Loudon Stearns, Erin Barra – Ableton Live Techniques: Non-Linear Creative Strategies and Composition
This course is for students who are interested in taking a deep dive into composing with Ableton Live by leveraging unique and powerful linear and non-linear creative techniques inside the software. You will master a number of linear and non-linear compositional practices that are only possible using advanced Ableton Live tools and techniques.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Collaborate remotely with another producer and manage all necessary files in the process
- Use Audio Effect, MIDI Effect, Instrument, and Drum Racks in Live to complement user-specific workflow
- Interact with Live in real time, using computer generative techniques
- Incorporate visuals into Live sets
- Experiment with song form
- Create an environment for improvisation
- Integrate improvisation into your production and compositional workflow
- Create strong musical connections to stories and narratives found in your compositions
- Create a generative Max for Live patch
- Learn about possible career paths which leverage Live’s unique non-linear functionality
Syllabus
Lesson 1: Sample Manipulation and Session View Review
Lesson 2: Collaboration and Arrangement View Review
Lesson 3: Collaging: Prepping for Greatness
Lesson 4: Reactive Compositions
Lesson 5: Filming to Score
Lesson 6: Development Analysis
Lesson 7: Jamming
Lesson 8: Improvised Composition
Lesson 9: Prosody
Lesson 10: Stable/Unstable
Lesson 11: Being Effected
Lesson 12: Looking Forward
Requirements
Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements
Completion of Ableton Live Fundamentals or a strong understanding of the basic functionality of Ableton Live is required.
Required Textbook(s)
- None required
Software Requirements
- Ableton Live 10 Suite
- Max for Live Essentials Pack (included with Live 10 Suite)
Hardware Requirements
- MIDI controller
- Audio interface
General Course Requirements
Instructors
Author
Loudon Stearns is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, a course author and instructor at Berklee Online, and an active media-artist. Within the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music, he prepares students to work as independent composers and producers in a technology-laden music industry. Online, he focuses on the latest electronic music styles and music-technology innovations, showing students how to analyze contemporary styles and use the latest music technology in their own works. An innovator in both education and art, Loudon authored a Massive Open Online Class, “Introduction to Music Production,” that has provided high-quality free education to hundreds of thousands of students, received an award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for “Excellence in Teaching” and received the “Excellence in Media Art” award from the Emerson College Visual and Media Art department.
Author & Instructor
An authoritative voice in music, tech, and education, Erin Barra is a course author and instructor at Berklee Online, the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University, and Executive Director of Beats By Girlz. She has a wide breadth of experience developing and teaching curriculums at the open source, K-12, and collegiate levels, several of which are the most popular and highest rated courses on their respective platforms.
What’s Next?
When taken for credit, Ableton Live Techniques: Non-Linear Creative Strategies and Composition can be applied towards these associated programs:
Associated Certificate Programs
- General Music Studies Professional Certificate
- General Music Studies Advanced Professional Certificate
Associated Degree Majors
- Bachelor’s Degree in Music Production
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Music Production and Sound Design
- Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Music Studies (Create Your Own Major)
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