
Making A Track in Ableton Live 10 (Legacy)
Step-by-Step Online Course for Beginners and Intermediates
What you are getting
- A complete start-to-finish course, learn how to produce a track in Ableton Live.
- 25+ Studio sessions with Francois / PML
- 3h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
- Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this course included.
- Start To Finish. Starting from nothing we are explaining everything before creating drums, sounds, fx, chords, arrangements, until we have a finished, mixed & mastered track.
- Follow along the full production process. While going through all important stages of the production, everything will be explained in detail.
- Pick up tricks and skills, save valuable time. Learn how to use Ableton and then use the techniques and apply them to your own productions.
- Ableton Live. We are only using native Ableton, no 3rd party plugins.
Course Curriculum
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Preview01 - First Look, Overview - Session, Arrangement (2:33)
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Start02 - Preferences (1:21)
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Start03 - The Browser (3:45)
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Start04 - Loading Files in Session View (1:54)
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Start05 - Navigation in Session View (6:41)
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Start06 - Moving Clips into Arrangement View (1:42)
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Start07 - Audio, Midi and Navigating in Arrangement View (8:41)
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Start08 - Quick Overview / Switch on-off (1:52)
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Start09 - Applying Audio Effects (3:25)
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Start10 - Midi Effects and Signal Flow (2:01)
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Start11 - Midi Clips - first steps (3:14)
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Start12 - Loop Selection in Arrangement View (1:14)
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Start13 - The Master and Summing-Up (2:55)
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Start01 - Kick Setup (9:13)
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Start02 - Drum Rack (19:11)
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Start03 - Bass (13:28)
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Start04 - Chords (19:38)
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Preview05 - Pad (21:40)
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Start06 - Using Clips in Session and adding Bass notes (7:38)
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Start07 - Session to Arrangement View (13:14)
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Start08 - Adding Shakers (11:35)
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Start09 - Adding Blip (9:50)
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Start10 - Adding a Ride (16:45)
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Start11 - Pluck (19:00)
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Start12 - White Noise (13:52)
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Start13 - White Noise Transition Lead (7:28)
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Start14 - Arrangement Part 1 (27:27)
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Start15 - Arpeggio (15:46)
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Start16 - Working on Drum Details (7:13)
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Start17 - Adding Variations (7:36)
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Start18 - Drum Buss (12:48)
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Start19 - Mixing and Mastering Session (11:54)
Your Instructor

I'm Francois, classically trained musician and music producer from Germany with an insatiable passion for great sound design, audio engineering and electronic music production. I've released tracks on labels such as Universal Music, Parquet Recordings, Portrait Digital Recordings, Somatic Sense, Jannowitz Records and others. Maybe you've seen one of my tutorials on our YouTube channel "Production Music Live". I also have a personal Youtube Channel called "Producer Notes by Francois", where I break down remakes in the style of popular tracks using Ableton Live. I like exploring new ways of working, acquiring new skills and sharing my knowledge.
Check out some of my electronic music productions on
Visit ProductionMusicLive.com