Does the course go beyond just the basics?

Yes - beyond the fundamentals, it covers advanced warping, clip envelopes, and layering FX and instruments through Racks and Chains.

What happens if I have to miss a class?

You'll be able to catch it up on a future cycle of your choice.

Is Ableton different on PC versus Mac?

No - it runs the same on both, so your platform at home doesn't matter.

What hardware controllers does the course cover?

Bespoke Ableton controllers including Akai, Novation and Push, alongside general MIDI controller setup.

How long is the course?

36 hours, available in-person or via online remote attendance.

Is there a discount on Ableton software?

Yes - many participants worldwide qualify for 40% off.

Ableton Live Course

Name: Ableton Live Course
Price: 450000 JPY

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Course — Tokyo

At a glance

Duration

36 hours

Format

In-person in Tokyo or Live Online

You leave with

Tracks finished in Ableton, from first session through arrangement

Two ways in

In person, or online remote attendance in the same sessions

Provided

Headphones and MIDI keyboards, and a free 30-day Suite trial to start on

→What sets Ableton apart from other DAWs?
→Getting set up: Audio and the preferences window
→Session view vs. Arrangement view: applications of each
→Live concepts: clips / scenes / browser / library
→The concept of Ableton’s unique warp engine
→Launching clips
→Intro to FX
→Intro to instruments

→Warping in practice
→Quantizing audio
→Clips: clip view and clip properties
→Making beats with Drum Racks and Simpler sampling
→Effects: Live’s effects and using third-party effects
→Recording MIDI and live looping
→Basic routing and resampling
→Automation: creating dynamic changes in your arrangements

→Preparing (warping) whole tracks and harmonic mixing
→On the fly DJ effects
→Using MIDI controllers effectively / mouse-free control
→Bespoke Ableton controllers - Akai, Novation, and Push
→Grouping tracks and basic routing
→Structuring your sets and using loops
→Recording your performance + editing the arrangement view
→Bouncing down

→Simpler - Unlocking the full potential of this simple sampler
→Drum Rack - Programming beats, manipulating sounds, chopping up loops, vocals, and tracks - making rhythms from anything. Slice to MIDI
→Using and controlling third-party virtual instruments
→Grooves + groove extraction
→Setting up a MIDI keyboard or drum pad controllers
→Getting creative with MIDI effects

→Balancing, introduction to the art of mixing. 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, analog, sampling rate and bit-rate explained
→Microphones overview and stereo miking techniques
→Recording specific aspects of Ableton
→Compiling audio takes

→Advanced warping - acapellas, classical music and anything without beats!
→Multi-track warping
→Clip envelopes - creative uses of Ableton's unique loop-based automation on audio fx, instruments, and midi fx. Easily achieve complex music, sound, and rhythm manipulation
→Using all automation types together - creating build-ups and break-downs with complex sounds
→Intro to Racks & Chains – powerful hidden features. Layering FX and instruments

36 Hours | In-Person: ¥450,000 | Online Remote Attendance also available

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In Tokyo this course is taught in small groups by working producers, with classes at our studio and a live-online option for students elsewhere in Japan, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. The syllabus is the one taught across the whole Garnish network. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.

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→Live concepts: clips / browser / scenes / library
→Launching clips
→The concept of Ableton’s unique warp engine
→An introduction to FX
→An introduction to instruments
→How to set up: Audio and the preferences window
→Explore what makes Ableton different to other DAWs
→Applications of session view and arrangement view: when to use which

Creating With MIDI & Audio

→Live’s effects and employing third-party effects
→How to record MIDI and set up live looping
→Basic routing and resampling
→Automation – how to create dynamic change in arrangements
→How to quantize audio
→How warping works
→Clips – exploring clip view & properties of clips
→How to make beats with Drum Racks & Simpler sampling

DJing and Live Performance

→Structuring your sets & using loops
→How to record your performance & edit the arrangement view
→Bouncing down
→Preparing whole tracks (warping) and harmonic mixing
→‘On-the-fly’DJ effects
→Grouping tracks and basic routing
→How to use MIDI controllers more effectively / mouse-free control
→Bespoke Ableton controllers – Akai, Push and Novation

MIDI Tracks and Composing with Virtual Instruments

→Setting up controllers via MIDI keyboard or drum pad
→How to get creative with MIDI effects
→Simpler – Learn to unlock the full potential of this simple sampler
→Drum Rack – Programming beats, how to chop up loops, manipulating sounds, vocals and tracks – making rhythms from any sound source and also exploring the technique of Slice to MIDI.
→Grooves & how to extract them
→Using & controlling virtual instruments from third party developers

Recording Techniques and an Introduction to Sound Design

→Microphones overview and stereo mic-ing techniques
→Recording specific aspects of Ableton
→Digital, analog, sampling rate and bit-rate explained
→How to compile audio takes
→Balancing – an introduction to the art of mixing. Group tracks and advanced uses of routing
→The recording patch in detail, & an introduction to gain structure
→EQ and compression for recording
→Introduction to sound waves, frequency & amplitude
→Foldback, headphone mixes & latency

Advanced Techniques

→An introduction to Racks & Chains – their powerful hidden features. Also includes how to layer FX and instruments
→Bringing all automation types together – and how to create build-ups and break-downs with complex sounds.
→Advanced warping – manipulate classical music, a capellas and anything else without beats!
→Clip envelopes – how to use the unique loop-based technique, unique to Ableton, for automation on audio fx,, midi fx and instruments. Learn to achieve complex music, sound and rhythm manipulation with ease.
→Multi-track warping

Please add the learner's name and email address in the 'Additional Information' box at check out if they are different from the payer's. If there are fewer than 48 hours before the start of your course, please contact us to ensure we still have availability before you book.

101: $799 | 201: $799 | Both: $1199 if booked, paid, and taken together

A) Thursday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: January 11, 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 201: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22,

B) Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons | 3 - 6

January 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, February 1. 201: February 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22

C) Saturdays | 11 – 6

101: Feb 17, 24, March 3. 201: March 10, 17, 24

D) Monday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. 201: May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11

E) Spring Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: April 2, 3, 4. 201: 5, 6, 7

F) Thursday Mornings | 11 – 2

101: May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14. 201: 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2

G) Thursday Afternoons | 3 – 6

~~101: May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14. 201: 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2~~

H) Sundays at Noon | 12 - 3

~~101: May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17. 201: 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29~~

I) Sunday Afternoons | 3.30 - 6.30

101: May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17. 201: 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

J) Sundays | 11 – 6

101: July 8, 15, 22. 201: July 29, August 5, 12

* SUMMER CAMP *

K) Summer Evenings | 7 - 10

101: July 31, August 2, 7, 9, 14, 16. 201: August 21, 23, 28, 30, September 4, 6

L) Summer Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: August 13, 14, 15. 201: 16, 17, 18

M) Tuesday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23. 201: October 30, November 6, 13, December 4, 11, 18

N) Wednesday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30 | FULLY BOOKED

~~101: September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24. 201: November 7, 14, 28, December 5, 12, 19~~

O) Sunday Afternoons | 3.30 - 6.30

101: September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28. 201: November 4, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 16

P) Tuesday and Friday Afternoons | 3 - 6

101: September 25, 28, October 2, 5, 9, 12. 201: 16, 19, 23, 26, 30, November 2

Q) Saturdays | 11 – 6

101: November 10, 17, December 1. 201: December 8, 15, 22

R) Winter Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: December 10, 11, 12. 201: December 13, 14, 15

S) Holiday Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: December 26, 27, 28. 201: January (2019) 2, 3, 4

2019

T) Thursday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. February 7, 14, 201: February 21, 28 March 7, 14, 21

U) Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons | 3 - 6

January 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 30. 201: February 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21

V) Saturdays | 11 – 6

101: Feb 16, 23, March 2. 201: March 9, 16, 23

W) Monday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. 201: May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10

X) Spring Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: April 1, 2, 3. 201: 4, 5, 6

Y) Thursday Mornings | 11 – 2

101: May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13. 201: 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1

Z) Thursday Afternoons | 3 – 6

101: May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13. 201: 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1

A) Sundays at Noon | 12 - 3

101: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16. 201: 23, 30 July 7, 14, 21, 28

B) Sunday Afternoons | 3.30 - 6.30

101: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16. 201: 23, 30 July 7, 14, 21, 28

C) Sundays | 11 – 6

101: July 7, 14, 21. 201: July 28, August 4, 11

* SUMMER CAMP *

D) Summer Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: August 12, 13, 14. 201: 15, 16, 17

E) Summer Sessions | 3 - 6

101: July 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 201: August 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21

F) Monday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: September 16, 23, 30 October 7, 14, 21. 201: October 28, November 4, 11, December 2, 9, 16

G) Tuesday Evenings | 7.30 - 10.30

101: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22. 201: October 29, November 5, 12, 26, December 3, 10

H) Sunday Afternoons | 3.30 - 6.30

101: September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27. 201: November 3, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15

I) Tuesday and Friday Afternoons | 3 - 6

101: September 24, 27, October 1, 4, 8, 11. 201: 15, 18, 22, 25, 29, November 1

J) Saturdays | 11 – 6

101: November 9, 16, 30. 201: December 7, 14, 21

K) Winter Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: December 9, 10, 11. 201: December 12, 13, 14

L) Holiday Boot Camp | 11 – 6

101: December 25, 26, 27. 201: January (2020) 1, 2, 3

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“It was a lot better than watching youtube or reading about Ableton. The classes were helpful and it was nice to be around people with a similar mindset for networking etc.”

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