Creating with Ableton Live Plugins and Instruments

Course details

Explore the wide variety of powerful plugins and instruments in Ableton Live, the popular music production software. Instructor Rick Schmunk starts with an in-depth look at Sampler and how to create multi-sample presets, as well as overviews of the core instruments Electric, Collision, Analog, and Operator. Rick also covers audio and MIDI plug-ins through a variety of walkthroughs, tips, tricks, and examples.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - About this course
02 - What you should know

1. Sampler (Instrument)

03 - Sampler intro
04 - Sample playback
05 - Prepare and load multisamples
06 - Multisample instruments and key zones
07 - Multisample instruments and velocity zones
08 - FM modulation and pitch envelopes
09 - Filter and amp envelopes
10 - LFO modulation
11 - Assign MIDI control

2. Electric (Instrument)

12 - Electric intro - Hammers and tines
13 - Damper and pickup in Electric
14 - Creating classic EP sounds
15 - Creating wide stereo EP sound

3. Audio Plug-Ins

16 - FX overview
17 - Beat Repeat
18 - Resonators, part 1
19 - Resonators, part 2
20 - Multiband Dynamics
21 - Random
22 - Vocoder
23 - Vinyl Distortion
24 - Working with external devices
25 - EQ and filters
26 - Compressors
27 - Side chain processing
28 - Using delays
29 - Echo intro
30 - Echo advanced features
31 - Saturator and Pedal
32 - Drum Buss
33 - Reverb

4. Collision (Instrument)

34 - Overview
35 - Excitator section
36 - Resonator section, part 1
37 - Resonator section, part 2
38 - LFO section
39 - Creating sounds with Collision

5. Live Mixer

40 - Overview
41 - Group tracks
42 - Sends and returns
43 - Routing and resampling
44 - Headphone cues

6. MIDI FX

45 - Arpeggiator
46 - Chord and Scale

7. Max 4 Live

47 - M4L LFO plugin
48 - M4L Shaper

8. Analog (Instrument)

49 - Introduction to Analog
50 - Origins of sound synthesis - Oscillators and oscillator waveforms
51 - Create a richer sound with oscillator tuning
52 - Analog's hidden sub and sync oscillators
53 - Use filters to sculpt the sound
54 - Use a filter envelope to shape the sound
55 - Create motion with filter modulation
56 - Emulate a vintage synth with oscillator modulation
57 - Create tremolo and stutter effects with amp modulation
58 - Create a sidechain saw bass
59 - Create a supersaw and mellow pad sound
60 - Create a growl bass sound
61 - Create a vintage lead sound

9. Operator (Instrument)

62 - Introduction to Operator
63 - FM sound synthesis - Carrier and modulator oscillators
64 - Choose an oscillator waveshape
65 - Create custom oscillator waveshapes
66 - Add low end with a sub oscillator
67 - Use filters to sculpt the sound
68 - Use a filter envelope to shape the sound
69 - Create motion using modulation and LFOs
70 - Create a processed EP sound
71 - Create a house bass sound with sidechained sub bass
72 - Creating an ambient FM pad sound
73 - Creating a plucked synth sound

Conclusion

74 - Next steps