Digital Music Production With Ableton

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Course Overview

SCIM’s Premium digital production course material has been quality assured by Ableton , Berlin, The world’s leading DAW for electronic music production. In this flagship 6 month program, you will learn every facet of music composition, Production, editing, recording, sound design, arrangement, and post-production.

Key Outcomes

On completion of the Digital Music production with Ableton course, graduates will have the necessary knowledge and practical skills required to:

Use basic and advanced music composition techniques to compose any style of music.
Developed knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles and concepts related to drum programming, groove & timing.
Demonstrate knowledge of music theory and fundamental ability to play scales, chords, riffs, and phrases.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of Ableton program functionality, including warping, editing, recording, and processing audio and generating and editing MIDI.
Apply sound design techniques to design a wide array of original sounds for all styles of music.
Have a world class understanding of synthesis from the ground up, including Oscillators, envelopes, VCAs, LFOs, Sequencers, and Modulation.
Understand audio engineering fundamentals such gain structure, dynamics, mixing, mastering and other aspects of post production.

Career Oportunities

Remixer, Producer, Live Artist
Film Score Composer
Sound and Music Design for Games, TV, Film, and Other Multimedia Applications.
Producer / DJ
Post Production and Mastering Engineer

Welcome to Ableton Production Fundamentals

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Introduction and Welcome Video

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Don't be shy come say Hello. Its 2024 and we are ready to dive head first into a year of fresh creativity and the endless power of Digital Music Production. Ryan says hi in this quick video and introduces all the concepts you will be learning this year.

Topic 1. Basic navigation and setting up the program

Topic 2. Drum programming - Tones, rhythms, and grooves

Topic 3. MIDI and Piano roll - Basic concepts and implementation

Topic 4. Sound design, sound shaping

Topic 4.1 Sound Design (from scratch)

Topic 5. Basslines & Bass Programming Skills

Topic 6. Effects Processing - Insert and send effects

Topic 7. Warp Modes, Groove pools and specialized timing

Topic 8. Automation

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Automation - Part 1 - Introduction to basic concepts

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Get started with automation in Ableton, learning how to control parameters dynamically over time.

Topic 9. Arrangement using session view

Topic 10. VCV Rack and Virtual Modular Synthesis - Opening a worls of truly infinite possibility

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What is the duration of the course?

The Digital music production with Ableton course is 6 months long.

Are there minimum requirements?

No previous qualifications are required but as the course in relatively intensive, we recommend a general matric learning level for applicants. Our content was assessed at NQF5 by SAQA.

When is your next intake?

Next intake for all courses is 15 January

How do I sign up for the course?

Simply click the GET THIS COURSE, select a payment method and check out, we already have your details from when you signed up.

What is the location of Soul Candi Institute of Music

All our courses are remotely taken online.

How often do i attend class?

For all part time and remote learning courses, a minimum of 4 hours per week is required . You can complete the course work in your own time by logging in to the learning portal . There are weekly support classes held live with guest lecturers and the scim team.

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