Is mentoring included, or just group classes?

Both - strategically placed 1-on-1 mentoring sessions are built in alongside group instruction.

Do I get a software discount?

Yes - all Garnish students qualify for a 50% discount on Ableton software.

What software do I need?

A laptop with Ableton Live or FL Studio installed.

How much does the program cost?

$4,499 plus a $100 registration fee if booked 14 days ahead, or $4,999 plus $200 otherwise.

Can I take this program remotely?

Yes - Live Online, with an alternative Pacific Time schedule available too.

Electronic Music Producer Program

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Course — New York

At a glance

Duration

120 hours

Format

In-person in New York or Live Online

Accredited

Ableton Certified

This Electronic Music Producer Program is designed for our next generation of music producers, ready to get serious with their music using Ableton Live, and take them from zero to music producing hero in no fewer than 120 hours of world-class training and mentoring, in-person at our Ableton Certified and FL Recognized training center in New York, or LIVE online.

In New York this course runs from our studios in Manhattan and Brooklyn, in small groups, with the option to join the very same sessions live online, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. Each class is taught by a producer working in the city's scene, so what you learn is what is being used in sessions right now.

Ableton DAW

→Session and Arrangement View, Workflow and Warping Basics
→Warping Loops and Using the Browser
→Intro to Simpler and Drum Racks
→Drum Sampler
→MIDI Recording of Melodic Instruments
→Scales, Key and Tuning Systems
→MIDI Generators and Transformations
→Mapping for Remote Control
→Audio and MIDI Effects and Racks
→Using Third Party Plugins
→Recording Audio and Warping Full Tracks
→Comping: Take Lanes
→Stem Separation
→Mixing Basics, Grouping and Routing
→Auto Shift

Advanced Ableton

→Sub: Waveforms and Harmonics, Sine
→Sub: Ableton’s Analog: Oscillators
→Sub: LFO, Polyphony, Unison and Glide
→Pulse Width Modulation and Serial Filtering
→Drift: Subtractive, Done Properly
→FM: Intro to FM
→FM: Ableton’s FM synth: Operator Overview
→FM: Algorithms, Filter
→FM: Making FM Drum Sounds
→Wave: Wavetable Categories
→Wave: Auditioning Wavetables Using an Envelope
→Wave: Oscillator Effects
→Wave: Multiple Filters with Different Routings
→PM: Physical Modeling Synthesis
→PM: Collision and Corpus: Sound Design
→PM: Tension
→Filter, LFO FX and Modulation Matrix
→Waveshaping with Roar: Saturation, Dist
→Sampler: Mapping Key and Velocity Zones, Looping
→Sampler: Filter, Drive and Shaper
→Sampler: AUX Env and LFOs
→Granular: Creative Time Stretching
→Granular: Beat Mode, Warping Using Quantized
→Granular: Grain Delay
→Granular: Granular Synthesis with Granulator III
→Granular: Filter, Modulators and Capture
→Additive synthesis: in Operator
→Creative Audio Effects: Shifter
→Creative Audio Effects: Resonators
→Creative Audio Effects: PitchLoop89
→Spectral Resonator and Spectral Time
→Hybrid Reverb
→M4L Devices: M4L Modulators

Mixing & Mastering

→Choosing Monitors
→Monitor Placement
→Acoustics: The Basics
→Signal Flow
→Mixing Desk Basics
→Basic panning techniques
→Mid/Side and Stereo Width
→Equalization
→Filtering
→Dynamics
→Reverb
→Delay
→Phaser and Flanger
→The Vocoder
→Modulation
→Vocals
→Automation: Mixing as a Performance
→More Creative Mixing Techniques
→Mixing Electronic Music
→Mastering

Mentoring

→20 hours of working on your music in class!

“I needed to brush up on something, so I called Garnish, as they have the best instructors” – Jamie Jones

Learn Ableton Live Suite from the ground up, covering everything you need to know about making the music you love in this revolutionary DAW, and all of the add-ons in Suite, together with the best of Max4Live devices, giving you a full understanding of what's possible when producing the music you love.

Unlike our shorter production classes, there are strategically placed mentoring sessions, so you get time to work on your music with the direct support of your instructor. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.

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