Ableton Live Training
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:34 am
Hello fellow producers.
I have been casually producing music for the past 10 years or so. I first started on an old Technics keyboard. It used floppy disks to store all the files. A rapper friend of mine gave me a copy of Fruity Loops version 4 and I started learning how to sample and use a DAW for all my music needs. After switching to a Mac I moved over to Reason version 4 I think. I learned how to create my own synths. I got an Axiom 25 and a demo of Live 6 shortly after. I started djing at house partys and small bars a few years back using Djay, and later, Traktor. I decided to Purchase a full version of Live 8 and Reason 5, which I used to learn the basics of Dubstep production.
I've decided that I would like to pursue a career as a music producer/performer. I'd like to make music for games, shows, movies, and also my own personal projects.
At present I work in a restaurant as a server while also running an online marketing site through Market America and Shop.com (which I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for an extra income or a means to create a residual income).
I've recently moved to Orlando, about 15 minutes from the Full Sail Campus. I've met and befriended a few of the Recording Arts students and took a look at the school. They offer a Music Production program. It is only offered online however, and is very very expensive. Upwards of $60,000 or more.
I've checked out other online schools and production programs, but they are all generally very expensive between the tuition and software/hardware requirements.
I don't feel that I need any more software or really even hardware at this point (aside from a pair of monitors and a decent controller to perform live with).
I've used nearly all the Major DAWs, except maybe Cubase, and have settled on Live + ReWired Reason. I'm generally pretty creative and talented in the arrangement and design of my music but I really want to learn how to get to a professional sounding level of mixing and mastering, as well as all the other facits of music creation and production. I feel that when I play my songs for other people, whether they are friends, family or strangers, they overwhelmingly respond positively and generally enjoy the tunes I have compiled over the years.
I know that a lot of the members on this site are brilliant producers in their on right and I have had the chance to give and receive feedback from many of you in the past.
My question is, are there any video courses or comprehensive tutorials on Ableton live that will help me to learn the fundamentals, basics, and advanced production, mixing and mastering skills to get my music to a professional sounding quality?
I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to go to an online school if I can learn this on my own with the help of a guide or program.
Have any of you had success in being self taught? Have any of you gone to a production school or certified training program and recommend it? I spend nearly all my free time making and mixing music anyway. I would like to put that time towards learning how to do it professionally as that is a career goal of mine.
Any thoughts or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a bunch
Ciao
I have been casually producing music for the past 10 years or so. I first started on an old Technics keyboard. It used floppy disks to store all the files. A rapper friend of mine gave me a copy of Fruity Loops version 4 and I started learning how to sample and use a DAW for all my music needs. After switching to a Mac I moved over to Reason version 4 I think. I learned how to create my own synths. I got an Axiom 25 and a demo of Live 6 shortly after. I started djing at house partys and small bars a few years back using Djay, and later, Traktor. I decided to Purchase a full version of Live 8 and Reason 5, which I used to learn the basics of Dubstep production.
I've decided that I would like to pursue a career as a music producer/performer. I'd like to make music for games, shows, movies, and also my own personal projects.
At present I work in a restaurant as a server while also running an online marketing site through Market America and Shop.com (which I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for an extra income or a means to create a residual income).
I've recently moved to Orlando, about 15 minutes from the Full Sail Campus. I've met and befriended a few of the Recording Arts students and took a look at the school. They offer a Music Production program. It is only offered online however, and is very very expensive. Upwards of $60,000 or more.
I've checked out other online schools and production programs, but they are all generally very expensive between the tuition and software/hardware requirements.
I don't feel that I need any more software or really even hardware at this point (aside from a pair of monitors and a decent controller to perform live with).
I've used nearly all the Major DAWs, except maybe Cubase, and have settled on Live + ReWired Reason. I'm generally pretty creative and talented in the arrangement and design of my music but I really want to learn how to get to a professional sounding level of mixing and mastering, as well as all the other facits of music creation and production. I feel that when I play my songs for other people, whether they are friends, family or strangers, they overwhelmingly respond positively and generally enjoy the tunes I have compiled over the years.
I know that a lot of the members on this site are brilliant producers in their on right and I have had the chance to give and receive feedback from many of you in the past.
My question is, are there any video courses or comprehensive tutorials on Ableton live that will help me to learn the fundamentals, basics, and advanced production, mixing and mastering skills to get my music to a professional sounding quality?
I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to go to an online school if I can learn this on my own with the help of a guide or program.
Have any of you had success in being self taught? Have any of you gone to a production school or certified training program and recommend it? I spend nearly all my free time making and mixing music anyway. I would like to put that time towards learning how to do it professionally as that is a career goal of mine.
Any thoughts or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a bunch
Ciao