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Sound Design and Synthesis in Ableton Live
Welcome!
How to Use this Course (2:11)
Take the Live Lessons (2:03)
Join the Community (2:15)
Supplemental Setup Resources
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But Wait I Don't Have Sounds! (7:26)
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Working with Audio
Editing Basics and Keyboard Shortcuts (8:22)
Basic Clip Editing (5:26)
Audio Warping Modes (13:05)
Warping with "Beats" Mode (7:34)
Resampling Workflow (8:31)
Clip Automation & Texture Warping (12:44)
Elastic Audio and Warp Markers (8:33)
Review: Putting it All Together into a Loop (16:49)
Ableton Auto Filter
Basic Filtering and Filter Types (9:33)
Circuit Types (6:06)
Putting the Auto in Auto Filter (9:31)
Auto Filter Sidechaining (4:41)
Clip Automation with Autofilter (5:58)
Ableton Simpler Intro
Simpler Sample Playback Controls (11:32)
Simpler FX & Designing Sounds in Stages (10:02)
Automation in Arrangement View (13:07)
Synthesis 101 with Simpler
What is Subtractive Synthesis? (4:18)
Simpler Becomes an Oscillator (6:23)
Amp Stage: ADSR Envelopes (10:48)
Simpler Modulation: Filter Envelope (7:42)
Simpler Modulation: Low Frequency Oscillator (9:08)
Simpler Globals (9:29)
Advanced Simpler Sound Design
Simpler One Shot Mode (9:10)
Simpler Slicer Mode (7:57)
Warping within Simpler (13:15)
Ableton Analog
Ableton Analog Overview (4:37)
Ableton Analog Oscillators (16:47)
Ableton Analog Filter Section (14:45)
Ableton Analog Filter Routing (11:42)
Ableton Analog Amp Section (7:27)
Ableton Analog Globals (14:31)
Ableton Analog Advanced Patch Ideas (32:15)
Sound Design with Delay and Echo
Ableton Delay 1: Overview (8:25)
Ableton Delay 2: Repitch Effects (14:36)
Ableton Delay 3: Fade and Jump (10:00)
Ableton Delay 4: Comb Filtering (7:09)
Ableton Echo Overview (13:17)
Ableton Echo 2: Modulation Section (10:55)
Ableton Echo 3: Character Section (12:03)
Ableton Echo 4: Echo Effect Design (14:34)
FM Synthesis and Ableton Operator
What is FM Synthesis? (1:59)
Ableton Operator Overview (11:38)
Ableton Operator ...Operators! (20:45)
Ableton Operator Filter Section (8:20)
Operator LFO Section (7:53)
Ableton Pitch and Global Sections (14:52)
Ableton Operator Sound Design (30:44)
Reverb and Ambience
Reverb, Resonance, and Ambience Intro (1:54)
Reverb and Realism (9:11)
Ableton Reverb Controls (16:14)
Ableton Reverb Freeze Effects (11:35)
Hybrid Reverb Overview (7:10)
Hybrid Reverb Algorithms (22:42)
Hybrid Reverb Convolution & Impulse Responses (19:22)
Hybrid Reverb Transition Sounds (11:20)
Hybrid Reverb Sound Design Examples (14:30)
Signal Processing with Insert Effects and Chains
What is an Effect Chain? (3:22)
Chorus / Ensemble / Vibrato (14:41)
Phaser / Flanger / Doubler (10:17)
Frequency Shifter (8:55)
Ableton Overdrive (7:41)
Ableton Amp (9:16)
Ableton Redux (11:33)
Ableton Erosion (3:55)
Ableton Multiband Dynamics & OTT (8:44)
Ableton Saturator (18:15)
Glue Compressor (9:12)
Ableton EQ Eight (11:50)
Audio Effect and Instrument Racks
Audio Effect Rack Overview (6:30)
The Chain List (10:13)
Rack Macros (9:25)
Multiband Processing Racks (13:32)
Instrument Rack Overview (12:24)
Random Preset Generators (16:38)
Layering Concepts and Workflows
Melodic Layering (10:37)
Sub and "Mid" Bass Layering (6:43)
Snare Layering with Audio (8:13)
Snare Layering with Effects (9:09)
Foley Layers! (11:11)
Kick Drum Layering (10:48)
Granular Synthesis with Granulator 2
What is Granular Synthesis? (2:22)
Granulator 2: Grains (12:05)
Granulator 2: Grain Modulation (17:03)
Granulator 2: Filters, Envelopes, Pitch, and FM (14:13)
Granulator 2: Sound Design Examples (21:48)
Granulator 2: Live Input! (9:10)
Glitch and Buffer Effects
Beat Repeat (13:19)
Grain Delay (9:18)
Glitchmachines Fracture (17:21)
Buffer Shuffler (23:10)
Sound Design Workflows
Workflows Intro (1:55)
The Checklist Approach Part 1 (12:43)
The Checklist Approach Part 2 (9:06)
From Sound Design to Composition (15:37)
Sound Design within a Composition (13:55)
Comping in Place Workflow (14:38)
Focused Synthesis Workflow (9:00)
Wavetable Synthesis with Ableton Wavetable
Wavetable 1: Overview (6:47)
Wavetable 2: The Oscillator Section (12:45)
Wavetable 3: The Filter Section (5:02)
Wavetable 4: The Modulation Matrix (15:10)
Wavetable 5: Globals and Midi (13:06)
Wavetable 6: Sound Design Examples Pt. 1 (23:28)
Wavetable 7: Sound Design Examples Pt. 2 (22:22)
Wavetable 8: Roll Your Own Wavetables (23:26)
Physical Modeling / Karplus Strong Synthesis
Karplus Strong Synthesis Intro (4:03)
Ableton Collision 1: Exciter Stage (10:19)
Ableton Collision 2: Resonator Stage (18:17)
Ableton Collision 3: 2nd Resonator, LFO, and MIDI (21:59)
Ableton Corpus (10:37)
Ableton Tension (32:11)
Ableton Modular Expansion
The Envelope Midi Device (18:23)
The LFO Device (13:46)
Envelope Follower Device (7:37)
Shaper (12:35)
Expression Control (15:52)
Ableton Sampler
Ableton Sampler Overview (3:41)
Ableton Sampler's ...Sample Page (9:24)
Ableton Sampler's Pitch / Osc Page (13:55)
Ableton Sampler Modulation Pages (12:19)
Ableton Sampler Selector Modulation (10:09)
Multisamples 1: Intro and Importing (13:24)
Multisamples 2: Correcting Root Notes (5:56)
Multisamples 3: Instrument Chains (9:40)
Multisamples 4: Acoustic Instruments from 1 Sample (17:19)
Multisamples 5: Velocity Zones (8:27)
Where Should I Go From Here?
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