1-Day Ableton & Akai MPC Course (UKG)

Service Description

Schedule Hour 1 – Introduction & Setup Overview of House & Garage music structure & history Setting up Ableton Live & MPC workflow together Basic drum programming (classic UKG grooves, swing, shuffle) Hour 2 – Drum Programming & Beatmaking Building drum racks in Ableton Using MPC for groove & swing Layering kicks, snares, hi-hats for garage bounce Hour 3 – Basslines Designing bass in Ableton (Operator, Simpler, or VSTs) Classic UK Garage bass techniques (reese, sub, donk) Sampling + resampling with MPC Hour 4 – Chords, Stabs & Melodies Creating house stabs & garage chord progressions Using MPC pads for chord triggering Sampling techniques for soulful elements Hour 5 – Arrangement Structure of House & Garage tracks (intro, drop, breakdown, outro) Arrangement workflow in Ableton Using MPC sequences in Ableton arrangement Hour 6 – Effects & Mixing Basics Processing drums (compression, EQ, saturation) Sidechain techniques for house bounce FX (delays, reverbs, filters, risers) Hour 7 – Final Touch & Wrap-Up Quick mixdown session Exporting track for club/DJ use Industry advice, workflow tips, Q&A with Jeremy