J. Anthony AllenComposer, Producer, Music Educator, Entrepreneur

Free Ableton Live 12 Music Production Class! Delivered Daily.

Name: Free Ableton Live 12 Music Production Class! Delivered Daily.
Uploaded: 2025-02-17T20:12:32+00:00
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Channel: J. Anthony Allen
Description: In this opening segment of J. Anthony Allen’s university‑level Ableton Live 12 production class, the instructor introduces his Ableton‑based recording…

17 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this opening segment of J. Anthony Allen’s university‑level Ableton Live 12 production class, the instructor introduces his Ableton‑based recording studio and explains the scope of the course. While the class will ultimately focus on Ableton workflow, Allen stresses that students must first become comfortable with essential recording hardware. He outlines a brief roadmap: a discussion of audio interfaces (the often‑overlooked gateway between microphones and the computer), a shopping guide for microphones and related gear, and practical recommendations on what to buy versus what can be skipped. The segment sets the stage for later lessons that will tie this hardware knowledge back into Ableton Live.

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Okay, so recording. Now, as some of you may know who have taken some of my other classes, I run a recording studio that, it's an Ableton based recording studio that's part of my university position. So this is kind of especially up my alley. Now we're not going to go into all of the really fine details of recording, like how to mic a cello and all of those things. I, I do have other content that is, that focuses on that. But in this class I really want us to focus on Ableton. However, in order to make the most of it, we do have to step outside of Ableton for a little bit first to get comfortable with some of the hardware that we're going to need to connect to Ableton. So we will talk about microphones. I will do a little shopping guide on a few different things, telling you what I would recommend you buy for the different situations you're in and what you need to buy and what you don't need to buy. So first we're going to go into some of that hardware stuff and then we'll kind of circle back to connecting it all to lives. So let's start with the thing that most people don't realize is something that they're going to need and that is the audio interface. So let's talk about that first.