Ableton Live, Beyond Music Production: The Masterclass

Step by step guidance through cutting edge music technology principles; for the music producer, the musician, the pro.

Rating: 4.3 out of 5

4.3  (9 ratings)

68 students

Created by David O'Leary

Last updated 10/2019

English

What you'll learn

1. Students will be able to integrate audio, visuals and lighting into one cohesive live performance
2. How to automate audio, lighting and visuals so they work in unison
3. Integration of multiple music technology related softwares and protocols
4. How to network multiple computers to expand your performances
5. Control visuals, lighting and audio one by one or automate everything!
6. Route audio and MIDI between computer based and iOS based applications
7. Keep all of your audio, visuals and lighting in sync even if you change tempo
8. Integrate your performances with your friends and colleagues

Requirements

• Students should be familiar with Ableton Live and routing of MIDI/Audio but this is not essential.
• Students should be comfortable using a mac/pc/handheld device.

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Description

Ableton Live, Beyond Music Production: The Masterclass

Have you ever wondered how your favourite band/DJ or live performer puts on such amazing shows? How many times have you seen a live performer or DJ use the same tired setup at every event you go to?

Well this course will bring you on a journey to enlighten you to some of the most cutting edge technologies music has to offer and how to integrate them all into one cohesive unit. Whether you're into music, visuals or lighting, you can learn to automate and perform each to create stunning audio visual masterpieces to take you from a bedroom performer to the club and stage of your choice!

This class is for anyone who:

Makes or performs music

DJ’s

Works in the field of audio engineering, lighting or projection

Works in the field of Audio Visual Production

And who wants to learn:

The Essentials:

How to network a variety of applications to produce synchronised outcomes in audio

How to network across multiple machines to synchronise those apps

How to create your own templates in TouchOSC to control said applications wired or wirelessly

How each application is interconnected

Audio:

What audio protocols are and how they operate

MIDI and MIDI Mapping

Audio routing

Lighting:

How lighting can be automated in Ableton Live

What lighting protocols are and how they operate

MIDI and MIDI Mapping

Visuals:

How Resolume Arena works

How to blend together multiple projectors

How to use visuals on multiple screens

Synchronisation:

What sync protocols are and how they operate

MIDI and MIDI Mapping

Audio routing and synchronisation

In this class we start with the very basics of Ableton and applications like RemixVideo and DMxis work all the way up to producing synchronised lighting shows and effects. I walk you through every step of the process, and explain my logic behind every decision I make. I'll even walk you through a complete demonstration from beginning to end.

The goal of this class is for you to learn how to create stunning lighting effects for use in the home, venue, club or stage.

DAWs:

In this class I'll be using Ableton Live and I've gone to great lengths to make sure this class is useful to everyone, no matter what your experience.

Setting:

I'm best known for working with electronic music and corporate audio visual events, but I've designed this course to be useful to anyone who has interest in the topics discussed.

Topics Covered:

Ableton Live: A Quick Overview

Traktor Pro

RemixLive

RemixVideo

Launchpad

Loopback

Resolume Arena

Studiomux

TouchOSC

Audio Networking

Image Blending

DMX: What Is It?

DMX Addressing

DMXis

MIDI

MIDI Mapping

The IAC Driver

Bonjour on the Mac OS System

The IAC Driver

The Audio MIDI Setup Tool

And much, much more!

If you are ready to start making professional looking lighting shows, this is the class that will start you on that journey. Get started today.

David is a BSc Entertainment Systems and a greatly experienced instructor with over 2,000 students since launching his first course just this year.

** I guarantee that this course is the most thorough music technology related lighting course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back (30 day money back guarantee) **

Closed captions have been added to all lessons in this course.

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Praise for Courses by David O'Leary:

⇢ "Looks like a lot of thought and preparation was put into this course. Very professional." - M. Charles

⇢ "I've been in music production and DJ'ing for nearly 20 years and I haven't seen anyone put together a course like this before. Granted you need some basic skills but thats not a problem for me. Great, great course. Will be implementing real soon" - S. Coonan

⇢ "The course looks amazing! The instructor is really knowledgeable, explains everything very well and the end results as demonstrated in the first lecture are stunning!!" - P. Smith

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Who this course is for:

Any and all music makers!

Music Porducers

DJ’s

VJ’s

Audio Visual Technicians

Lighting Technicians

Projection Technicians

Course content

13 sections • 35 lectures • 2h 37m total length

Instructor : David O'Leary

Audio Visual Specialist, Sound Engineer, DJ & Computer Geek!

David O'Leary

4.3 Instructor Rating

40 Reviews

3,273 Students

2 Courses

**David is the author of courses such as “Audio, Visuals, Lights: THE Live Performance Masterclass" and "Audio Routing for iOs and Mac Based Operating Systems", which have been purchased by more than 3500 students in 34 languages in 118 countries.**

** He is a BSc in Entertainment Systems, a Sound Engineer, an Audio Visual Technician with over 20 years experience, an Audio Visual Consultant with multi-million audio visual installs to his name, a veteran DJ, drummer and a best selling music producer. He brings all this experience to bear upon his Udemy courses. **

David O'Leary has worn many hats throughout his multi-faceted career in the audio industry including producer, songwriter, engineer, av consultant, technician, sound designer, DJ, multi-media artist, performer and entrepreneur. An innovator in the field of electronic performance, David performs audio visual performance pieces using hardware and software which he has designed, built, and programmed personally. When he’s not working as a solo artist, David is a serial collaborator. His primary collaborative vehicle is the group Erra P, for which David is one of three producers.

David O'Leary is the founder, owner, CEO and producer of music education courses under the umbrella of The School of Sound. David has also worked as an Audio Visual Consultant for Fortune 500 companies, overseeing live events and audio visual installs with large scale budgets. To this day he still operates on the front lines in his native Ireland, running visuals, sound and lighting at large scale corporate events for multiple cutting edge technology companies who use Dublin as their European headquarters.

David has a BSc in Entertainment Systems; a Diploma and multiple certifications in Music Technology & Sound Engineering. These lay alongside multiple educational awards from Extron, Infocomm, Dante, Pro Tools & Ableton in fields ranging from sound engineering, music composition, social media marketing, information technology, website design & IT networking.