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Sound Design & Synthesis For Producers [Berlin]

Learn how to create a unique sound using some of the industry’s most powerful synths and samplers

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin

This course, created by John Selway, is the result of his many years as a musician and sound designer searching for interesting ways to make unique sounds using synthesizers and samplers. The course teaches the fundamentals of sound design and explores the various synthesis and sampling techniques so that students can ultimately navigate any type of synthesizer. Throughout the course, students will be applying their skills directly to creative projects to make music and will leave the class with an arsenal of their signature sounds. In this course we will cover:
  • Synthesis overview
  • Subtractive synthesis
  • Wavetable synthesis
  • FM Synthesis
  • Sample-based synthesis
  • Physical Modelling
  • Granular Synthesis
Learn from Berlin’s most accomplished instructors and artists:
  • More Ableton Certified Trainers than any school worldwide
  • Real-time instruction, student questions, and feedback
  • Intimate class sizes (roughly 5 students) ensuring maximum student/instructor interaction
  • Motivation and inspiration from experienced instructors with real industry success
  • Online community forums to ask questions outside of the classroom and meet peers and collaborate
  • Daily free community events
  • 40% discount on Ableton Live and 20% discount on Ableton Push







Ableton Live: Create Your Own Sound [Berlin]

Get deeper into Ableton Live, develop your own sound, and uncover some of Live’s more advanced features.

Level: Intermediate
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin

 

This course was designed for students that already have a good understanding of Live and are looking to deepen their knowledge by uncovering some of Live’s more complex features. Learn how to use Live’s powerful synths and samplers to create your own unique sounds from scratch, and discover advanced techniques that will speed up your workflow and open the door to endless creative possibilities within this limitless software. In this course we will cover:

  • Designing sounds with Live’s Analog, Operator, and Wavetable
  • Physical modeling instruments
  • Advanced sampling and re-sampling
  • Advanced instrument racks
  • Advanced effect racks
  • Advanced automation techniques
  • Incorporating hardware instruments and performing live
Learn from Berlin’s most accomplished instructors and artists:
  • More Ableton Certified Trainers than any school worldwide
  • Real-time instruction, student questions, and feedback
  • Intimate class sizes (roughly 5 students) ensuring maximum student/instructor interaction
  • Motivation and inspiration from experienced instructors with real industry success
  • Online community forums to ask questions outside of the classroom and meet peers and collaborate
  • Daily free community events
  • 40% discount on Ableton Live and 20% discount on Ableton Push











Electronic Music Composition & Arrangement [Berlin]

Learn the music theory and composition techniques to express musical ideas efficiently, and learn the steps to arrange a track from start to finish.

Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Location Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin


Master the fundamentals of music theory and composition in this essential course, so that you can express your ideas quickly and accurately, and learn how to arrange them into a finished track. Learn the music theory and composition skills needed to express musical ideas quickly and efficiently, and learn arrangement techniques to structure your ideas into a completed track. In this course we will cover:
  • Rhythmic structure
  • Drum programming
  • Piano basics
  • Major & minor keys and scales
  • Triads, 7th chords, inversions
  • Melody, chord progressions, basslines
  • Song structure
  • Instrumentation + ranges
  • Arrangement
  • Variation (drums and melodic)
  • Transitions, ear candy
  • Automation
Learn from Berlin’s most accomplished instructors and artists:
  • More Ableton Certified Trainers than any school worldwide
  • Real-time instruction, student questions, and feedback
  • Intimate class sizes (roughly 5 students) ensuring maximum student/instructor interaction
  • Motivation and inspiration from experienced instructors with real industry success
  • Online community forums to ask questions outside of the classroom and meet peers and collaborate
  • Daily free community events
  • 40% discount on Ableton Live and 20% discount on Ableton Push









Mixing & Mastering: Start To Finish [Berlin]

Learn the fundamentals of Audio Mixing and finish your first release-ready mix by the end of the course

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin

“You can make a great track, but if the mix isn’t right, you won’t get to your audience. It doesn’t matter if you are playing at home or at Berghain”. Legendary techno producer Abe Duque leads this 12 session course using his self-designed curriculum, which teaches his unique approach to mixing & mastering, with tips and tricks Abe has picked up over the decades of his career as a successful producer, performer, and mix engineer. This mixing course will teach you how to bring out the flavor in your productions, and to achieve a polished, professional mix right on your laptop, without the need for buying expensive studio gear. In this course we will cover:
  • Frequency overview & the Science of Sound
  • Principles of psychoacoustics
  • Bussing, send + returns and setting up a mix template
  • Metering and commercial/broadcast audio normalization protocols
  • Gain staging, leveling, and headroom
  • Common mixing plugins overview
  • Order of operations in audio effects processing
  • EQ and filters
  • Compression + limiting
  • Reverb + delay
  • Mixing vocals: pitch correction, de-essing, coloration
  • Panning and stereo imaging
  • Finishing touches and bouncing to stereo
  • Basic mastering
Learn from Berlin’s most accomplished instructors and artists:
  • More Ableton Certified Trainers than any school worldwide
  • Real-time instruction, student questions, and feedback
  • Intimate class sizes (roughly 5 students) ensuring maximum student/instructor interaction
  • Motivation and inspiration from experienced instructors with real industry success
  • Online community forums to ask questions outside of the classroom and meet peers and collaborate
  • Daily free community events
  • 40% discount on Ableton Live and 20% discount on Ableton Push







Ableton Live: Produce Your First Track [Berlin]

Learn the fundamentals of producing with Ableton Live and produce an original track by the end of the course.

Level: Beginner
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin

Our flagship music production course, teaching you how to produce your own music with Ableton Live. Learn from Ableton Certified Trainers how the music you love to listen to is made, and produce an original track by the end of the course. In this course we will cover:

  • Overview and understanding the interface
  • Drum programming
  • Session and Arrangement View
  • Audio and MIDI Editing
  • Intro to music theory
  • Melodies, Chords, and Basslines
  • Audio and MIDI Effects
  • Automation
  • Song Arrangement
  • Audio Recording & Sampling
  • Warping
  • Mixing Techniques
  • Demo Master and Exporting Your Track

Learn from Berlin’s most accomplished instructors and artists:
  • More Ableton Certified Trainers than any school worldwide
  • Real-time instruction, student questions, and feedback
  • Intimate class sizes (roughly 5 students) ensuring maximum student/instructor interaction
  • Motivation and inspiration from experienced instructors with real industry success
  • Online community forums to ask questions outside of the classroom and meet peers and collaborate
  • Daily free community events
  • 40% discount on Ableton Live and 20% discount on Ableton Push