
Watch a timelapse of the setup and demonstration in 3DAV the masterclass, revealing how the process comes together and is shown in real time.
Leverage over 20 years in audio visual and sound engineering across global projects, from radio to installations. Brings management and production experience as a computer science and entertainment systems graduate.
Introduce yourself and connect with peers by sharing where you’re from and why you’re taking this course. participate in the unity Q&A section to ask questions and seek clarity.
Navigate the app collections to synchronize audio, video, and lighting with Ableton Live, remakes video, and resolute marina, porting tools across ios hubs and dmx workflows.
Explore Ableton Live, a software to create, produce, and perform audio and MIDI data using the session view and arrangement field, with basics like routing audio and MIDI mapping.
Discover how midi created a universal language across brands, enabling daisy chaining, computer control, and synchronized lighting for electronic instruments.
RemixLive functions as a standalone playback soundboard for loops and one-shots, allowing you to load, assign, and trigger sound packs in tempo with MIDI learn and Ableton link.
Explore Traktor Pro’s four-deck DJ setup, including playback decks, remix decks with four channels, crossfader linking, filters, and synchronized playback, plus a library and sampler tools.
Explore the traffic control workflow with the state flagship Native Instruments controller, designed for tracked setups, offering lcds, four channels, deck swapping, and on-device browsing for live performance.
Explore the Launchpad's powerful sampling and effects, triggering loops and one-shots from a growing sample bank, with editable presets and genre-specific effect groups for live performance.
Loopback creates virtual audio devices to capture sound from apps or inputs, route it through processing, and output to a single sound card for flexible channel routing.
Learn to set up and synchronize a complete audio rig for live performance, linking tractor, remix decks, Launchpad, MPD, and Ableton with loopback and Ableton Link.
Explore how DMXis streams DMX data from a laptop via USB to lighting fixtures, address each fixture, and use presets, faders, RGB channels, and MIDI to automate cues.
Observe a lighting demonstration using Ableton Live and DMX to drive six cans with automation. The video covers faders, preset manager, color changes, strobe effects, and DMX hardware setup.
Explore remix video, the visuals and audio mixer that mirrors remix life, with triggering, volume control, filters, and pro features to siphon output into resolution arena for mapping and blending.
Discover Resolume Arena, a video playback and image blending tool with projection mapping and DMX lighting. Navigate its interface, manage clips and layers, and mix audio and visuals for performances.
Demonstrate how to siphon remix video into arena, map inputs, scale clips, and automate a live show with midi-triggered, in-sync playback while noting heavy processing and reliability concerns.
Learn to connect and synchronize multiple apps and hardware using Ableton Link, DMX, virtual MIDI buses (IAC), and OSC, enabling real-time collaboration and seamless media integration.
Set up a complete lab for performance by integrating audio, visuals, lighting, MacBook Pro, projectors, deck, MIDI controller, Ableton Live, and PA system.
Master studio MOX to stream audio from iOS apps over lightning to USB, delivering higher quality digital audio than 3.5mm jacks; route into Ableton Live and sync in real time with Link.
Explore touchOSC for open sound control, creating templates to send OSC and MIDI over USB or Wi-Fi, to control Remix Live and other apps with customizable push buttons and faders.
Configure a macOS networked MIDI session with the audio MIDI setup tool to stream and sync data between computers, using host addresses and port 5004.
Discover how audio is created in Ableton Live using samplers, MIDI, and plugins, with a color-coded track layout for intro, build-up, and a dance-ready changeover.
Map MIDI notes to trigger remix video parts in Ableton Live and drive DMX lighting. Siphon the video into Arena and Resolute Marina for automated, synchronized visuals with the audio.
Explore lighting creation by programming MIDI-to-DMX automation in Ableton Live using the Fiesta plugin, controlling DMX channels to synchronize red, green, and blue, brightness, and effects across a multi-light rig.
Survey the application list across the course, detailing the types of collections and their applications—from remix live and studio mocks to DMX, Safin streaming, and synchronization protocols.
3DAV The Masterclass
Have you ever wondered how your favourite band/DJ or live performer puts on such amazing shows? How many times have you seen a live performer or DJ use the same tired setup at every event you go to?
Well this course will bring you on a journey to enlighten you to some of the most cutting edge technologies music has to offer and how to integrate them all into one cohesive unit. Whether you're into music, visuals or lighting, you can learn to automate and perform each to create stunning audio visual masterpieces to take you from a bedroom performer to the club and stage of your choice!
This class is for anyone who:
Makes or performs music
DJ’s
Works in the field of audio engineering, lighting or projection
Works in the field of Audio Visual Production
And who wants to learn:
The Essentials:
How to network a variety of applications to produce synchronised outcomes in audio
How to network across multiple machines to synchronise those apps
How to create your own templates in TouchOSC to control said applications wired or wirelessly
How each application is interconnected
Audio:
What audio protocols are and how they operate
MIDI and MIDI Mapping
Audio routing
Lighting:
How lighting can be automated in Ableton Live
What lighting protocols are and how they operate
MIDI and MIDI Mapping
Visuals:
How Resolume Arena works
How to blend together multiple projectors
How to use visuals on multiple screens
Synchronisation:
What sync protocols are and how they operate
MIDI and MIDI Mapping
Audio routing and synchronisation
In this class we start with the very basics of Ableton and applications like RemixVideo and DMxis work all the way up to producing synchronised lighting shows and effects. I walk you through every step of the process, and explain my logic behind every decision I make. I'll even walk you through a complete demonstration from beginning to end.
The goal of this class is for you to learn how to create stunning lighting effects for use in the home, venue, club or stage.
DAWs:
In this class I'll be using Ableton Live and I've gone to great lengths to make sure this class is useful to everyone, no matter what your experience.
Setting:
I'm best known for working with electronic music and corporate audio visual events, but I've designed this course to be useful to anyone who has interest in the topics discussed.
Topics Covered:
Ableton Live: A Quick Overview
Traktor Pro
RemixLive
RemixVideo
Launchpad
Loopback
Resolume Arena
Studiomux
TouchOSC
Audio Networking
Image Blending
DMX: What Is It?
DMX Addressing
DMXis
MIDI
MIDI Mapping
The IAC Driver
Bonjour on the Mac OS System
The IAC Driver
The Audio MIDI Setup Tool
And much, much more!
If you are ready to start making professional looking lighting shows, this is the class that will start you on that journey. Get started today.
David is a BSc Entertainment Systems and a greatly experienced instructor with over 2,000 students since launching his first course just this year.
** I guarantee that this course is the most thorough music technology related lighting course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back (30 day money back guarantee) **
Closed captions have been added to all lessons in this course.
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Praise for Courses by David O'Leary:
⇢ "Looks like a lot of thought and preparation was put into this course. Very professional." - M. Charles
⇢ "I've been in music production and DJ'ing for nearly 20 years and I haven't seen anyone put together a course like this before. Granted you need some basic skills but thats not a problem for me. Great, great course. Will be implementing real soon" - S. Coonan
⇢ "The course looks amazing! The instructor is really knowledgeable, explains everything very well and the end results as demonstrated in the first lecture are stunning!!" - P. Smith
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Who this course is for:
Any and all music makers!
Music Porducers
DJ’s
VJ’s
Audio Visual Technicians
Lighting Technicians
Projection Technicians