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Mixing and Mastering in Ableton Live

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This robust course is designed to not only teach you how to use Ableton Live to mix and master professional, release ready music, but to also learn the underlying concepts so you can apply the skills to any mixing environment or DAW.

We go over the fundamentals such as Balance, EQ, Automation, the Stereo Field, Dynamics, Saturation, Home studio Treatment, Recording Techniques, and Mastering. But we also get into synergistic effect combos and unique modern workflows to get your mixes sounding incredible.This robust course is designed to not only teach you how to use Ableton Live to mix and master music, but to also learn the underlying concepts so you can apply the skills to any mixing environment or DAW.

You will learn

Modern mixing techniques used by the pros
Critical listening and how to identify issues
Best practices for tonally balancing a mix
How to use the stereo field for maximum width and feel
Creating space using reverb, delay, and echo
Dynamic control with compressors, gates, and limiters
Harmonic overtone processing with saturation, distortion, and soft clipping
Advanced techniques for mastering, studio treatment, etc

You will get

Video lessons with 20+ hours of content
An organized and optimized curriculum
Mentorship via the Seed to Stage private Discord Server
Feedback on your compositions through the community
Loads of resources such as Samples and Ableton Templates
Educational discounts from Ableton & more
Lifetime access to continuous new content updated monthly
Lasting skills that will ignite and elevate your career!

Course Curriculum

Free Preview Lessons

3.6 Level Up: Metering RMS and Peak
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4.4 EQ Eight 4: Treating Resonant Peaks with Audition Mode
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6.3 Designing Space with Reverb (Deep Dive)
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2 - Mixing 101

2.1 Critical Listening (2:14)
2.2 Your Audio System (3:18)
2.3 Our Time: Modern Mixing (2:46)
2.4 Prescriptions and Mixing Myths (5:07)

3 - Blend and Balance

3.1 Blend and Balance Intro (0:57)
3.2 A Balancing Act with Ableton (3:53)
3.3 A Balancing Act with Ableton: Results (6:07)
3.4 Understanding Signal Flow in Ableton Live (4:50)
3.5 Loudness vs Gain vs Volume / Intro to Gain Staging (8:00)
3.6 Level Up: Metering RMS and Peak (4:05)
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3.7 Best Practices Moving Forward
3.8 Session and Arrangement View (2:36)
3.9 Lets Get Organized (10:59)

4 - Equalization

4.1 EQ Eight 1: Overview and Filter Modes (8:33)
4.2 EQ Eight 2: The Frequency Spectrum (11:28)
4.3 EQ Eight 3: The Spectrum Analyzer in Action (14:38)
4.4 EQ Eight 4: Treating Resonant Peaks with Audition Mode (18:18)
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4.5 EQ Eight 5: EQ for Conflicting Tracks (13:39)
4.6 EQ Eight 6: Scale Carving Trick (7:25)
4.7 EQ Eight 7: Lets EQ a Mix! (17:34)
4.8 The "Solo" Switch (3:25)

5 - The Stereo Field

5.1 Understanding Panning (7:32)
5.2 Review: Panning in Action (15:04)
5.3 Widening 1: Izotope Imager Metering (11:49)
5.4 Widening 2: How Width is Made (6:15)
5.5 Widening 3: Haas Delay and Comb Filtering (27:20)
5.6 Widening 4: EQ Eight L/R Mode (7:43)
5.7 Widening 5: EQ Eight M/S Mode (15:41)
5.8 Widening 6: Modulation Effects for Adding Width (16:36)
5.9 Working with Stereo Image in a Mix (20:34)

6 - Returns: Reverb, Delay, and Beyond

6.1 Space Commander: Designing Space (2:13)
6.2 The Return Tracks (12:21)
6.3 Designing Space with Reverb (Deep Dive) (18:10)
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6.4 Using Reverb for Widening (14:57)
6.5 Ableton Delay Deep Dive (17:17)
6.6 Ableton Echo Deep Dive (21:02)
6.7 Adding Subtle Reverb for Realism (12:53)
6.8 Hybrid Reverb Deep Dive (21:21)
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7 - Automation

7.1 Automation: A Living and Breathing Mix
7.2 Views and Workflows (6:48)
7.3 Automation Techniques (17:47)
7.4 Automation in Action (13:02)

8 - Dynamics Processing

8.1 Intro to Compression (1:55)
8.2 Compressor 1: Threshold & Volume Compensation (13:02)
8.3 Compressor 2: Ratio, Attack, Release, and more (21:22)
8.4 Compressor 3: Using Compressor as an Auto Volume Control (6:15)
8.5 Compressor 4: Using Compressor as a De-Esser (5:12)
8.6 Compressor 5: Side-Chain Processing (13:36)
8.7 Compressor 6: Compressor as an Expander (7:19)
8.8 Glue Compressor vs Compressor (12:38)
8.9 Ableton Gate (8:36)
8.10 Inverse Gating Your Effect Sends (5:53)
8.11 Multiband Dynamics 1: Multiband Downward Compression (19:11)
8.12 Multiband Dynamics 2: Add Punch with Upward Expansion (10:15)
8.13 Multiband Dynamics 3: Multiband Upward Compression (8:24)
8.14 Multiband Dynamics 4: Downward Expansion Gating (5:41)
8.15 Multiband Dynamics 5: The Infamous OTT Preset (12:21)
8.16 Limiting with Ableton Limiter (15:10)
8.17 Should I Mix into a Limiter? (3:38)

9 - Saturation and Harmonic Distortion

9.1 Why would I Want Distortion in My Mix? (1:55)
9.2 Ableton Saturator Overview (11:27)
9.3 Using Saturator in a Mix (9:31)
9.4 Peak Clipping: Saturator's Dirty Little Secret (15:15)
9.5 Ableton Overdrive to the Rescue! (17:05)
9.6 Saturation for Width (8:50)

10 - Referencing

10.1 What is Referencing and Why You Should. (1:52)
10.2 Referencing Workflow & Voxengo SPAN (13:03)

11 - Home Studio Setup and Sound Treatment

11.1 Intro: Lost in Translation (1:44)
11.2 Understanding the Problem (6:39)
11.3 Room Layout: Listener and Speaker Placement (7:45)
11.4 Testing Room Layouts with Ableton (7:01)
11.5 Can't I just Mix on Headphones? (5:04)
11.6 Sound Treatment 1: Early Reflections (6:12)
11.7 Sound Treatment 2: Bass Traps (6:36)
11.8 Sound Treatment 3: Diffusers (4:04)
11.9 Seed to Stage Studio Treatment Walkthrough (8:33)

12 - Mastering and Limiting

12.1 Understanding the Role of Mastering (4:13)
12.2 The Almighty Peak Limiter (3:03)
12.3 Loudness 1: Normalization vs Loudness Units (8:50)
12.4 Mastering w/ Ableton's Limiter and Youlean Meter (free option) (8:59)
12.5 Limiting with Ozone Maximizer (15:27)
12.6 Limiting with Fabfilter Pro-L2 (8:22)
12.7 Loudness Targets & The Loudness Wars (8:17)
12.8 Mastering EQ 1: Baxandall EQ with Free CORAL BAX-TER (20:11)
12.9 Mastering EQ 2: Bass and Loudness (13:31)
12.10 Mastering EQ 3: Treble and Loudness (11:57)
12.11 Pro Exporting 1: Sample Rates and Intermodulation Distortion (21:52)
12.12 Pro Exporting 2: Bit Depth and Dithering (20:22)

13 - Bus Processing & Top Down Mixing

13.1 Getting Organized with Grouping (13:12)
13.2 Top Down Mixing: Mix Bus EQ (22:06)
13.3 Top Down Mixing 2: Mix Bus Stereo Width (13:27)
13.4 Bus Processing 1: Bus Compression (25:55)
13.5 Bus Processing 2: Bus Saturation (19:34)
13.6 Bus Processing 3: Drum Buss (13:17)

14 - Advanced Side Chaining

14.1 Envelopes vs Ableton Compressor (10:57)
14.2 Ableton Envelope as a Side Chain Compressor (19:05)
14.3 Xfer LFO Tool as a Side Chain Compressor (15:20)

15 - Audio Split Rack Processing

15.1 The Anatomy of an Audio Signal (2:01)
15.2 Mid / Side Processing Rack (16:03)
15.3 Building Multiband Split Racks (NERDY) (16:57)
15.4 Multiband Split Racks in Use! (23:31)
15.5 Dry / Wet Rack (9:03)

WHAT OUR MEMbERS ARE SAYING

pixelbear
PixelBear
..using various DAWS for 20 years, I thought I was fairly knowledgeable on various functions, but doing this course has shown me how many little things you miss when you are self-taught by Youtube.
July, 2023
winter
Winter
..the amount of progress I've made since has been amazing looking back. Anthony is an incredible teacher and I always feel great about what I learned at the end of each lesson.
July, 2023
M3D1A
The courses gave me the fundamental understanding of how a Ableton Live works, and how I can utilize that in my own production, and in my own career, Seed To Stage gave me that opportunity.
July, 2023
neoport
neoport
Really in-depth, structured very well, absolutely professional content along with Anthony's great voice :D, humor are the best way for me to learn what I was always dreaming of.
keith pimmel
Keith Pimmel
Anthony’s succinct yet substantive teaching style has proven to be a boon in helping digest a litany of topics across all the material he has released. I’m a big fan & can readily endorse the courses.
July, 2023
Echo Whiskey
Great teaching style, well laid out and downright INSPIRING!
July, 2023
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Circul & Eas
It may feel like “Why should I spend money on this information when I can get it for free?” I thought that too. The answer, if you want one, is simply: “Because it is better."
Perspectives
The sound design course is amazing. Easy to follow, and easy to understand!
July, 2023
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Incertezza
Die Kursinhalte sind alle sehr gut aufgebaut werden in einem sinnvollen Lerntempo vermittelt und es kommen nahezu alle Fragen in den Lektionen vor, die sich mir beim Lernen der Inhalte gestellt haben.
July, 2023
fossegrim
Fossegrim
I bought the Live Performance and Arturia Pigments course and I really enjoyed both! They are very thorough and the information is presented in an engaging way so it doesn't get boring.
edgar
Edgar
Incredible teacher and methodology. Directly to the useful tips without circling around. Very interactive and useful for all types of artists.
July, 2023
joshua nelson
Joshua Nelson
The information I get is legit, and the instructor covers everything I’ll need to know about my craft. The lessons are concise and well thought out so I can learn most proficiently.
gomez
Gomez
Anthony has such a laidback yet very informative teaching style. No matter what video I watch, I always take away at least one new technique or method to try out.
VegardHa
Both [the Live Performance & Pigments courses] are very thorough & go into great detail, covering basically anything you need to know. The information is well presented, & the videos don't get boring.
August, 2023
magpye
Magpye
These courses, which are backed by the support of an amazing community, are the most complete and well structured that I have found. It has been worth the investment.
July, 2023
Ambique
These courses are truly amazing. They have helped me bring my compositions to a level I never thought I would be capable of. Highly recommend for anyone looking to step their game up!
August, 2023
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Perks of Choosing Our Courses

A COMPLETE ABLETON SCHOOL

This isn't some cheap mini course...this is a complete Ableton school with more focused content than a music college could ever have

40% off on Ableton Live with Educational Pricing
Lifetime Access to Private Discord Community
Lifetime Access to all Video Lesson Content
Downloads including Samples, Instruments and Devices
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Why choose Seed to Stage Courses over music college?

Access to the content on your own time
Mentorship, when you need it, for a lifetime
Community support and feedback on your music
30-Day Money Back Guarantee
Music college costs between $25,000 and $45,000 per year

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Sound Design and Synthesis in Ableton Live

This beast of a course is jam packed with deep dive tutorials covering every single Ableton Instrument and Device in thorough detail. Each section also features workflows and practical / actionable synthesis and sound design examples for each device making it the most comprehensive guide for sound design available on the web. Go Beyond Presets!

Mixing and Mastering in Ableton Live

This course focuses on teaching you the skills to produce professional, release ready mixes. We go over the fundamentals such as Balance, EQ, Automation, the Stereo Field, Dynamics, Saturation, Home studio Treatment, Recording Techniques, and Mastering. But we also get into synergistic effect combos and unique modern workflows to get your mixes sounding incredible.

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If you're looking to take Ableton onstage, this course is a game changer! Everything from clip launching, MIDI mapping and control, live effect processing, arrangement performance, live instruments, syncing, audio interfaces, live looping using two different approaches, presetting, follow actions, dummy clips, world building and more is covered in this massive training.

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