Wouldn't you love to hear a GIGANTIC BASS DROP coming from one of your own tracks on a huge sound system?

Can you imagine feeling your music touch the crowd like a professionally-mastered track?

Imagine playing a new track at a gig next weekend and hearing your friends say, "How did you get that bass to drop like that?!"

Wouldn't it be great to finish an album and KNOW that the bass is going to sound amazing, without spending hundreds of dollars on studio time to mix it?

Here's the shortcut -- it's a simple mix recipe that gives you rock-solid bass in your Ableton sessions.

Here's what you get in the course

session lessons: Each module has a Live set that opens with built-in lessons to take you through the mix process step by step, using plugins & processing chains right inside the session.

tutorial videos: You do the hands-on examples yourself, with video tutorials to help if you get lost. (.mp4 downloads and on youtube)

one-on-one video workshop: where we get to know each other and look at the practice examples together. (this is the most fun, it's almost like hanging out in person!)

That's not all. I know some people love learning with podcasts, so I also include a soundcloud audio version of the lesson that you can listen to when you're on the move

support materials: I throw in a few PDFs with critical ideas to keep for reference

sound packs ...and a folder of sounds to use with the examples in each lesson (AKA "now you have crazy fun making new beats.")

MODULE 2: ZIPPER EQ

• cut before you boost -- what this means and WHY
• how to KNOW where you need to EQ, not just guess
• Harmonic EQ'ing
• BONUS: classic kick drum EQ frequencies from the soundman's toolkit

MODULE 4: SPLIT, DOUBLE AND LAYER

• track grouping and routing template
• multiband compression for bass
• quick click kick drum trick
• octave bass stereo/mono split

MODULE 6: MONOBOTTOM

• template set: route all your bass to one place
• the Utility plugin and why Phase matters
• HEADROOM and gain staging (the 3dB and -12dB rules)
• secret PEAK METERS ableton trick

MODULE 8: MAKE YOUR ROUGH MIX

• using your EQ points from Module 2 on the master channel
• multiple stages of compression (five guys lifting one piano)
• What to do on your stereo bus
• pre-mastering standards / DIY mastering

Make Space for Bass is not currently open for enrollment.

But there are some common myths about bass that we need to bust right now.

I want you to know this before you buy the MSFB course.

1. YOU DON'T NEED EXPENSIVE STUDIO MONITORS
   A good pair of headphones is enough


2. YOU DON'T NEED A SUBWOOFER IN YOUR STUDIO
   Before you know what you are doing, adding a sub will only make your problems worse


3. YOU DON'T NEED MORE VST PLUGINS
   Ableton Live audio effects can do everything we need for this course


4. YOU DON'T NEED ANALOG PROCESSING GEAR
   I teach the analog roots of digital audio. You get the best sound possible with the tools you have now -- and the knowledge transfers to the analog world when you get your hands on it later.


5. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO BOOK TIME TO MIX IN A RECORDING STUDIO CONTROL ROOM
   When you learn to make space for bass in your own sessions, you don't have to spend $50/hour just to get a mix done. Save your money for mastering instead!

Make Space for Bass is designed for Ableton Live9 users who make electronic music.

It works for every genre from trap to hard tekno, DnB, house, global bass, hiphop, future bass, dubstep, reggae even psychedelic cumbia.

You can be a musician who plays live with Live, a DJ, a remix artist, a producer, or a recording engineer and learn from MSFB.

Who is not a good fit?

if you are doing rock band music with 24 mics on the drum kit, this is not for you.

Acoustic musicians, jazz virtuosos, singer/songwriter people -- I love what you do but this course will not flatter your talents... unless you are interested in adding heavy synth sub bass and beats...