Producing A Professional Melodic Techno Track with Ableton Live 9 Standard (or higher) + NI MASSIVE (1.3.xx) (or higher) (Intermediate Level)
Watch Promo:Â
Â
What you're getting:
Basic Course Pack - Contents:
A complete start-to-finish production course, watch all tutorials at your own pace, as many times as you want and then use the techniques for your own music.
35+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
7h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this course (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive)Â and all samples used are included as well.
What song is being produced in the course?
Â
 Â
What you will learn from this course:Â
Â
Producing a Melodic Techno Track
After having taken this class, you'll have seen a complete production process first hand, starting from nothing and working through all the different important stages of the production process, from start to finish. The track is inspired by artists like Ame, Adriatique, Boris Brechja and of course, Francois Rengere.
What's required?
- Basic understanding of using Ableton (like loading files, creating MIDI clips, etc - check our other mini Ableton refresher in Part 6 for the basics)
- Ableton Live 9.7 Standard (or higher) - you can also follow along with 9.2 (the only difference is the Simpler, an extra video explains it)
- VST: NI Massive (1.3xx or higher)
- no other 3rd party plugins needed
Â
The course will take you through:
Â
- Idea generation (Arrangement View)
- Advanced MIDI writing techniques
- Writing fat and powerful drums
- Writing Chords
- Sound Design (with NI Massive)
- Creating industrial effects and noise techniques
- Filtering, EQing, Envelope shaping
- Layering and sound stacking
- Creating melodic techno melodies
- Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
- Mixing: We are completely mixing the track using techniques like "frequency masking", mid-side mixing, and many more
- Mastering: in the end we are fully mastering the track with a custom Ableton effect rack chain.
Â
Class Curriculum
- 01 - Adding Kick and Sidechain (7:12)
- 02 - Adding Claps, Hihats, Percs (13:40)
- 03 - Claps tweaking (9:09)
- 04 - More Clap Tweaking (8:46)
- 05 - Hihats + Loop (9:54)
- 06 - Tom FX (9:15)
- (Free Preview) 07 - Cymbal Ride (9:52)
- 08 - Adding Effects (+ Arranged File Download) (18:24)
- 09 - Adding Bass (14:39)
- 10 - Stab Sound 1 (13:45)
- 11 - Background Pad + Main Stab (14:26)
- 12 - Main Stab Tweaking (9:41)
- 13 - Adding the Pad Bass (7:56)
- 14 - Adding the Main Arp (11:13)
- 15 - Arp FX Down (8:53)
- 16 - Choir Voice + Massive FX Bass (7:22)
- 17 - Tonal FX, LFO, Noisia (15:24)
- Arrangement Basics (2:18)
- 18 - First Arrangement Part I (21:33)
- 19 - First Arrangement Part II (11:47)
- 19.5 - Project File After First Arrangement (+ Download) (3:07)
- (Free Preview) 20 - Adding White Noise FX (9:50)
- 21 - Adding Reverse FX (15:25)
- 22 - Adding Break Elements (22:30)
- 23 - Break Arrangement and Chords (29:22)
- 24 - Voice Break Elements + Master FX (10:40)
- 25 - Main Drop Prepare (+ Delay Automation) (11:32)
- 26 - Arrangement after Main Drop (25:51)
Â