REQ: Production Music Live Course: Melodic Techno Track from Start To Finish

Updated 2017 Version 2.0 (more content inside)

Producing A Professional Melodic Techno Track with Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI MASSIVE (1.3.xx) (Intermediate Level)



What you're getting:

Basic Course Option - Contents:

A complete start-to-finish production course, watch all tutorials at your own pace, as many times as you want and then use the techniques for your own music.

35+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live

7h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access

Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this course (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive) and all samples used are included as well.


Premium Course Options Available:

The available upgrade options include professional drum sample packs, preset packs and expertly crafted MIDI files for chord progressions, melodies, pluck sounds,.. as well as project files, helping you get great results quicker. 4 options available:

Paid course (including Project File and used samples)
Paid course and 700+ Drum Samples (Deep Premium Vol.1) plus MASSIVE PRESETS Boiler Production + Deep House (160+ Presets) + 240+ MIDI files (Chords, Melodies, Plucks) (save 40% compared to single prices)
Option 2 + Deep Dynamic Pack (6 State of the Art Techno/House Ableton Templates) (save 40% compared to single prices)
Option 3 + Complete Deep / Tech / House Pack (20+ Templates) (save over 50% on single prices)

What you will learn from this course:

Producing a Melodic Techno Track


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 track is inspired by artists like Ame, Adriatique, Boris Brechja and of course, Francois Rengere.

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 9.7 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

The course will take you through:

Idea generation (Arrangement View)
Advanced MIDI writing techniques
Writing fat and powerful drums
Writing Chords
Sound Design (with NI Massive)
Creating industrial effects and noise techniques
Filtering, EQing, Envelope shaping
Layering and sound stacking
Creating melodic techno melodies
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.

Class Curriculum

Part 1: Setup & Intro
I - Setup & Downloading The Files (2:37)
II - First Session Setup / Racks / Workflow / Skippable Parts (2:43)
III - Basic Workflow in Ableton - Beginner Focussed (skippable Ableton refresher) (13:16)
(Free Preview) IV - Playing the Final Product (6:15)
V - Production Process We Are Using (1:15)
Part 2: Building The Basics - Arrangement View
01 - Adding Kick and Sidechain (7:12)
02 - Adding Claps, Hihats, Percs (13:40)
03 - Claps tweaking (9:09)
04 - More Clap Tweaking (8:46)
05 - Hihats + Loop (9:54)
06 - Tom FX (9:15)
(Free Preview) 07 - Cymbal Ride (9:52)
08 - Adding Effects (+ Arranged File Download) (18:24)
09 - Adding Bass (14:39)
10 - Stab Sound 1 (13:45)
11 - Background Pad + Main Stab (14:26)
12 - Main Stab Tweaking (9:41)
13 - Adding the Pad Bass (7:56)
14 - Adding the Main Arp (11:13)
15 - Arp FX Down (8:53)
16 - Choir Voice + Massive FX Bass (7:22)
17 - Tonal FX, LFO, Noisia (15:24)
Part 3: Putting It Together - Arrangement View
Arrangement Basics (2:18)
18 - First Arrangement Part I (21:33)
19 - First Arrangement Part II (11:47)
19.5 - Project File After First Arrangement (+ Download) (3:07)
(Free Preview) 20 - Adding White Noise FX (9:50)
21 - Adding Reverse FX (15:25)
22 - Adding Break Elements (22:30)
23 - Break Arrangement and Chords (29:22)
24 - Voice Break Elements + Master FX (10:40)
25 - Main Drop Prepare (+ Delay Automation) (11:32)
26 - Arrangement after Main Drop (25:51)
Part 4: Transitions
27 - FX Distribution over Arrangement (32:58)
28 - Instrument Group Elements and Tonal FX (18:07)
29 - Adding Master FX (9:33)
30 - Transitions and Utilities (24:50)
Part 5: Finalizing - Mixing & Mastering
Mixing Basics (4:20)
31 - Mixing (12:41)
Mastering Basics (1:57)
32 - Mastering (21:05)
Part 6: Bonus Videos I
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)
V - Ableton Live 9 vs. 9.5/6/7: Simpler 9 vs. Simpler 9.5 (7:53)
VI - How A Compressor Works
VII - Creating A Custom Instrument: Pipe (15:37)
VIII - Creating Custom Audio Effects: Doubler (14:02)