Module 2 – Future Bass Track From Start To Finish from Francois
What you will learn from this course:
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Producing a Future Bass Track from Start To Finish
After having taken this class, you’ll have seen a complete production process first hand, starting from nothing and working through all the different important stages of the production process, from start to finish. The final track is inspired by artists like Flume, San Holo, Cashmere Cat, Odesza.
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What’s required?Basic understanding of using Ableton (like loading files, creating MIDI clips, etc – check our other mini Ableton refresher in Part 6 for the basics)
Ableton Live 9.2 Standard (or higher) – you can also follow along with 9.2 (the only difference is the Simpler, an extra video explains it)
VST: NI Massive (1.3xx or higher)
no other 3rd party plugins needed
What song is being produced in the course?
What people say:
The course will walk you through:
Idea generation (first in Session View, later we switch to Arrangement View)
Writing powerful Future Bass chords and advanced MIDI writing techniques
Writing fat and powerful drums
Writing melodies
Sound Design (with NI Massive – and optional with Operator and Serum)
Making vocal chops and glides
Creating chord slides, glides, pitch effects, LFO shapes and techniques, frequency shiftings
Filtering, EQing, Vibrato, Envelope shaping
Layering and sound stacking
Creating crazy little fills and breaks for huge drops
Creating Future Bass arpeggios and melodies
Adding sphere with resampling and reversing sounds
Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
Mixing: We are completely mixing the track using techniques like “Frequency Masking”, Mid-Side mixing, and many more
Mastering: in the end we are fully mastering the track with a custom Ableton effect rack chain.
Bonus: Serum sound designs, more vocal chops, ..
What you’re getting:
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A complete start-to-finish production course
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30+ Studio sessions with Francois / Production Music Live
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5h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
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Bonus: Ableton Project File created in this couse (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive)
Course Curriculum
Part 1: Setup & Intro
I – Introduction & Hello (1:41)
II – Downloading The Files & Setup (1:59)
III – Basic Workflow – Beginner focussed (skippable) (13:16)
IV – Our Production Process in this Course (1:15)
V – Playing the Final Product (2:19)
Part 2: Idea Generation – Session View
00 – Idea Generation – Part 1: Writing Chords (15:40)
01 – Idea Generation – Part 2: Creating The First 8 Bar Loop in Session View (22:58)
02 – Switching to Arrangement View & Adding Layers (20:37)
Option: Upgrade Course Plan
Part 3: Building The Track – Arrangement View
03 – Adding Snares (12:59)
04 – Adding Vocal Chops (15:46)
05 – Adding Fills, Warps, Stretches (17:14)
06 – Sound Design, LFOs, Arpeggios (22:57)
07 – Adding Chilled Parts, Scales (16:04)
08 – Adding Plucks (12:35)
09 – Four To The Floor Part (13:58)
10 – Creating A Big Fill FX (8:21)
11 – Sound Design: LFO E-Organ (9:49)
12 – Heavy Drop + Lead Sound (11:15)13 – First Buildup and White Noise Edits (5:50)
14 – Adding an Intro (11:58)
15 – Creating Custom Pianos, Resampling, Reversing FX (18:05)
Quick Arrangement Basics (2:18)
16 – Transitions 1 – Frequency Shifting (7:42)
17 – Transitions 2 – Fade To Grey FX (6:53)
18 – Transitions 3 – Adjustments (6:43)
Part 4: Finalizing – Mixing & Mastering
Quick Mixing Basics (4:20)
19 – Mixing (32:19)
Quick Mastering Basics (1:57)
20 – Mastering (21:13)
21 – A/B Mastered Version (4:40)
Part 5: Bonus Sessions
Future Bass Melody Vocal Chop Session (11:48)
Bonus Sound Design: Future Bass Saw with Ableton Operator (14:06)
Bonus: How to Write Future Bass Chords and Melody from Scratch with Tom (39:10)
Bonus Sound Design: LFO Pad Sound with Serum (7:55)
Bonus Sound Design: Future Bass Tennis Lead with Sylenth1 (12:26)
Bonus Sound Design: LFO Pad with MASSIVE (8:48)
Bonus Sound Design: Tennis Lead with MASSIVE (13:26)
Bonus Sound Design: What So Not Lead with MASSIVE (7:59)
Bonus Session: Future Bass Drop from Scratch (40:39)
Part 6: Refresher for Beginners: How To Ableton Live
How To Ableton I – Basic Setup (11:07)
How To Ableton II – Browser, Instruments, Effects, VSTs (14:21)
How to Ableton III – Interface, Session View, Arrangement View (15:35)
How to use Ableton Live 9.2 Simpler vs. Simpler in Live 9.5 (7:53)
How a Compressor Works (15:35)
Frequently Asked Questions:
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you start and when you finish.
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
This course is designed using Ableton Live Standard 9 (or higher) + Native Instruments MASSIVE (1.3xx or higher). So if you have these two elements, you’re good to go.
Absolutely! The offered bundles give the best value by far with an extra discount of at least 30% on the usual shop prices. Including more sound packs, you’ll get a perfect start to dive deeper. You’ll be able to reverse engineer the project files and discover how to improve your own productions.
We offer a couple of versions starting with the single paid course and adding in more and more specials like “Future Bass Full Pack” for Ableton users, “Complete Templates Packs” (2 packs with each around 20 professionally crafted Ableton Templates) and “MASSIVE Full Pack” (in the 3rd, full version), adding 750+ Massive presets, tons of MIDIs and song idea templates for Ableton to give you an incredible start. If you’re not sure which version to pick, hit us up with a quick message to productionmusiclive (aatt) gmail.com – we’re happy to help!
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 48 hours and we will give you a full refund on the course (due to the digital download nature of the optional sound packs, we can only refund the course part).
Your Instructor
Francois
FrancoisI’m Francois, classically trained musician and music producer from Germany with an insatiable passion for great sound design, audio engineering and electronic music production. I’ve released tracks on labels such as Universal Music, Parquet Recordings, Portrait Digital Recordings, Somatic Sense, Jannowitz Records and others. Maybe you’ve seen one of my tutorials on our YouTube channel “Production Music Live”. I also have a personal Youtube Channel called “Francois Beats”. I like exploring new ways of working, acquiring new skills and sharing my knowledge.
Check out some of my electronic music productions on
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More of what students say:
“I’ve been producing for over 10 years and this course is great. He makes some really good sounding music here and takes you through the process, I really respect his skills, alot of people teach about making tracks but they don’t sound that great.. but this is really quality stuff.. thanks for sharing, and keep it up!!” – Paul Stone
“In less than 2 hours i’ve learned a lot about ableton and Future arrangement” – Luis Bustamente
“Just within a few hours my production has greatly increased! i love this course thanks for everything!” – Jason Blevins
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