Music Automations 101 – Make Your Build Ups Epic

Categories: Ableton, Production
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About Course

Take your music production to the next level! Learn how to master automation techniques to create powerful, emotion-grabbing build-ups that leave your listeners breathless.

This course, suitable for producers of all experience levels, dives deep into the art of using automation in your DAW to craft dynamic and impactful build-ups.

What you’ll learn:

  • The science behind build-ups: Understand their anatomy and how they create tension and anticipation in music.
  • Automation mastery: Gain in-depth knowledge of automation concepts specific to your DAW.
  • Creative automation techniques: Explore layering, sequencing, sidechain compression, and more to build powerful tension.
  • Automating instruments: Discover how to manipulate instrument parameters for dynamic textures.
  • Mixing for epic drops: Learn how to prepare elements and utilize automation for a smooth transition to the drop.
  • Pro tips and tricks: Gain valuable insights on troubleshooting automation issues.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Craft awe-inspiring build-ups that elevate your music.
  • Work confidently with automation in your DAW.
  • Create a polished build-up for your own music project.

This course is perfect for:

  • Music producers who want to enhance their use of automation for impactful build-ups.
  • Anyone interested in adding new tools and techniques to their production arsenal.
  • Beatmakers and musicians looking to elevate the emotional impact of their music.

Ready to take your music production skills to the next level?

What Will You Learn?

  • Basic and advanced knowledge about how to use automation.

Course Content

Body

  • Analysing the First Track
    04:30
  • Analysing the Second Track
    05:12
  • Analysing the Third Track
  • Volume Automation
    06:30
  • High Cut Automation
    05:41
  • Low Cut Automation
  • Reverb Automation
    06:18
  • Delay Automation
    06:02
  • All Together
    04:31
  • Ableton Users Trick
  • Outro
    00:21