About Course
Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live gives intermediate and advanced producers a clear path to elevate their sound using the full creative toolkit inside Ableton Live. From deep synthesis to performance workflows, you will build the skills to design bold textures, program tighter drums, and finish mixes that translate.
Guided by expert instructor Rishabh Rajan, you’ll move beyond stock presets and basic chains to create original timbres, expressive MIDI performances, and effect stacks that add depth and character. Each lesson focuses on practical, musical results so you can apply techniques immediately in your own projects.
You’ll explore Ableton’s flagship instruments Analog, Wavetable, Operator, and Tension, then push into advanced sampling with Simpler and Sampler, granular methods, Groove Pool editing, and Max for Live. Along the way, you will master mix-shaping effects such as reverb, delay, saturation, distortion, vocoder, and third-party plugins, plus advanced editing, note expression, and live performance strategies that bring studio ideas to the stage.
What You’ll Learn
- Advanced synthesis with Analog, Wavetable, Operator, and Tension
- Creative sampling using Simpler, Sampler, and granular techniques
- Building polished effect chains with reverb, delay, saturation, distortion, and vocoder
- MIDI effects, note expression, and precision editing for musical control
- Groove Pool, Max for Live, and smart use of third-party plugins
- Real-world application through track breakdowns and creative exercises
Meet Your Instructor
Rishabh Rajan is an Ableton Certified Trainer and a professor in Berklee College of Music’s Electronic Production & Design Department, with an international teaching career and award-winning online courses. His background spans sound design, performance, and production, giving you a balance of technical depth and musical insight throughout the training.
Is This Course for You?
If you already understand Ableton Live basics and want to push into professional workflows, this course is for you. Electronic, hip-hop, and hybrid producers who want better sound design, tighter drums, and more confident arranging will gain a repeatable process for finishing high-quality tracks entirely in Ableton Live. You’ll leave with techniques that scale from solo productions to collaborative sessions and live sets.
What’s Included
- Deep dives into Analog, Wavetable, Operator, and Tension
- Advanced drum programming and creative sampling workflows
- Granular techniques, Groove Pool editing, and Max for Live concepts
- Effects design with reverb, delay, saturation, distortion, and vocoder
- MIDI effects, note expression, and advanced editing techniques
- Track breakdowns and live performance workflows
- Practical examples, frameworks, and guided creative exercises
Ready to shape your signature sound in Ableton Live? Enroll now and start building tracks with clarity, control, and confidence.
Course Content
Overview and Basic Synthesis
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Overview of Instruments and Effects
26:07 -
Subtractive Synthesis with Analog
20:48 -
Wavetable Synthesis
20:06 -
Advanced Drum Programming
22:45
