Francois – Module 2: Melodic House Track – Start To Finish In Ableton 10

What you will learn from this course:

	Producing a Melodic House Track
	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 track is inspired by artists like Lane 8, Ben Böhmer and Labels like Anjuna / Anjunadeep among others.

	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 10 Suite (or higher) no other 3rd party plugins needed

Idea generation (in Arrangement View)
Advanced MIDI writing techniques
Writing fat and powerful drums
Sound Design
Creating effects and noise techniques
Filtering, EQing, Vibrato, Envelope shaping
Layering and sound stacking
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.

	A complete -to-finish production course
	25+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
	6h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
	Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this course (using Ableton Live 10)

Part 1: Setup & Intro

Part 2: Building The Basics – Arrangement View

00 – Quick Overview (4:24)
01 – Adding The Kick (12:50)
02 – Optional: Audio Effect Rack Session (explaining audio effects we are using) (12:23)
03 – Info: If you skipped Video 02, watch this. (1:41)
03 – Adding Clap Layer 1 (8:01)
04 – Adding Clap Layer 2 (7:38)
05 – Adding Clap Layer 3 (5:41)
06 – Adding 16ths Hihats (14:59)
07 – Adding A Groove Hihat (10:30)
08 – Adding Offbeat Hihat (11:40)
09 – Main Percussion Groove + Resonator (10:22)
10 – Adding The Bass (7:36)
11 – Adding Chord Progression and Pad Sound (17:11)
12 – Adding “Vibes” – Saw Chords (9:55)
13 – Main Pluck Sound (10:45)
14 – “Duduk” Sound (15:45)

Part 3: Putting It Together – Arrangement

Arrangement Basics (2:18)
15 – Build Up I (8:44)
16 – Build Up II (17:35)
17 – Break Part I (9:14)
18 – Break Part II (22:33)
19 – Break Part III (14:17)
20 – Drop Part + End Part (22:06)
21 – Automation Curves (and adjusting Kick + Bass) (16:43)

Part 4: Sweetening To Taste & Tweaking

Part 5: Finalizing – Mixing & Mastering

Part 6: Bonus I – How To Make The Sounds From Scratch

I – Main Perc Loop (2:46)
II – Reso Signature Loop (13:14)
III – Wavetable – Bass (3:53)
IV – Wavetable – Pad (3:31)
V – Wavetable – Vibes Saw Chords (7:13)
VI – Wavetable – Pluck (4:08)

Part 7: Bonus Videos Ii

0 – YT Session in the Style of Anjuna Deep / Ben Böhmer (39:05)
I – How To Ableton I – Basic Setup (11:07)
II – How To Ableton II – Browser, Instruments, Effects, VSTs (14:21)
III – How to Ableton III – Interface, Session View, Arrangement View (15:35)
IV – How To Ableton IV – Producing a simple Deep House Track from Scratch in Ableton (Beginners) (62:14)
VI – How A Compressor Works (15:35)
VII – Basic Workflow in Ableton – Beginner Focussed (skippable Ableton refresher) (13:16)