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20 videos on how to produce Techno with Ableton Live

Transform your beats into a hard hitting techno sound in this How To Make Techno course for Ableton Live 8. Learn everything from programming your drums to completely transforming them using New York Style compression. You will be shown from the ground up how to create a driving techno tune using toms, distorted kicks, bitcrushed bass patterns and making use of some extreme swing patterns using Abletons Groove feature..

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Videos Overview

Tutorial 1 - Drums

Begin by bringing in 3 different kick drums into a Drum Rack and tweaking them to get the best sound

Tutorial 2 - Drums Part 2

Import the rest of the drum hits to the Drum Rack, and apply some Swing

Tutorial 3 - Drum EQ & New York Compression

Apply EQ & subtle compression to the drums before creating some New York Style compression techniques

Tutorial 4 - Percussion 1

Add in some percussion elements using the Simpler and the Drum rack, making use of the groove features in Ableton Live 8

Tutorial 5 - Percussion 2

Yet more percussion elements for the tune

Tutorial 6 - Percussion 3

Add in some white noise using the Simpler device

Tutorial 7 - Bass (Sylenth)

Program in a sub bass using the Sylenth1 VST

Tutorial 8 - Bass (Simpler)

Set up the simpler device to import some bass samples

Tutorial 9 - Synth Programming (Sylenth)

Program the Sylenth to create a synth part

Tutorial 10 - Synth (Simpler)

Import some samples into a simpler device for creating a synth part

Tutorial 11 - Strings

Add in a string sound making use of Abletons Simpler device

Tutorial 12 - Send / Return FX 1

Create some send / return fx including a Grain Delay and some Room Reverbs

Tutorial 13 - Send / Return FX 2

Create a massive reverb for adding atmosphere to the mix

Tutorial 14 - Arrangement Part 1

Arrange out the first part of your song

Tutorial 15 - Arrangement Part 2

Further arrangement

Tutorial 16 - Arrangement Part 3

Arrange out to the breakdown

Tutorial 17 - Arrangement Part 4

Arrange the breakdown section of the tune

Tutorial 18 - Arrangement Part 5

Arrange out to the end of the tune

Tutorial 19 - FX 1

Add in some sweeps and crashes to blend the tune together

Tutorial 20 - FX 2

Add in some more fx sweeps, followed by a reverb trick to blend your parts together better