Francois – Module 2: Progressive House / EDM Track From Start To Finish

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Francois – Module 2: Progressive House / EDM Track From Start To Finish

Progressive House / EDM Track From Start To Finish (Full 6h+ Course)
Producing A Professional Progressive House Track with Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI MASSIVE (1.3.xx) (Beginner & Intermediate Level)
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What you will learn from this course:
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Producing a Progressive House / EDM 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 Alesso, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, Jay Hardway and others.
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What’s required?
Basic understanding of using Ableton (like loading files, creating MIDI clips, etc – check our 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
What song is being produced in the course?
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The course will take you through:
Idea generation
Writing powerful chords and MIDI writing techniques
Writing drum patterns
Writing melodies
Sound Design and manipulation
Creating pitch effects, vocal fx, and noise techniques
Filtering, EQing, Envelope shaping
Layering and sound stacking
Creating melodies
Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
Mixing: We are completely mixing the track
Mastering: in the end we are fully mastering the track with a custom Ableton effect rack chain.
What you’re getting:
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A complete start-to-finish production course
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35+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
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6h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
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Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this course (using Ableton Live 9.7 Standard + NI Massive)
Course Curriculum
Module 2: Progressive House / EDM Track From Start To Finish
Part 1: Setup & Intro
Setup & Downloading The Files (2:37)
Loading the Start Ableton Project / Instruments (1:43)
Basic Workflow We Are Using (Beginner Focussed) (13:16)
Our Production Process in this Course (1:15)
Playing the Final Product (2:14)
Part 2: Building The Basics – Arrangement View
Drums: Setting Up the Beat: Kick, Snare, Hats (1) (11:51)
Drums: Adding More Drum Elements (2) (11:45)
Drums: Taking A Quick Look Into The Session View (1:23)
Setting Up The Side-Chain (3) (5:10)
Instruments: MASSIVE VST Setup + MIDI (4) (4:44)
Instruments: Writing The Chords – Beginner friendly (5) (12:24)
Instruments: Editing Midis and Adding First Bass Sound (6) (10:34)
Instruments: Adding the 2nd Bass Sound (7) (6:38)
Instruments: Tweaking Chords Layers + FX (8) (17:01)
Instruments: Adding Piano & Plucks (9) (15:13)
Instruments: Adding Staccato Strings (10) (9:39)
Instruments: Adding String A String Support Layer (7:22)
Instruments: “FM”-type Bass + Pluck Sounds (11) (14:51)
Instruments: Buildup Pads & High Strings (12) (14:26)
Instruments: Intro Strings, Piano’s, Clong’s (13) (13:38)
FX: Adding Sweeps and Audio Effects (14) (13:40)
FX: Adding Snare Fills and White Noise (15) (16:21)
FX: Drum Fill (16) (19:52)
Setting Up a Vocal Instrument Rack (17) (27:14)
Melody: Writing the Midi (18) (9:37)
Melody: Adding A Synth Layer (19) (7:20)
Part 3: Putting It Together – Arrangement View
Basics: Arrangement (2:18)
Arrangement, Song Song Structure and Adding Missing Pieces (20) (27:26)
Transitions, Tweaks and Grouping (21) (14:03)
Part 4: Mix Preparation (Mixing)
Sound Tweaking and Frequency Cleaning (22) (31:43)
Tweaking the Lead Sound (23) (11:17)
Basics: Mixing (4:20)
Preparing the Mix – Mixing (24) (18:24)
Part 5: Finalizing – Mastering
Basics: Mastering (1:57)
Mastering (25) (20:12)
Adjustment Session after 2 Days of not listening to the Track (26) (13:06)
Part 6: Bonus Part I – Techniques & Tricks
Writing an Alternative Lead Melody (8:00)
Building a classic Intro (17:06)
Sound Design: Super Saw Synth (9:53)
Tweaking Daft Punk Style (4:11)
Production Tricks (Resample, Reverse, Etc) (8:24)
New 04/2017: Writing Another Song Idea in F-Minor (8:23)
Part 6: Bonus Videos II
How To Ableton I – Basic Setup (11:07)
How To Ableton II – Browser, Instruments, Effects, VSTs (14:21)
How to Ableton III – Interface, Session View, Arrangement View (15:35)
How To Ableton IV – Producing a simple Deep House Track from Scratch in Ableton (Beginners) (62:14)
Ableton Live 9 vs. 9.5/6/7: Simpler 9 vs. Simpler 9.5 (7:53)
How To Compressor (15:35)
What is Side-Chaining? (10:36)

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