Ableton Accelerator
'Ableton Accelerator' is a beginner-focussed online video course which reduces the overwhelm and frustration of learning electronic music production.
Welcome! Watch this video
Setting up your preferences
Download your exclusive sample pack
What equipment do you need?
What do electronic music producers do?
Making your first beat
Writing 'in-key' for non-musicians
Navigating Ableton Live
Audio vs MIDI
Samplers
Working with MIDI
Learn the sounds
Examples of drums and percussion
Examples of bass
Examples of leads and stabs
Examples of pads and atmospheres
Examples of risers and FX
Introduction to Music Theory - Part one
Introduction to Music Theory - Part two
Drums - Part one
Drums - Part two
Finding a vocal sample
Making bass lines without a synth
Transposing samples
Leads and melodies
Making chords less scary
Pads and atmospheres
Vocals - Editing and warping
Vocals - Pitch shifting and vocal chops
Intro to synths
Oscillators, filters and envelopes
'Faders up' mix
Session view arrangement
Skeleton arrangement
Session view to Arrangement view
Working with clips in Arrangement View
Vocals in Arrangement view
Arrangement - Tension and impact
Risers and FX
Snare rolls
Automation
Plugins
EQ
Common EQ moves
What is compression?
Using compression
Reverb
Delay
Saturation
Mixing vs mastering with Chris Pavey
Sidechaining
Parallel compression
Exporting
How to 'master' your track
What should you do when sitting down to make music?
How to schedule music making
What to focus on now vs later
What to do when you inevitably get stuck
Further resources
BONUS: Interview with mastering engineer (Chris Pavey)
Don’t decide now.
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Enrol in the Ableton Accelerator course today, and if you don’t get the results you’re looking for in the next 30 days… OR:
You don’t like the videos, you don’t like my voice, my teaching style, my hair, anything, I’ll refund you hassle-free.
Not a lot! All you need is a computer (Windows or Mac), a pair of headphones and a copy of Ableton Live, which you can get a free trial of from Ableton.
Absolutely. This course will work even if you have no prior music-making experience. If you've tried to learn this before and got frustrated, stuck or overwhelmed, this is your solution.
You can leave comments under each video, I will be monitoring these very closely. Also, as part of the Platinum Package, you get 2 personalised track reviews from me. Also, you can email me at john@theaudiojourney.co.uk
This totally depends on how much time you put in. The course is roughly 8 hours of content, so you could work through it in a weekend, or progress through it over 4-8 weeks. Do whatever suits you best!