Overview

This highly practical short-course has students examining the fundamentals of music composition within the context of DAW Ableton LIVE. An overview of the topics and information covered includes the following —

• Key setup principles of Ableton LIVE
• Session versus arrangement views
• Composing with Ableton’s MIDI instruments and software tracks
• Working with digital audio files incl. drag and drop, looping and warp functionality
• Loop based composing principles such as repetition, variation and contrast
• Remixing a commercially released pop-song
• Interpreting a musical score and inputting MIDI data accurately
• Mixing in Ableton LIVE incl. panning, automation, gain staging and more
• Export and archive operations
• Writing reflectively