Production Music Live Future Bass Track From Start To Finish

After having taken this class, you'll have seen a complete production process first hand, starting from nothing and working through all the different important stages of the production process, from start 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

What song is being produced in the course?



The course will walk you through:

- 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, ..

What you're getting:

- A complete start-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)

Class Curriculum:

Part 1: Setup & Intro
Preview Introduction & Hello (1:41)
Start Setup & Downloading The Files (1:59)
Preview Playing the Final Product (2:20)
Part 2: Idea Generation - Session View
Start 00 Idea Generation - Part 1: Writing Chords (15:40)
Start 01 Idea Generation - Part 2: Creating The First 8 Bar Loop in Session View (22:58)
Start 02 Switching to Arrangement View & Adding Layers (20:37)
Part 3: Building The Track - Arrangement View
Start 03 Adding Snares (12:59)
Start 04 Adding Vocal Chops (15:46)
Start 05 Adding Fills, Warps, Stretches (17:14)
Start 06 Sound Design, LFOs, Arpeggios (22:57)
Start 07 Adding Chilled Parts, Scales (16:04)
Start 08 Adding Plucks (12:35)
Start 09 Four To The Floor Part (13:58)
Start 10 Creating A Big Fill FX (8:21)
Start 11 Sound Design: LFO E-Organ (9:49)
Start 12 Heavy Drop + Lead Sound (11:15)
Start 13 First Buildup and White Noise Edits (5:50)
Start 14 Adding an Intro (11:58)
Start 15 Creating Custom Pianos, Resampling, Reversing FX (18:05)
Start 16 Transitions 1 - Frequency Shifting (7:42)
Start 17 Transitions 2 - Fade To Grey FX (6:53)
Start 18 Transitions 3 - Adjustments (6:43)
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Bonus 1 Future Bass Melody Vocal Chop Session
Bonus 2 How to use Ableton Live 9.2 Simpler vs. Simpler in Live 9.5