Ableton Live Music Production & Performance

Ableton Music Production & Performance Course

Learn to produce and perform using Ableton Live in the world’s boutique music production school, with class sizes of no more than eight people, now with the option to pay in interest-free installments.

As well as being a perfect introduction for beginners, this course is suitable for intermediate self-taught Ableton users. You will learn how to improve your workflow, design sound and perform live with our team of active industry instructors.

“I needed to brush up on something, so I called Garnish, as they have the best instructors” – Jamie Jones

Getting Started

Understanding your goals
Getting set up: audio and the preferences window
Session view vs. arrangement view: applications of each
Live concepts: clips / scenes / browser / library
Ableton’s unique warp engine
Launching clips
Intro to FX
Intro to instruments

Creating with Audio & MIDI

Warping in practice
Quantising audio
Clip view and clip properties
Making beats with drum racks and simpler sampling
Live’s effects
Basic routing and resampling
Creating dynamic changes in your arrangements

Sound Engineering & Recording

Group tracks and advanced uses of routing
Introduction to sound waves, frequency, and amplitude
The recording patch in detail, introduction to gain structure
EQ and compression for recording
Foldback, headphone mixes, and latency
Digital, analogue, sampling rate and bit-rate
Overview of microphones and stereo techniques
Recording specific aspects of Ableton
Brand new Live audio-to-midi features

MIDI & Virtual Instruments

Sampling using Simpler
Drum rack
Using and controlling third-party virtual instruments
Grooves + groove extraction
Setting up a MIDI keyboard or drum pad controllers
Getting creative with MIDI effects

DJ-ing & Live Performance

Preparing (warping) whole tracks and harmonic mixing
DJ effects
Using MIDI controllers effectively
Push 2
Grouping tracks and basic routing
Structuring your sets and using loops
Recording your performance
Editing the arrangement view
Bouncing yours tracks

Advanced Techniques

Advanced warping
Multi-track warping
Clip envelopes
Using multiple automations
Intro to racks & chains
Mixing tips and techniques

Additional Information

This course supports Ableton for PC.
Use your own laptop, or use our iMacs free of charge.
Headphones, controllers and Ableton Push are available to use.

We’re currently only offering our short courses via private tuition — available in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Margate, Brighton, other select locations, and online. For details, visit our Private Tuition page. information.