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redranger · Post by **redranger** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:40 am

Just got Live 9 and am looking at these end of year deals on tutorials. I am looking into Sonicbloom, Tom Cosm, and Groove 3. Does anyone recommend one over the other? Thanks.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:09 am

Groove3 is pretty cool. They have the best price (on sale right now for $99.00 ends in 2 days) and tons of tutorials that are cool to watch. Unfortunately a bunch of the ones I really wanted to watch had Lawrence Holcomb as the narrator. He's the worst narrator I've ever heard in my life so those tutorials were useless at best. Mind you, they were Massive, Sylenth, Spire, Turnado, Predator, Alchemy, and Razor. All pretty cool plugins. What the FCuk were they thinking to get that guy to do these tutorials. You can't understand a damned thing the guy is saying. Needless to say I didn't renew because of that. Other than that, all the other narrators at Groove 3 are fantastic and there are great tuts for the price. You got sonic academy which is pretty cool but a bit more pricey. I wish they would have a sale for $99.00 per year, I would hop on it. MacPro Videos are another great tutorial sight but again not worth it for more than $99.00 a year. At least for me. I like to read manuals, but I got nothing against a good tut here and there. The other two you mentioned I've never researched. I do know Tom Cosm is way talented so his tutorials would be interesting. Good luck with your choice man. Let us know how it goes.

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rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:54 am

Depending on how much you watch for me there wasnt enough content for the whole year in groove3. Three months max, watching one hour daily. So I would get a month and see how much you get out of it. Then get another month at another site (mac pro video).

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:06 pm

For Ableton Live 9, I recommend the tutorials in MacProVideo.com and mainly "Olav Basoski's" tutorials. I bought 3 of them I think ( one is about 8 but it is the same for version 9). Olav Basoski is a great tutor. One of my favourites. He is clear and to the point. I like the way he teaches and thinks. The only tutorials that is not done by him are "MIDI Recording and Effects" which is really very good also about Midi in Live and "Arranging Explored" by "Bill Burgess" which are fine.

I like also Groove3 tutorials, but for Ableton Live, MacProVideo is better IMO. There is only one disadvantage of their videos and they are not Full HD in Windows. They are HD but not Full HD. It wasn't a big problem for me because I could see fine (not crisp video). If you are on Mac, it might be different.

Don't forget, you really need to read the manual from cover to cover! It is a great manual. Live's manual is from the best together with Reason's one

hapi@flurred.com · Post by **hapi@flurred.com** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:32 pm

Also dubspot (some are free and some not) and official ableton website have tutorials, and some of them are really interesting!

http://blog.dubspot.com/tag/ableton-live/
https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/categories/tutorials/

2ZrgE · Post by **2ZrgE** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:03 pm

redranger wrote:Just got Live 9 and am looking at these end of year deals on tutorials. I am looking into Sonicbloom, Tom Cosm, and Groove 3. Does anyone recommend one over the other? Thanks.

Good ones on Youtube with a lot of Ableton stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SadowickProduction
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBillsTunes
https://www.youtube.com/user/musicprotutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/RyanosaurusVideo
https://www.youtube.com/user/ARTFXSTUDIOS
https://www.youtube.com/user/DJVespers
https://www.youtube.com/user/BassGorillaTV
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrNFOX22
https://www.youtube.com/user/EDMprodtv

Also very helpful:
http://nickstutorials.com/

garryknight · Post by **garryknight** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:21 pm

You left out Tom Cosm https://www.youtube.com/user/cosmcosm

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:27 pm

garryknight wrote:You left out Tom Cosm https://www.youtube.com/user/cosmcosm

redranger wrote:I am looking into Sonicbloom, Tom Cosm, and Groove 3.

garryknight · Post by **garryknight** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:45 pm

Sorry, missed that

hyperscientist · Post by **hyperscientist** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:02 pm

Background: I learn piano for half a year and few weeks ago got into making electronic music too.

I have just finished 3-week long Ableton course on Coursera, this one:
https://www.coursera.org/course/abletonlive

I bought Live and immediately took this course before learning anything about it. Initially I thought the course is a bit too light on content, but in the end I realised that now I pretty much understand how to make music with Live, so I guess it was very useful! Additionally, we had to compose a song as an assignment and it was my first composition ever, so I am happy and recommend!

I also bought yearly subscription of macprovideo (I took advantage of 60% off promo that was there few days ago) and so far I went through Ableton Push basic tutorial - it is "meh" at best.

If Live tutorials on macprovideo are better then Push tutorial, then it's probably fine - if not then you will be better of with Coursera.

Oxgaz · Post by **Oxgaz** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:37 am

You can also Check LYNDA, Ableton Live 9 Essential Training with Rick Schmunk.

Volterock · Post by **Volterock** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:37 am

My top 3 Ableton gurus are:
1. Steve Nalepa
2. Tom Cosm
3. Mr. Bill

2ZrgE · Post by **2ZrgE** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:16 am

1. Steve Nalepa

Strange, never heard of him. Any links?

filtronstacks · Post by **filtronstacks** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:26 pm

If you're producing any bass-heavy electronic music then Bass Gorilla can be really helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/user/BassGorillaTV

Ableton Tutorials?