Music Production for Beginners: The Complete Ableton Course

Produce three songs using Ableton Live 11. Learn how to write, record, mix, and master radio-quality songs at home.

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English
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9.5 hours
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Oct 2023
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What you will learn

Create a Full Hip-Hop Beat Using Audio Loops In Under 1 Hour

Write an Original Composition Using MIDI Notes and Virtual Instruments

Produce a Full Pop Song Containing Vocals (Stems Provided)

Write Chord Progressions, Rhythms, Melodies, and Basslines

Set Up a Home Recording Studio

Build a DIY Recording Booth

Record Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, and Electric Guitar/Bass

Mix and Master Your Songs

Upload Your Music to Streaming Services

Start Collecting Streaming Royalties

Description

Music Production for Beginners is the fastest and most streamlined way to learn music production online. No experience required.

1. Produce Your First Song In Under 1 Hour

Within the first hour of this course, you’ll use a step-by-step approach to produce a hip-hop beat using audio loops. Throughout the rest of the course, you'll learn the skills required to take your music to a more advanced level.

2. Write Chord Progressions, Rhythms, Melodies, and Basslines

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never played an instrument in your life. In fact, you don’t even need to know what a musical note is because this course starts at square one. You'll learn how to write a full song from scratch using MIDI notes that contains your completely original musical ideas.

3. Set Up a Home Recording Studio

Assemble a highly-effective budget-friendly home recording studio with specific gear recommendations. Learn how to connect all your music production equipment together properly so that you can record, mix, and master music at home.

4. Build a DIY Recording Booth

To capture pristine recordings, you need to record in a sound-treated space. When you enroll in this course, you're provided with the material checklist for a cheap DIY recording booth that you can use to record audio, and you're shown step-by-step how to put the recording booth together.

5. Record Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, and Electric Guitar/Bass

Learn how to record audio onto your computer and set proper input levels. Discover reliable recording techniques that yield professional-quality vocal and acoustic guitar recordings, in addition to electric guitar and bass recordings.

6. Mix and Master Your Songs

Effectively blend sounds together to create balanced, rich, and full songs. Gain an in-depth understanding of 5 essential mixing tools that you can combine with a proven mixing workflow to produce crystal-clear audio mixes.

Maximize the loudness of your songs so that they stack up against other commercially released tracks, and format your music for streaming services using a step-by-step mastering formula.

7. Upload Your Music to Streaming Services

Export your music and upload it to streaming services and online music stores like Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and YouTube. Start generating income with the songs that you produce.

The Shortcut to Producing Professional-Quality Songs

This video course provides you with a well-rounded understanding of the music production concepts, skills, and techniques taught at industry-leading music production schools but at a fraction of the cost.

Don't waste your time with endless Google searches, trying to find the information you need in blog posts and YouTube videos. Music Production for Beginners hands you everything you need to know to produce professional-quality songs on a silver platter.

Content

Introduction and Setup

What Does a Music Producer Do?
Downloading and Setting Up Ableton Live

Producing Your First Song

How to Make the Most of This Course
Creating a Basic Song Idea Using Audio Loops
Warping Audio Clips
Song Structure Basics
Turning Your Idea Into a Full Song
Finding Royalty-Free Sounds
Matching the Tempo and Key of Audio Loops
Exporting Your Song
Saving Your Project Correctly

Music Theory for Music Producers

What Is Music Theory? + FREE Cheat Sheet
Tempo
Time Signatures and Note Values
MIDI Tracks, Clips, and Notes
Pitch
Intervals
Keys and Scales
Relative Major and Minor Keys
Transposing Audio Samples
The Circle of Fifths
Writing Chords
Writing Chord Progressions
MIDI Effect Chord Generators
Writing Rhythms
Writing Inversions and Slash Chords
Writing Basslines
Writing Melodies
Test Your Understanding - Music Theory for Music Producers

Essential Music Production Gear + Recommendations

Music Production Gear - Beginner Setup
Music Production Gear - Advanced Setup
Desk and Speaker Placement
Home Studio Acoustic Treatment - The DIY Setup
Test Your Understanding - Essential Music Production Gear

Recording Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, and Electric Guitar/Bass

The Recording Process: An Overview
Building a DIY Recording Booth
Connecting Your Gear
Preparing Your DAW to Record
Setting Optimal Input Levels
Recording Audio Into Your DAW
Microphone Polar Patterns: Choosing the Right One
Recording Electric Guitar and Bass: Step by Step
Recording Acoustic Guitar: Step by Step
Mono vs. Stereo Sound Explained
Recording Synths and Hardware FX: Step by Step
Recording Vocals: Step by Step
Exporting Stems
Test Your Understanding - Recording Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, and Electri

Mixing Radio-Quality Songs

What Is Mixing?
Making a Mixing Checklist
Cheating With Sample Selection and Arrangement
Grouping Tracks
A Trick to Set Track Levels
Filling up the Stereo Field
The 5 Tools That Will Let You Mix Any Song
Step 1: Adding Clarity to Your Mix
Step 2: Controlling Dynamic Range
Step 3: Thickening Your Mix
Step 4: Creating a Cohesive Sense of Space
Step 5: Splitting Your Mix Into Layers
Pitch Correcting Vocals
Time Aligning Recordings
Finalizing Your Mix
Creating a Mixing Template
Test Your Understanding - Mixing Radio-Quality Songs

Mastering Your Music for Streaming Services

What Is Mastering?
Step 1: Gluing Your Mix Together
Step 2: Adding Flavor to Your Mix
Step 3: Balancing Your Mix
Step 4: Hitting Loudness Targets
Saving Custom Mastering Chains
Formatting Your Music for Streaming Services
Quiz 5: Test Your Understanding - Mastering Your Music for Streaming Services

Online Music Distribution and Collecting Streaming Royalties

The Evolution of Music Distribution
How to Distribute Your Music Online
Copyright Ownership and Legal Matters
Where to Go From Here

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Reviews

Nathan
September 20, 2023
This course is well written , well produced and well explained. Good job for the guy who did it cause it’s really really helpful
Katharina
August 3, 2023
Great course for beginners. Everything is explained clearly and in detail. And I love that it's very practical. You learn things as you need them which makes things easy to remember.

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