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The 20-Minute Producer: Free Lessons 1–3
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Three nights, start to finish. By the end of the third you have Ableton Live running, a beat of your own, and a rack that makes it sound like a room at night. Nothing is a trailer: these are the real lessons.
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The three free nights
Night 1: Setup night Free
Live 12 is installed on the free trial, playing through your headphones without crackle, you know the five places in the window, and you have a saved Set that plays a drum kit.
- 1.1Why 20 Minutes a Night
- 1.2Install Live and Start the Trial
- 1.3Headphones and Buffer Size
- 1.4The Live Window in 5 Minutes
- 1.5Your First Sound and Default Set
- 1.6Save Your First Set
Saved tonight: 01-setup-night
Night 2: Your starter project and the Kitchen Sound Pack Free
You've opened a real Live project, heard it play, swapped one of its sounds for a kitchen sound you chose, and saved your own copy.
- 2.1A Beat That's Already Yours
- 2.2Download and Unzip the Starter
- 2.3Open the Project and Press Play
- 2.4Add the Kitchen Sound Pack
- 2.5Swap One Sound
- 2.6Save Your Own Copy
Saved tonight: 02-my-starter
Night 3: Install the free Apron2Amp add-on Free
The Apron2Amp add-on is installed in your User Library, you can find it in Live's browser, and you've put A2A Night Room on your beat and judged it fairly, at the same volume.
- 3.1What's in the Free Add-on
- 3.2Download the Add-on
- 3.3Install to Your User Library
- 3.4Find It in the Browser
- 3.5Night Room at Equal Volume
- 3.6Save with the Rack On
Saved tonight: 03-night-room
The first three lessons of The 20-Minute Producer, free. Sign up with your email to watch.
- Lesson 1: Setup night
- Lesson 2: Your starter project and the Kitchen Sound Pack
- Lesson 3: Install the free Apron2Amp add-on
Each night comes with a one-page cheat sheet (PDF).