Producing with Ableton Live (Drum Racks & Audio Edits)

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

Have you ever wanted to create your own electronic music? To mash-up a crazy pop song vocal with a gritty 90's grunge instrumental? Or do you just want to record your own guitar and vocal ideas over a synthesized drum beat to sketch out ideas for a band or a record? Learning to use Ableton Live can help you with these and virtually any other digital audio application.

In this workshop, students will view a demonstration outlining some of the many possibilities of creating, remixing and performing different styles of music. Students will also have a chance to try out performance techniques, sequence patterns and record short snippets of audio to experiment with and use as sample material. This format is ideal for aspiring bedroom producers or musicians looking to learn to produce with computers and software. Students will get to hear their own recordings over studio monitors, add special effects and manipulate their audio in order to create an instrumental backing track for a song.

This class will focus on one of Live's most powerful instruments: the Drum Rack, as well as some tricks and shortcuts for editing audio clips.

What to Bring

Materials for taking notes, laptop for following along is optional / not necessary.

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

Handouts will be provided when necessary.

Cancellation Policy
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

One of Chicagoland's leading Ableton Live educators, Tony has been playing and producing music across the country for nearly twenty years, as well as teaching digital music production and drumming for over a decade. With a wide variety of styles and genres at his fingertips, he has played drums in many bands (The O'Mys, Uptown Shakedown, The Illustrated) from R&B to Jam to Indie Rock, and produced music ranging from Funk, Dub to avant garde Electronica, Hip Hop, Trap and Dubstep.

As an educator, Tony works in after-school programs to provide opportunity and creative outlets for Chicago's under-served youth. In addition to several private students, he also teaches drum lessons at School of Rock in Evanston, as well as directing and instructing their Ableton Live Remixing and DJing program, a program and curriculum he developed and is proud to be the first to offer.

EXPERIENCE REVIEWS

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    Jef G.
    Reviewed on 02/08/14

    Very thorough and tons of information covered quickly. He won't leave you in the dust, but you might want to bring a notepad. We went from beginner to advanced methods, shortcuts and tricks in one session. Pretty unbelievable. You'll be making tracks and advancing as soon as you get home. You should check this out. Guaranteed you'll learn SOMETHING!

    Very thorough and tons of information covered quickly. He won't leave you in the dust, but you might want to bring a notepad. We went from beginner to advanced methods, shortcuts and tricks in one session. Pretty unbelievable. You'll be making tracks and advancing as soon as you get home. You should check this out. Guaranteed you'll learn SOMETHING!

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