Creating Electronic Drum Grooves with Ableton Live

In this Hal Leonard Music Pro Guide video course, Josh Bess explain how to create a wide range of electronic drum grooves with a focus on more than simply programming beats and grooves, but utilizing the ideas and techniques of a drummer into electronic music production, for styles consisting of House, Techno, Breakbeat, World, and many more.

Videos

• Using the Included Media Content (04:24) - See what is in the Media Content folder included with this course.

• Ableton Installation (01:16) - Get instruction on downloading Ableton Live and the nstallation procedures.

• Accessing the Included Drum Kits (02:42) - Take a look at the included Ableton Live drum racks.

• Creating your First Drum Groove (06:21) - Learn how to create your first drum groove by creating MIDI clips, writing MIDI notes, and adjusting velocity.

• MIDI Editor Parameters (07:09) - Take a look at the main parameters of the MIDI Editor to understand exactly what it is doing.

• Velocity (05:05) - Learn about using velocity and dynamics to create natural human feel volume changes.

• Hi-Hats (03:43) - Josh shows many ways to use hi-hats to get a multitude of sounds.

• Building Groove Velocity (03:36) - See how all of these sounds work in an actual Groove.

• MIDI Note Length (03:48) - Learn how to adjust the length of your drum hits based solely on your editor's MIDI note length.

• Mixing Basics and Tempo (03:26) - See how to mix your drum rack sounds individually as well as manipulate tempo.

• The Secret to Learning Various Groove Styles (06:09) - Josh goes over how to keep up with constantly changing groove styles.

• Building a Groove with a Swing (09:03) - Learn what swing means and how to apply it to your drum groove.

• One-Shot Samples (09:47) - See how to incorporate one-shot samples into your kit and how to manipulate them within Ableton Live.

• Creating Your Own Drum Rack (02:38) - Here you will learn to take the ideas from the One-Shot Samples video and apply them to creating your own customer drum rack.

• Conclusion (00:44) - Josh wraps up this tutorial and invites comments about what you have learned.