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Dubstep Course - Ableton Live

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Overview

Whether you want to make ribcage rattlers, chilled grooves, experimental dubs or something much edgier, the Dubstep Course in Ableton Live shows you cutting edge techniques to get the sound you want. Freshly updated for 2012 and with 1-2-1 video feedback from a pro producer each week - DVR™, your production style will improve in leaps and bounds. From our Pro Producer series of music production courses here at Point Blank music production school, we use Ableton Live to help you create a complete Dubstep track step-by-step, incorporating authentic drum sounds, bass patches, leads and effects. We will reveal all the essential tips, tricks and techniques to ensure you deliver maximum impact on a club soundsystem. Check out the reviews at the bottom of this page.

Includes a minimum of 240 mins video / 4 x DVR™ (1-2-1 video feedback)/ 4 hours live masterclasses /1 year access / over 80 pages of course notes / 24/7 access to forum / exclusive audio resources to download. Optional: sign your track to Point Blank Music distributed by iTunes, beatport, Juno Download and Amazon.

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Content

Week 1: Essential Beatmaking Techniques

The roots of dubstep - key producers, labels etc.
Building custom kits in Impulse
Using Drum Racks. Insert effects & processing
Building a groove using clips
Warping beats and extracting groove templates
Drum programming in Arrangement view
Resampling

Week 2: Bass...How Low Can You Go?

Classic dubstep basslines
Bass parts: sub-bass & midrange
Analog & Operator bass patches
Creating bass patches with Sampler
Using LFO & clip envelopes to create classic "wobble" bass
Bass processing: Saturator / Auto Filter / Overdrive

Week 3: Lead Sounds, Pads, Riffs & FX

Classic dubstep leads and riffs
Chords and sampled chord riffs
Creating and recording riffs
Using Instrument Racks to create pads
Creating unique sound FX using Analog and Operator
Effects Racks: Creating dub style delays and reverbs
Using controller and MIDI Map to create a live "dub" mix

Week 4: Arrangement & Mixdown

Recording and editing vocals.
Mixing for sound systems: Spectrum analysis
Mixdown tips: Grouping drums and bass
Compression and dynamic effects
Examples of sidechaining
Essential Mastering Tips
Submit your final mix for professional appraisal

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Featured Student

Claude VonStroke during interview with Music Radar:

"I took a course on how to make dubstep at Point Blank! It was f*****g awesome learning bass production.The one thing that I learned doing the dubstep course was just to use one, really good sound, then you have enough room to make it super fat."

Claude's album, Makeovers, is out now on Dirtybird Records.

Reviews

Dr Gonzo

Course rating: 9/10

PB really gets me way more into Ableton in just 4 Weeks! I wish i had done this course in 2010. Jonny really gets good support on everything. I really enjoyed the whole thing.

JACOB GARDNER

Course rating: 10/10

Course covered more than I expected... in fact it was a challenge to absorb all the information, keep up with exercises and assignments while having a job. Thankfully I'll be able to refer back to the notes for some time. I've been using Ableton for a while, but haven't really delved into all of the Suite instruments or audio features. This course touched on all of those, so I'll now be able to incorporate into my productions. Also a good history of dub and dubstep was presented. Discovered a lot of artists I prefer over the dubstep that's popular where I'm from. The DVR's alone make the course worth it. They're exactly what I needed... Thanks Jonny.

Drew Graham

Course rating: 10/10

The course was excellent. Johnny Miller is a wonderful tutor he really inspires. His love and explanation of the music is spot on. He really changed my thought process on dubstep great course would recommend it to anybody interested in dubstep

justin craigen

Course rating: 10/10

Course was really good. Jonny was an awesome tutor. Id recomend to anyone! Feel like i can finally complete a track and move on as a producer through the technical nitty gritty into the creative hemisphere.

Attila Secchin

Course rating: 10/10

it was excellent. jonny knows what he is teaching - and believe me, that is important. the atmosphere of the group was very good and there was (and still is - i must reread those notes) a lot to learn. i recommend it to anyone who wishes to know in depth the production of dubstep music

Zachary Baird

Course rating: 8/10

great course. learned a lot about my favorite program, Ableton Live. I usually use a lot of 3rd party instruments and Plug-Ins so it was great to learn about all the good stuff included in Live Suite. A great intro to FX and their uses. Now it's about using some of this stuff so I can become more comfortable and familiar with what I like.

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