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Introduction
1:34
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Class Orientation
1:09
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Your First 5 Minutes in Ableton Live
4:41
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Warping & Transposing
4:09
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The Drums
13:23
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Main Piano Chords: Scale Mode & Creating Chords
4:06
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Main Piano Chords: Programming The Chord Progression
19:04
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Creating a Lofi Effects Rack
3:52
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The Melody
11:34
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The Bassline
6:34
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Arrangement: Turning the Loop into a Full Song
12:20
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Mixing & Mastering
6:16
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Conclusion
0:34
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The Fundamentals of Ableton Live: Make Your First Lofi Hip Hop Song
Jonathan Fisher, Music Creator & Sound Designer
About This Class
Follow music producer FAIR GAME in creating your own Lofi Hip Hop track while learning the fundamentals of Ableton Live.
If you would like to start learning the most popular music-making software in the world, you’ve come to the right place.
Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation and works on Windows & macOS. It can be used for creating full songs in any genre as well as audio work. It is also a great tool for live performance.
This class is suitable for complete beginners as well as those looking to get into lofi hip hop production or to switch DAWs.
After this class you will have created your first song in Ableton and have a solid understanding of the following:
- The Ableton layout
- Working with audio, midi, virtual instruments, and effects
- Programming Drums
- The basics of writing chords, melodies, and basslines
- Creating an Ableton effects rack
- Warping & transposing
- Song Arrangement
- Basic overview of mixing and mastering techniques
This class is a great starting point for learning Ableton Live and for beginning to make your own relaxing lofi hip hop beats as well as venturing into other genres. Ableton is also a powerful tool for all types of audio work such as sound design or music composition for movies, tv-series, and games.
Creating music can be a really soothing and meditative experience and I hope that after this class you will find as much joy in creating with Ableton Live as I have.
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