Sonic Academy - How To Make Techno

Transform your beats into a hard hitting techno sound in this How To Make Techno course for Ableton Live 8. You will be shown from the ground up how to create a driving techno drum kit using toms and distorted kick samples.. followed by synth programming and finishing up with arrangement & FX.

Course features:

• Learn to make music online, in your own time and at your own pace;

• Learn quickly from our high quality video tutorials, presented by industry professionals;

• Get the most from your equipment – there is nothing more frustrating than having kit and not being able to use it. You want to make music and Sonic Academy tutorials show you how!

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Tutorial 1 - Drums

Begin by bringing in 3 different kick drums into a Drum Rack and tweaking them to get the best sound

Tutorial 2 - Drums Part 2

Import the rest of the drum hits to the Drum Rack, and apply some Swing

Tutorial 3 - Drum EQ & New York Compression

Apply EQ & subtle compression to the drums before creating some New York Style compression techniques

Tutorial 4 - Percussion 1

Add in some percussion elements using the Simpler and the Drum rack, making use of the groove features in Ableton Live 8

Tutorial 5 - Percussion 2

Yet more percussion elements for the tune

Tutorial 6 - Percussion 3

Add in some white noise using the Simpler device

Tutorial 7 - Bass (Sylenth)

Program in a sub bass using the Sylenth1 VST

Tutorial 8 - Bass (Simpler)

Set up the simpler device to import some bass samples

Tutorial 9 - Synth Programming (Sylenth)

Program the Sylenth to create a synth part

Tutorial 10 - Synth (Simpler)

Import some samples into a simpler device for creating a synth part

Tutorial 11 - Strings

Add in a string sound making use of Abletons Simpler device

Tutorial 12 - Send / Return FX 1

Create some send / return fx including a Grain Delay and some Room Reverbs

Tutorial 13 - Send / Return FX 2

Create a massive reverb for adding atmosphere to the mix

Tutorial 14 - Arrangement Part 1

Arrange out the first part of your song

Tutorial 15 - Arrangement Part 2

Further arrangement

Tutorial 16 - Arrangement Part 3

Arrange out to the breakdown

Tutorial 17 - Arrangement Part 4

Arrange the breakdown section of the tune

Tutorial 18 - Arrangement Part 5

Arrange out to the end of the tune

Tutorial 19 - FX 1

Add in some sweeps and crashes to blend the tune together

Tutorial 20 - FX 2

Add in some more fx sweeps, followed by a reverb trick to blend your parts together better