Coursera Intro to Ableton, Free class (Feb 2-27)
For anyone who is interested in a guided tour of Ableton 9, Coursera has a FREE class that covers the BASICS of DAWs in general and Ableton 9 in particular.
I need this in my life. Thanks.
Heck yeah! Thanks, See you in class!
i guess it doesnt hurt to sign up.
I just took this class, if you have been using Ableton for a while or just started, you may learn a few things. Also you can get feedback from your peers on your assignments, which are making tracks with midi, warping audio etc.
I signed up but never followed the course. Did you get a lot out of it?
I followed all the videos but did not have time for the assignments.
The class had a reasonable overview of the Ableton interface, and that helped to fill in some gaps for me. The MIDI mapping section was clearly explained. Using the “Ableton Live 9 Power” book as a reference, everything in the class was clearly explained in the book…so if you have actually read and worked through the book, you have covered all the topics. If nothing else, the class prompted me to look up and read more about everything that was highlighted.
I did not have time to create and submit anything, but I did listen to a lot of the submissions and read the feedback provided. The assignments were interesting challenges, and the feedback was (surprisingly) constructive. The most popular submissions are surprisingly good.
For (almost) all the submissions, the Ableton project files are available for download…so you can see how people are organizing their work, what instruments and effects they are using, and really understand HOW they built their sounds. I learned as much from the project files as everything else combined.
it was worth the time for the videos. as stated above, if youre a seasoned user of Ableton, you may want to skip this course, and look for others. The course is free, and the feedback you get from others (some who are better with Ableton than you) can give you pointers and help for the common need (assignments). The people who were in the class were helpful and the forums you have access to helps with meeting people in your area or your assignments.
its free. take it. if you dont like it. you wasted some time.
if you are like me… <6 months with ANY DAW. it will be a very good class to take. up till this class i was just making drum beat after drum beat, not really knowing how to put it all together. how to crop/cut/warp etc. knowing where all these items were on my screens has made my workflow much quicker and i am much happier using my software/hardware. Ive already started to take my clips and started to use them in tandem with Traktor.
for the price of the course, it was worth it to me. 
it was a great class i enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who’s new to ableton like i am, erin barra did a great job, explains everything perfectly and is very helpful.
This looks cool. I’m on the watchlist for future sections opening up. I’ll post if they do.
I missed these, but am currently watching as many of the free ones on youtube that I can find.
Is it worth me just paying a company like Point Blank in the UK, or anyone really?
Honestly no, you can learn everything you need to know online without having to pay thousands. Personally I learned on my own and I consider myself to be rather decent. Watch a lot of Ableton intro videos to get to know the basics, then start doing it on your own and when you run into a specific issue just Google it and 99% of the time you find out how to do what you want to.
Are there any particular sources which are preferable over others? I want to learn, and learn good..! 
thanks
I mean I signed up for Sonic Academy for a month, and crammed it all in and cancelled the subscription after. It’s only $40.
Youtube has plenty of lessons available that are all similar. Look up Dubspot, Point Blank, etc and see what free videos they have. I spent hours cramming and searching with no help from anyone, just get out there and take in all you can.
Here, this person has a series of learning Ableton that appears to be decent.
No. There is another Coursera class starting “now” (April 21) that will cover the basics of music production. This appears to be DAW agnostic…but will cover the use of the common tools that are provided by a DAW for music production. Given the start date…I’d say start with this one.
https://www.coursera.org/course/musicproduction
There is another on Developing your Musicanship that would also be helpful for anyone who is getting into music production. This class also starts on April 21.
Thanks very much for that info Kwal
Anytime man if you ever run into something that you can’t get help on just PM me and I can try my best to help
Thanks man, I’m an infant with ableton.. but ya gotta start somewhere.
My first piece of advice is to not overload yourself with VSTs and such. Just because your fav producer uses Massive and you have Sylenth doesn’t mean you’re going to drop $200 and be as good as him.
Just an example of course. I made a few sample packs and they’re in this Ableton sub forum if you want some quality free stuff to get you going with beat making. Just don’t think expanding your tool kit will make you better because it will just overwhelm you and prevent you from making progress. Learn what your DAW has first and how it works, then move on.
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airbasemusic used to have tutorials, i dunno if he still has. I also used to post stuff, i may start doing that again