Ableton Certified Training Center
1 of 119 worldwide
Active artists as instructors
not career educators
Taught at our Los Angeles location
Also available in New York City, Berlin and online
Coming to Los Angeles
NYC’s favorite music production school is heading west
n Spring 2027, 343 Labs opens its doors in Los Angeles. We’re kicking things off with Ableton Beginner, one of our most-loved courses and the perfect place to start making your own music. Join the waitlist to get early access and an exclusive starter discount.
Course at a glance
Los Angeles
(Coming 2027)
6 or 11 weeks
1-2x/week
Beginner
$2,295
8-14 students
Ableton
Produce a finished track
Course outcomes
You'll finish with real music
Throughout the course, you'll build an original track step by step. By the final class, you'll have finished an original track.
Check out the tracks our students have already released:
What you'll accomplish in this course
Create drums and melodies
Record MIDI and audio
Arrange a full track
Use Ableton effects
Build your workflow
Export a finished track
Course Journey
What you'll learn week by week
Foundations
Overview, drums and MIDI: Navigate the Session View, program four on the floor and broken beats, edit MIDI notes and velocity, and load and swap drum kits.
Chords and basslines: Play scales and chords with a MIDI controller, build a usable chord progression, and write a bassline to match.
Melody and layers: Create a melody over your chords, add and record extra parts in the Session View, and clean recordings into loops.
Audio, effects and arrangement
Audio clips and warping: Add audio loops, warp them to your tempo, and edit clip timing, pitch and volume.
Audio effects 101: Add EQ, compression, reverb and delay, use sends and a limiter, and organize your set ready to arrange.
Arrangement View: Record your Session ideas into the timeline and edit, duplicate and structure clips into song sections.
Sampling and adding interest
Samples and Simpler: Chop and tune samples in Simpler, record in the Arrangement View, and freeze and flatten tracks.
Adding interest: Build drum fills, breakdowns and variations, draw automation, and create transitions between sections.
Finishing
Finishing touches: Record and edit automation, MIDI map controls, and add transition effects and supporting layers.
Mixing 101: Balance levels and panning, use EQ and sends, set a limiter on the main out, and export a WAV and MP3.
Presentations and review: Share your finished track and get feedback from your instructor and peers.
Value
What's included?
Everything you need to learn, practice, and keep improving after class.
Live group classes
Learn directly from an experienced producer in a structured weekly format.
Small group feedback
Personal feedback from pro producers so you improve faster
Hands on assignments
Apply new concepts each week and use them to build your track
Exclusive discounts
Save up to 50% on selected software
343 Labs certificate
Receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Location in the heart of LA
Meet producers, DJs and artists right in your city
Some of your instructors
Learn from active producers
Mentorship from active producers, performers, and engineers shaping today's electronic music scene.
Stella Key
Producer • DJ • Vocal Producer
Producer, DJ, and topliner with releases and collaborations.
Great Dane
Producer • DJ • TeamSupreme Founder
Touring producer DJ and TeamSupreme founder known for bass music production.
John Selway
Techno Producer • DJ • Label Owner
NYC techno artist and label owner with decades of releases and touring.
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