Fabfilter Affiliation

FabFilter Logo SmallWe are very happy to announce our new affiliation with Fabfilter. As long standing users of the Fabfilter range of plug ins we believe that they are some of the very best available. Combining simple and intuitive user interfaces with powerful features and outstanding sound quality the Fabfilter instruments and effects make for the perfect accompaniment to Ableton Live and enable us to enhance the courses we teach at Quantize.

As a result of our affiliation we can now offer all of our students a 50% discount on all Fabfilter products, this includes both the creative range and the professional mixing and mastering tools. For more information on our courses please see the links above or contact us here.

Ableton Reverb Tutorial – Creating a build with the freeze function

Second video in the Reverb series. Ableton Live tutorial showing how to freeze the reverb and record the output to audio. This is followed by using various Ableton Live effects to create a building sound. Suitable for all varieties of EDM including deep house, tech house, progressive house, electro house, techno, minimal and trance.

Ableton Live Tutorial – Creating a Reverb Build using Freeze from Quantize Courses on Vimeo.

Official Ableton Live London User Group

Ableton Music Production Online CourseThe Ableton Live London User Group is now official and the launch will take place on Tuesday 9th March at the Apple Store in Regent Street.

The event is open to everyone and will feature live sets and demonstrations of both software and yet to be released equipment. Plans are also in progress for an after party in a nearby venue so be sure to join the mailing list for updates.

This is the event timetable:

7.00 Martin Delaney, Intro to the User Group and iPhone/ iTouch MIDI demo.
7.15 Mystery Product Demo
7.30 Live Looping Demonstration (Eliot Short)
7.45 Electronica Live Set Demonstration (Silverio)
8.00 King Cannibal (Ninja Tunes) intro and Live set.
8.30 Finish

If you are free please do come down and support the event.

For more information and to join the mailing list head over to the new website.

HarderFaster.net Article

The first article in a two part series written by course tutor Keith Mills is now online on the popular HarderFaster.net website. The article covers an introduction to Ableton Live and the key features that differentiate Live from the pack.

The second part will posted within the month and contains information on creating a 32 bar Trance loop and details of an exclusive HarderFaster.net competition.

Click on this link to head straight to the article.

Online Courses

After a year of fine tuning our online courses we are now ready to go live with this concept for students around the globe.

Using a combination of live chat, remote access and video feedback sessions we feel that we can now offer an experience that really is the next best thing to taking a one to one course at our studio in London. Whether you are just starting out with music production or already feel accomplished and would like to study a specific area in more detail, one of our online courses will meet your needs.

For more information click here.