be able to make improvisational and/or pre-planned sets with Ableton live!
10. BUILDING A LIVE SET
YOU WILL ALSO GET
1GB OF AMAZING SAMPLES TO GET IDEAS GOING
FREE TRACK FEEDBACK FOR A YEAR
MY CUSTOM SONG TEMPLATE
GOOD VIBES!