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Music Production Summer Immersive Beginner [Berlin]
Learn to produce music this summer
Level: Beginner
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin
A fully immersive 4-week program teaching you how to produce your own music with Ableton Live. This course teaches you the framework for music production and is perfect for students with little or no prior music production experience. You’ll be learning in an intimate in-person classroom setting in the heart of Berlin, guided by some of the city’s most accomplished Ableton-Certified Trainers, and surrounded by a cohort of like-minded peers. All our courses are hands-on and practical, so you’ll be making music and getting feedback on your music from the first day. We only accept seven students to the program, so sign-up now to start your journey of becoming a music producer!
Topics covered:
- Overview and understanding the interface
- Drum programming
- Note and Clip editing
- Finding sounds and instruments
- Creating melodies, chords, and basslines
- Using MIDI effects
- Recording, sampling, Warping
- Audio processing
- Automation
- Song Arrangement
- Basic mixing & mastering
Weekly Breakdown
Week 1: Learning the interface, music theory, drum programming
- Navigating the interface
- Programming drums in Drum Rack
- Music theory fundamentals
- Recording MIDI
- Editing MIDI and audio
- Quantizing
- Changing velocity to add groove
- Moving from Session View to Arrangement View
Week 2: Music composition, and working with audio
- Composing a strong melody
- Chord progressions & basslines
- Introduction to MIDI effects
- Recording audio
- Introduction to sampling
- Warping
- Introduction to audio processing
- Sends & Returns
Week 3: Arranging your ideas
- Song structure
- Subtractive arranging techniques
- How to build and release energy through song arrangement
- Working with reference tracks to analyze arrangement
- Using automation
- Creating variation
- Using breaks and fills to create excitement
- Transition effects and ear candy
Week 4: Basic mixing and exporting your tracks
- Mixing overview
- Gain staging (anchoring to the kick)
- EQ
- Reverb & delay
- Saturation
- Compression
- Basic master
- Exporting your tracks
- 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
Music Production Summer Immersive Advanced [Berlin]
Learn to produce music this summer
Level: Advanced
Location: Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin
Get comfortable with sound design, mixing and mastering, and many of the more advanced music production concepts. You’ll be exploring techniques and workflows which professional producers use daily in their work, guided by some of the city’s most accomplished Ableton-Certified Trainers. Class sizes are small, so you’ll be learning in an intimate in-person setting, set in the heart of Berlin and surrounded by a cohort of like-minded producers. During every class you’ll get feedback on your music, making sure you progress quickly and see real results. We only accept seven students to the program, so sign-up now to get your music sounding like a pro!
Topics covered:
- Synthesis overview
- Designing your own sounds
- Working with audio creatively
- Advanced composition techniques
- Refining arrangements
- Creating energy and release
- Variation, transitions, build-ups
- The science of mixing and audio engineering
- Demo-mastering
Weekly breakdown
Week 1: Synthesis overview
- Sound design overview
- Synthesis types
- Subtractive synthesis
- Wavetable synthesis
- Modulation through LFO and Envelopes
- Creating sounds from scratch
Week 2: Developing your sound
- FM synthesis
- Sampling + sample-based synthesis
- Granular synthesis
- Physical modeling
- Working with Instrument Racks
- Working with Audio Effect Racks
Week 3: Arranging your ideas
- Advanced composition techniques
- Arrangement and song structure
- Subtractive arranging techniques
- Building and releasing energy
- Using automation
- Creating variation
- Transition effects and ear candy
Week 4: Mixing and mastering
- Defining a good mix
- Science of sound
- EQ, compression, saturation
- Reverb & delay
- Stereo imaging
- Parallel processing
- Mastering overview
- Mastering order of operations
- Demo-mastering
- 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
5-Day Ableton Bootcamp [Berlin]
Jump-start your music production dream, and learn to make music with the world’s leading music production software Ableton Live.
Level Beginner
Sessions 5
Location Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin
- Overview & Drum Programming
- Note and Clip Editing
- Building a melody
- Leads, Chords, and Basslines
- Audio and MIDI Effects
- Audio Recording
- Sampling
- Automation
- Song Arrangement
- Basic Mixing & Mastering
Gift Certificate
Gift certificate for one music production course at 343 Labs. Please send us the name of the recipient after you have made payment, and we will issue the gift certificate. Please let us know in advance, which course you would like to join.
2-Day Music Production Workshop [Berlin]
A two-day crash course teaching you the fundamentals of producing music with Ableton Live.
Level: Beginner
Sessions: 2
Ever wondered how a track you like is made? Chances are it’s been made on a laptop and uses a vocal and a couple of instruments. In this workshop, we will uncover the behind-the-scenes process of music production, and show you some of the essential tools a music producer uses in everyday music creation. During the workshop, we will be learning the fundamentals of working with Ableton Live, one of the world’s leading music production software*. By the end of the workshop, you will leave with an original beat, as well as a basic understanding of the essential music production concepts needed to make a track.
No requirements: No prior music knowledge is required to take this class.
*This workshop will be taught using Ableton Live, one of the leading music production software. We also offer courses in Logic Pro, and if you want to know about the differences between Ableton and Logic you can read this article here.
- Music Production Overview
- Key Elements Of A Song
- Drum Programming
- Making a Melody
- Leads, Chords, and Basslines
- Audio and MIDI Effects
- Song Arrangement
- Basic Mixing
- Exporting Your Track
Vocal Production [Berlin]
Learn the essential tools to record and produce a commercial-sounding vocal track from an industry pro.
Level: Intermediate
Sessions: 12
Location Köpenicker Str. 6A, 10997 Berlin
Vocal production is one of the most intricate art forms to master in music production, with many undocumented practices that vocal producers have acquired over years of honing their craft. In this comprehensive 12-session course you will learn the essential tools to creating a successful vocal production, as well as many of the hidden tips and tricks only experienced vocal producers have learnt over their years of experience in the industry. If you are looking to get your vocals to stand out and be commercially competitive, then this course is for you. In this course we will cover:
- Vocal recording equipment: mics + pre-amps
- Acoustics and room treatment
- Levels and gain-staging
- Coaching a vocalist
- Pre-mixng: pitch correction, time adjustment, de-essing, and plosives
- Effects processing and coloration: EQ, compression, reverb, delay, saturation
- Doubling and stacking the lead
- Harmonies and backing vocals
- Mixing, sends + returns
- Producing in different genres: pop, rap, club
- 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