Advanced Ableton Production

Advanced Ableton Production is a course for producers who want to push sound design, performance, and workflow into expert territory with guidance from Ableton Certified Trainer Rishabh Rajan. You will go beyond surface-level techniques and learn how to turn Live 12 into a flexible, creative instrument for both studio and stage.

Across a carefully sequenced curriculum, you will work through advanced audio manipulation, deep MIDI strategies, cutting-edge synthesis, and performance-ready setups. Expect hands-on training with warp modes, effects racks, instrument racks, Max for Live devices, and modern creative tools such as MPE, alternate tuning systems, Follow Actions, Looper, and Live 12’s headline plugins.

You will leave with a toolbox for crafting professional, release-ready productions, plus a repeatable framework for building expressive live sets and efficient workflows that help your music stand out.

What You’ll Learn

• Advanced audio editing and manipulation, including warp modes, sampling, and audio effects
• Deep MIDI approaches using MIDI Transformations, groove techniques, and custom effects racks
• Synthesis and sound design with Meld, plus building custom instrument racks and drum kits
• Performance systems using Follow Actions, Looper, and MPE for expressive control
• Max for Live for modular experimentation, alternate tunings, and creative utilities
• Practical drum programming strategies for contemporary genres
• How to integrate Live 12’s plugins such as Saturation and Distortion, Vocoder, and Spectral Resonator, alongside select third-party tools

Meet Your Instructor

Rishabh Rajan is an Ableton Certified Trainer and a professor in Berklee’s Electronic Production & Design Department, with an international teaching career that spans India, Malaysia, and the United States. He has authored 80+ video courses across platforms and brings real-world sound design credits, plus award-winning online education experience, to every lesson. His artist project, code:MONO, and extensive course catalogue reflect a deep blend of technical mastery and musical creativity.

Is This Course for You?

This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced producers who already know their way around Live and want focused, high-impact techniques that translate into better tracks and tighter performance rigs. If you are refining an artist sound, preparing to perform with clips and instruments, or building faster workflows for finishing music, you will find immediately useful methods, examples, and repeatable frameworks in every lesson. Newer users who want to ramp up quickly can still benefit, especially if you are comfortable with Live’s interface and basic editing.

What’s Included

• Step-by-step lessons on audio, MIDI, synthesis, and performance workflows
• Practical demonstrations using Live 12 devices and Max for Live
• Genre-agnostic techniques you can adapt to your style
• Downloadable examples and guided exercises to reinforce each topic
• Clear takeaways so you can apply methods to your next track or live set

Ready to elevate your sound with advanced production and performance skills tailored to Live 12? Enroll now and start building expressive tracks and confident live sets today.