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Making Beats! 3 Producers Share Their Best Tips & Strategies

Using Ableton Live to make unique and stylistic beats in any genre or style
Rating: 4.0 out of 54.0 (106 ratings)
1,124 students
Created by Jason Allen
Last updated 2/2021
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Make beats in a variety of styles and genres
  • Use advanced production techniques in Ableton Live
  • Define your own style by learning from the best producers

Requirements

  • Having a basic understanding of Ableton Live would be helpful, but is not required. All the techniques in this class can be reproduced in any DAW program, but Ableton Live will be used in the class.

Description

Welcome to Making Beats - 3 Producers Share Their Best Secrets!

100% Answer Rate! Every single question posted to this class is answered within 24 hours by the instructor.


This class is unlike any class I've done before: It is a fully collaborative class. That means you are not just going to be hearing about how I make beats, and my production tips and secrets. You will hear those, but you will also hear from two other well-known producers to show you some of their tricks as well. This is an art, and the best way to develop your own style is to hear the perspectives of several teachers - not just one.

For years I've been teaching Ableton Live in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Udemy use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Ableton - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.

Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Udemy in an online format in order to reach more students and give them the joy of Music.

In this class, we will cover:

  • Drum Racks

  • Recording Drum Racks

  • Making Your Own Drum Racks

  • Monitoring the Kick in Alternative Channels

  • Working on the Triplet Grid for Better Grooves

  • Playing Beats with Controllers

  • Setting up Controllers

  • MIDI Mapping

  • The Push Interface

  • Effect Racks

  • Building Audio Effect Racks

  • The Operator Synthesizer

  • Creating Ghost Notes

  • Velocity Adjustment Tricks

  • The Groove Pool

  • Quantizing Tricks

  • Effect Automation

  • ...and much, much more!

And of course, once you sign up for Making Beats - 3 Producers Share Their Best Secrets, you automatically get huge discounts to all the upcoming parts of this class.

You will not have another opportunity to learn Beat Making in a more comprehensive way than this. Start here.

Dr. Jason Allen is an Ableton Certified Trainer and a Ph.D. in Music Composition and master of Electronic Sounds. His music has been heard internationally in film, radio, video games, and industrial sound, as well as the concert hall and theater. His 2015 album, Aniscorcia, reaching the CMJ Top200 Charts and radio broadcasts nationwide. In 2014 he was named a semi-finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award.

He currently as an adjunct professor of composition at the University of St. Thomas, and the CEO of Slam Academy in Minneapolis.

Praise for classes by Dr. Jason Allen:

  • "Without a doubt the best explanation and east of use that one can get. It leaves you enough room to go explore. The classes go by quickly, so you can be on your way to being proficient. What are you waiting for!"

  • "Amazing - Seriously Loved It! I took all his courses and have to say I'm so happy! Learned loads! Jason is an awesome teacher!" 

  • "I have never had any formal training in music at all. Trying to learn all the notes and how everything translated was a serious challenge. After going through this class, Dr. J has totally brought down the barriers. The content was very useful and was easy to grasp for me." 

  • "I like these courses because you can get up and running quickly without having to spend hours of time wading through TMI (too much information!). Jason hits the high points but shows you what you need to know. Thanks!" 

  • "I've watched many other videos on scales and chords before, however, this one has been the best. I now understand minor scales and chords and even how to analyze songs. It really gave me the confidence to start producing music because I feel like I have some structure and guidelines to follow. AWESOME!" 

  • "Clear and Informative - Jason has a clear uncluttered style (with the important dashes of humor) of presentation that is focused on the important key aspects of this course. Recommended for those starting out!" 

  • "Dr. Allen does it again with his music theory series. This course really opened up everything I learned from the 1st section, and now I understand more about the composition side of things for music. I highly highly recommend this course to anyone!!! Really opened my eyes to many things I wasn't aware of." 

  • "The Best Teacher Ever, who makes you understand the ins & outs of Music Theory by all means without giving what you don't want to know."

Who this course is for:

  • This course is meant for anyone interested in making beats for any style including hip-hop, techno, trance, dubstep, dub, and many, many more

Course content

12 sections • 42 lectures • 3h 49m total length

  • Preview04:46
  • Preview06:01
  • Asking Questions
    01:19
  • Introducing Our Teachers
    03:48

  • Overview of Bjelo
    02:22
  • Preview05:55
  • Making your own Drum Racks
    06:41
  • Recording Drum Racks
    04:50
  • Monitoring the Kick on a Separate Track
    04:49
  • The Triplet Grid
    04:03
  • Working with Controllers for Production
    06:03
  • Connecting Controllers in Ableton Live
    03:52
  • MIDI Mapping
    07:25
  • The Push Interface
    07:42
  • Back to Bjelo - Are We Ready?
    00:43
  • Bjelo Video 1: Making Beats
    11:39

  • Preview03:07
  • Setting up Audio Effect Racks
    13:58
  • Operator (In Ableton Live)
    13:21
  • Exploring Operator
    08:03
  • Velocity Tricks and Ghost Notes
    01:48
  • Bjelo's Effect Tricks
    00:27
  • Bjelo Video 2 - Effects and Synthesis
    10:55

  • Preview05:07
  • Bjelo Video 3 - Grooves
    01:22

  • A few words first...
    00:49
  • Automation and Effects
    02:40
  • Bjelo Video 4 - Completed Track
    07:52

  • Introduction to CORA
    01:18
  • Taking advantage of the Metronome
    01:47
  • Quantizing Overview
    09:54
  • Quantizing Tricks
    01:50
  • Introducing CORA
    00:40
  • CORA Video 1: Making Drums
    10:14

  • CORA Video 2: Adding Basslines and Grooves
    04:55

  • CORA - Video 3 - Keys and Harmony
    06:32

  • Automation and Effects Review
    02:36
  • CORA - Video 4 - Arrangements and Effects
    14:16

  • CORA - Video 5 - Melody, Compression, and Fine Tuning
    07:21

Instructor

Jason Allen
Ph.D / Ableton Certified Trainer
Jason Allen
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 48,011 Reviews
  • 195,150 Students
  • 117 Courses

** J. is the #1 best selling music teacher on Udemy. He is the author of the #1 best selling music theory course on Udemy, "Music Theory Comprehensive" (12 parts), and Music Theory for Electronic Musicians (3 parts), which have been purchased by more than 70,000 students in 11 languages in 196 countries.**  

** He is a PhD in music, and a best selling music producer. He brings this authenticity to all of his Udemy courses. **


Jason Allen (better known as J. Anthony Allen) has worn the hats of composer, producer, songwriter, engineer, sound designer, DJ, remix artist, multi-media artist, performer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Allen is a versatile creator whose diverse project experience ranges from works written for the Minnesota Orchestra to pieces developed for film, TV, and radio. An innovator in the field of electronic performance, Allen performs on a set of “glove” controllers, which he has designed, built, and programmed by himself. When he’s not working as a solo artist, Allen is a serial collaborator. His primary collaborative vehicle is the group Ballet Mech, for which Allen is one of three producers. 

J. Anthony Allen teaches at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN, where he runs the Music, Media, and Management program. He is also an Ableton Live Certified Trainer,  co-founder, owner and CEO of Slam Academy, a multimedia educational space in downtown Minneapolis, the CTO of Ion Concert Media, and sole owner and producer of music education courses under the umbrella of Punkademic Courses. Recently, Allen founded Hackademica – an innovative net-label for new music. 

J. has a PhD in music composition, 2 Master’s degrees in music composition and electronic music, and a bachelors degree in guitar performance. Through his academic travels, Dr. Allen has received numerous awards along the way. 

If you run into him on the street, he prefers to be addressed as J. (as in, Jay.) 

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