Creating Dubstep requires both advanced technical skills and wild imagination. In this advanced production course, The Sound Tutor takes you on a sonically-rich journey to the center of Dubstep production using Ableton Live.
Ableton Live and Dubstep: it's a match made in music production nirvana. In this production how-to title, The Sound Tutor lets you in to his fully-stocked sound lab and shows you, step by step, how he builds a song from beginning to end. You watch and listen as he demonstrates, using advanced techniques and useful keyboard shortcuts, how to make every part of the song stand out and find its place in the sun, with clever uses of EQ and dynamics plugins, choruses and reverbs.
You also learn how to stack up different drum samples to create massive kick and snare sounds, all within Ableton Live. This is a fast-paced course that is sure to make you sweat as you move quickly from section to section, tweaking an envelope here, an EQ there, all while keeping your production moving forward. You'll come out at the other end with tons of great tools you can use when crafting your song.
So, go ahead and download the included project files and get ready to take a super deep dive alongside The Sound Tutor and learn how to make your Dubstep production shine!


01. Intro to Example Track (05:05)
02. Shortcut Keys Skills (05:21)
03. Layering for Kicks (07:43)
04. Layering for Snares (12:39)
05. Cymbals (06:34)
06. Breaks for Texture (04:10)
07. Finalizing Your Drum Sound (04:03)
08. Re-Sampling to Drum Racks (06:26)
09. Main Melody (06:49)
10. Sub Bass (03:32)
11. Mid Bass (07:05)
12. Alternative Ideas (06:50)
13. Arps and Pads (06:20)
14. Monotone Parts (04:02)
15. Coin-Op Fill-In Sound (04:00)
16. Initial Mix Processing (07:24)
17. Laying It All out (05:42)
18. Basic Arrangement Edits (06:01)
19. Arrangement Enhancing Edits (06:31)
20. Transition Effects and Automation (11:11)
21. Balancing Kick, Snare and Sub (01:55)
22. Melodic Lead Sounds (09:22)
23. Rave Stabs and Cymbals (03:53)
24. Other Sounds (03:11)
25. A Few Hours Later (Conclusion) (11:42)