Performing with Ableton Live

Learn how to use Ableton Live for real-time, dynamic live performances such as triggering backing tracks for your band, creating a live DJ/remix set, or recording and assembling an entire song, on the fly, in front of an audience. This course will give you the opportunity to learn and practice these performance skills using Ableton Live, your MIDI controllers, and your instruments. You will learn how to build your own Live sessions, customize them for your specific performance needs, and be able to skillfully and artfully perform with Live using a variety of setups and techniques. This course is designed for students with diverse backgrounds—from singer/songwriters, music producers, DJs, and electronic music artists to music directors, podcasters, pastors, and YouTubers.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Record a clip-based performance using your computer’s keyboard or your MIDI controller
• Employ MIDI mapping
• Create and record a real-time performance from scratch using Live’s Browser in conjunction with Live’s Session View
• Warp and manipulate stereo song files for perfect playback at any tempo and pitch
• Use Live’s headphone cue system for DJing
• Synchronize Live with other DJ systems, such as CDJs, Serato, and Traktor
• Record a real-time DJ performance using Live
• Perform, record, and arrange a live looping session
• Use Live’s effects and third-party effects
• Use Live for mashups and remixing
• Set up and control external MIDI hardware (such as drum machines and sound modules) from Live in real time
• Design a multi-controller, multi-computer, multi-performer stage setup and use it in a live performance
• Control lighting and audio/MIDI cues from a handheld device
• Set up and manipulate a live performance from your handheld device
• Create a studio quality mix down of your Live set performance

Syllabus

Lesson 1 Live Electronic Music Performance

Lesson 2 Complete Control

Lesson 3 Djing with Live

Lesson 4 Using Live with a Band

Lesson 5 Live Loop Performance Recording and Playback

Lesson 6 Real Time Effects Manipulation

Lesson 7 Real-Time Remixing

Lesson 8 Controllerism Meets the Stage

Lesson 9 Handheld Device Control

Lesson 10 Building a Live Performance Set (Part 1)

Lesson 11 Building a Live Performance Set (Part 2)

Lesson 12 From Stage to Studio

Requirements

Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements

Completion of Ableton Live Fundamentals, or equivalent knowledge and/or experience.

Required Textbook(s)

• None required

Software Requirements

• Ableton Live 9 or 10 (Standard or Suite)

Hardware Requirements

• USB MIDI Controller; a dedicated Live controller (Akai APC 40 MkII, Ableton’s Push, etc.) is recommended
• Audio interface with a minimum of one audio input; a multi-input and output audio interface (Focusrite Forte, Apogee Quartet, etc.) is recommended
• Video recording device for capturing live performance such as a USB webcam, smartphone, or digital camera

Instructors

Erik “Hawk” Hawkins

Author & Instructor

Erik “Hawk” Hawkins is an EDM artist, producer, composer, remixer, label owner, and author. His music has been used by major television networks and film studios, including ABC, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, and New Line Cinema.

Dozens of his articles have appeared in the Industry’s top publications, including Electronic Musician, Mix, Remix, and Keyboard. He has authored several books, including Complete Guide to Remixing and Producing Drum Beats. His Berklee Online course, Programming and Producing Drum Beats, won the 2012 UPCEA Award. He also manages his own busy YouTube channels and has collected way too many vintage synths.

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Kareem Clarke

Instructor

Kareem Tony Clarke is a DJ, music producer, and label owner. Throughout his career, he has performed at major clubs in New York City, toured US colleges, performed at TEDxBerkleeValencia, played at SXSW 2017, and held DJ residencies in Valencia, Spain. In 2016 he founded the deep house and techno label Digital Den Records with fellow Berklee alum Ian Cahill.

Kareem holds a BA in Engineering Studies from Lafayette College, as well as an MA in Global Entertainment and Music Business and an MM in Music Technology Innovation from Berklee College of Music.

What’s Next?

When taken for credit, Performing with Ableton Live can be applied towards these associated programs:

Associated Certificate Programs

• General Music Studies Professional Certificate
• General Music Studies Advanced Professional Certificate
• Ableton Live Professional Certificate

Associated Degree Majors

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Production
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Music Production and Sound Design
• Bachelor’s Degree in Songwriting and Producing Music
• Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Music Studies (Create Your Own Major)

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