Live Visuals with RokVid and Ableton Live

Note: RokVid has been discontinued. This course is now available for all students who still want to access resources for Rokvid without cost.

Take your live performances to the next level with Live Visuals with RokVid and Ableton Live, an immersive course led by renowned producer, performer, and educator Thavius Beck—a creative mind who’s worked with legends like Nas, Nine Inch Nails, and Skylar Grey. This course is designed for artists and live performers who want to add a powerful visual layer to their sets using RokVid, a Max for Live video plugin, seamlessly integrated with Ableton Live.

Across 11 focused lessons, Thavius walks you through the step-by-step process of incorporating visual media into your workflow—from organizing content folders and layering multiple videos to activating your webcam and applying custom visual effects. You’ll learn how to harness envelopes, MIDI mapping, and live performance techniques to trigger dynamic visuals in real time, synced perfectly with your audio. Whether you’re playing a packed venue or streaming to fans online, this course ensures you can deliver a truly multimedia experience.

By the end, you’ll understand not only how to use RokVid technically but how to creatively manipulate video as an expressive instrument in your set. Thavius shares his best practices and performance-ready tips, making this course an essential guide for any modern musician, DJ, or VJ aiming to engage audiences visually and sonically—all from within the familiar environment of Ableton Live Suite.