Ableton Live for DJs Class | New York
Introduction to Ableton Live for DJs
- →Overview of the Live interface and its key functions
- →Setting up your DJ rig inside Live for the best performance
Advanced Mixing Techniques
- →Smooth transitions, and mixing creatively
- →Using Live's own features for dynamic, expressive mixes
- →Bringing external hardware controllers into your setup
Recording and Editing Parts of Your Mix
- →Recording your live sets for playback and analysis
- →Editing and refining a recorded mix
- →Effects and automation, for flair and individuality
Crafting Custom Edits
- →Audio editing without the full production workflow
- →Personalised edits of tracks, to fit your sets
- →Loops, samples and acapellas, to customise your library
Workflow Optimization for DJs
- →Streamlining your workflow inside Live
- →Navigating the software quickly, mid-performance
- →Session view, for on-the-fly creativity
Performance Enhancement
- →Warping, for tight synchronisation
- →Working live instruments and vocals into your sets
- →Real-time manipulation, for performances that move
Remixing and Mashups
- →Remixing, and building your own mashups in Live
- →Sampling and manipulating tracks on the fly
- →Final project: a polished personal DJ set, with peer and instructor feedback
In our students' words.
“I came into the Ableton course a bit worried as I had never used the program before, but was quickly put at ease by the friendly atmosphere. I left feeling confident about making my own tracks on Ableton and also DJing on Ableton.”
Stuart Galloway
Instructors
Before you enrol.
Yes - in person at our Ableton Certified Training Center in New York, or live online.
18 hours. Tuition is $999 when you book 14 or more days ahead, or $1,199 after that, plus a $200 registration fee.
No. It is built for DJs who want to move toward production without getting bogged down in theory, beat programming or sound design first.
You build a personalised, polished DJ set using everything on the course, and get feedback on it from the class and the instructor.
Yes - the Electronic Music Producer Program takes production much further. Ask admissions about the next cohort.
Yes - ask admissions about Ableton Live for DJs private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist.
18 hours - $999 (14+ days out) / $1,199 otherwise, + $200 registration
Ready when you are.
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