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Reference Track to MIDI Arrangement Sketch
This course teaches music producers a systematic workflow for deconstructing any reference track into a fully labeled MIDI arrangement sketch in Ableton Live 12. By the end, students will be able to analyze professional tracks, extract their musical DNA, and rebuild the structure with their own sounds—a skill that accelerates learning, improves arrangement instincts, and provides a legitimate creative starting point for original productions.
3 Modules
9 Lessons
~7 Hours
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This comprehensive course covers everything you need to know, with hands-on examples and real-world applications.
1
Foundations of Reference Track Analysis
3 lessons
Understanding the Reference Track Workflow
Audio Preparation and Warping
Structural Mapping with Locators
2
MIDI Extraction Techniques
3 lessons
Frequency Isolation for Clean Extraction
Convert Audio to MIDI Functions
MIDI Cleanup and Refinement
3
Building the Arrangement Sketch
3 lessons
Organizing Extracted MIDI
Arrangement View Organization
Labeling and Documentation
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