Francois – Module 2: Future Bass Track – Start To Finish

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	Producing a Future Bass Track from To Finish
	After having taken this class, you’ll have seen a complete production process first hand, ing from nothing and working through all the different important stages of the production process, from to finish. The final track is inspired by artists like Flume, San Holo, Cashmere Cat, Odesza.

	What’s required?
	Basic understanding of using Ableton (like loading files, creating MIDI clips, etc – check our other mini Ableton refresher in Part 6 for the basics) Ableton Live 9.2 Standard (or higher) – you can also follow along with 9.2 (the only difference is the Simpler, an extra video explains it) VST: NI Massive (1.3xx or higher) no other 3rd party plugins needed

Idea generation (first in Session View, later we switch to Arrangement View)
Writing powerful Future Bass chords and advanced MIDI writing techniques
Writing fat and powerful drums
Writing melodies
Sound Design (with NI Massive – and optional with Operator and Serum)
Making vocal chops and glides
Creating chord slides, glides, pitch effects, LFO shapes and techniques, frequency shiftings
Filtering, EQing, Vibrato, Envelope shaping
Layering and sound stacking
Creating crazy little fills and breaks for huge drops
Creating Future Bass arpeggios and melodies
Adding sphere with resampling and reversing sounds
Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
Mixing: We are completely mixing the track using techniques like “Frequency Masking”, Mid-Side mixing, and many more
Mastering: in the end we are fully mastering the track with a custom Ableton effect rack chain.
Bonus: Serum sound designs, more vocal chops, ..

	A complete -to-finish production course
	30+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
	5h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
	Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this couse (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive)

Part 1: Setup & Intro

Preview
I – Introduction & Hello (1:41)
II – Downloading The Files & Setup (1:59)
III – Basic Workflow – Beginner focussed (skippable) (13:16)
IV – Our Production Process in this Course (1:15)
Preview

V – Playing the Final Product (2:19)

Part 2: Idea Generation – Session View

00 – Idea Generation – Part 1: Writing Chords (15:40)
01 – Idea Generation – Part 2: Creating The First 8 Bar Loop in Session View (22:58)
02 – Switching to Arrangement View & Adding Layers (20:37)
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Part 3: Building The Track – Arrangement View