Music Production Course – DJ4Life The DJ and Production School Near You

Music Production Johannesburg: From studio sessions to live performances, Ableton Live is a versatile tool used to create, record, and perform music. Our Music Production course in Johannesburg covers both linear and improvisational techniques, helping you master Ableton’s intuitive interface to bring your musical ideas to life.

Discover and refine your unique sound as you learn essential music production skills from start to finish. As our flagship program, this course guides you through every phase of the production process, ensuring you leave with a complete toolkit to create tracks from scratch, prepare radio-ready songs, and utilize Ableton for remixes, mash-ups, and cinematic sound effects. With our expert guidance, you’ll have everything you need to produce professional music right here in Johannesburg.

What will be covered

Table of Contents

Digital & Analog Audio Foundations
Music Theory Foundations
Sound Engineering Foundations
Navigating Ableton Live’s interface
Session View/Arrangement View
Session automation
Clip envelopes
Track automation
Programming original drum beats
Sequencing musical parts
MIDI and Key mapping
Introduction to effects and routing
Organizational techniques and practices
The Drum Rack
Recording original drum and percussion parts
Modifying and shaping drum sounds
Creating bass lines
Creating melodies and leads
Creating pads, textures, and keyboard parts
Audio recording methods and techniques
Resampling
Arranging and exporting
Mixing basics
Building custom Drum Racks
Layering drums for a custom sound
Slice to MIDI
Creating original bass sounds
Creating original melody and lead sounds
Creating original pads, textures, and keyboard sounds
Creating ear candy: sweeps, risers, and sound effects
Using dynamics processors as part of the composition process
FM synthesis with Operator
Creating custom patches with Sampler
Physical modeling using Electric, Tension, and Collision
“Breaking” physical models to make unimaginable sounds
Combining instruments with Instrument Racks to make huge sounds
Making sound effects with advanced synthesis, sampling, and vocoding
How to best use original sounds in music creation
The Audio Effect Rack
Parallel processing and parallel compression
Morphing effects
Multi-band effects
Advanced distortion
Time-based effects
Pitch and modulation effects
Advanced EQ techniques
Mastering setups and tools
Making custom MIDI processors using the MIDI Effect Rack
MIDI resampling
Max for Live Instruments
Max for Live Audio Effects
Max for Live MIDI Effects
Composing with MIDI controllers
Remixing concepts and techniques
Using video in Live

WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS PROGRAMME

This program is about learning Ableton Live by going through the entire process of being an artist, by developing your own sound through a series of sketches and experimentation. You will also learn the ins and outs of this powerful software through a series of exercises designed to help you master the steps involved in producing your own music. After a level of getting familiar with the tools that Ableton has to offer, music theory and Sound engineering knowledge necessary, you will then develop your sonic ideas into full-length tracks. You will be exposed to a variety of approaches to arrangement and composition, storytelling techniques, ways of creating tension and drama in your music. At the end of the day, it is the sum total of your choices as an artist that define your ultimate sound.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

A Mac or PC computer with a web browser and broadband Internet access
Ableton Live 11
A MIDI controller keyboard
Studio Monitors or Headphones
A studio Condenser Microphone

NB: None of the above is necessary during the course as our studio is fully equipped with industry leading software and hardware as well as student research and practice stations, however it is highly recommended and essential after your course is completed.

40 Lessons (1 hour per lesson / one on on with the lecturer )

MUSIC PRODUCTION COST :

R19,200.00 ( once off payment ) or

R13 440 / 5760 ( 70 / 30 split ) or

R2200 ( per Month ) ( over 10 months ) or

R4800 ( per Month ) ( over 4 months ) or

R3200 ( per Month ) ( over 6 months )