Producing Bass House in Ableton Live

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About Course

Producing Bass House in Ableton Live gives you a clear, practical path to making club-ready music that moves a room. From the first super loop to the final limiter, you will learn the decisions, tools, and creative thinking that bring a modern Bass House track to life.

Led by longstoryshort, a respected voice in electronic music, this course focuses on process over guesswork. You will see how to organize your session, sketch musical ideas, shape hard-hitting drops with call and response, and finish with a mix that translates on any system. The lessons are watch and follow, so you can build alongside the instructor and immediately apply what you learn.

Across four structured modules, the curriculum walks you through loop creation, drop development, sound design, resampling, arrangement, and essential mix and mastering moves. You will also explore creative techniques in Xfer Serum, practical resampling from MIDI to audio, and granular textures that add character to your breakdowns.

What You’ll Learn
  • Construct a reliable super loop that anchors groove, bass, and motif
  • Develop impactful drops using call and response phrasing that hooks listeners
  • Design signature Bass House sounds with Xfer Serum and smart resampling
  • Turn sketched ideas into a full arrangement with energy arcs that make sense
  • Tighten drums, apply bus processing, and perform quick mastering for release-ready polish
  • Organize your workflow so producing feels faster and more deliberate, not random
Meet Your Instructor

longstoryshort is known for modern, club-focused productions that balance aggression with groove. In this course he shares real-world workflows, creative choices behind each section, and the exact steps he uses to build drops, shape basses, and finalize tracks for release. His guidance connects technique to taste, so you understand not only what to do but why it works in Bass House.

Is This Course for You?

If you are new to Bass House and want a step-by-step path inside Ableton Live, you will get a practical blueprint that you can reuse for every track. If you already produce and want to refine your drops, sound design, and finishing chain, you will pick up targeted techniques that make a clear difference in loudness, groove, and clarity. Producers who prefer learning by doing will appreciate the watch and follow format and genre-specific strategies that remove guesswork.

What’s Included
  • Step-by-step guided video modules covering loop creation, drop development, sound design and resampling, arrangement, mixing, and quick mastering
  • Practical strategies for Serum, resampling MIDI to audio, granular elements, drum building, bus processing, and finishing touches
  • A repeatable Ableton Live workflow that takes you from a blank project to a confident, club-ready track

Ready to take your basslines and drops to the next level? Start learning today and turn ideas into fully finished Bass House tracks in Ableton Live.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Loop Creation: Build compelling loops that serve as the foundation for your track.
  • Drop Development: Design impactful drops using call and response techniques to keep listeners engaged.
  • Sound Design: Explore resampling methods and harness the power of Xfer's Serum for unique sound creation.
  • Arrangement & Mixing: Learn to structure your track effectively, add dynamic drums, and apply mixing and mastering techniques for a polished final product.

Course Content

Starting the Track
longstoryshort starts the track by laying out his workflow, as well as creating loops that are gonna work as the main musical ideas throughout the track.

  • Workflow Organization
    06:03
  • The “Firestarter”
    09:09
  • Building Chords with Cthulhu
    08:10
  • The Super Loop Concept
    10:07
  • Finishing The Super Loop
    15:14

The Drop
longstoryshort works on the Drop of the track, trying different variations of it and using a "call and response" pattern for it.

Sound Design and Resampling
longstoryshort focuses on Sound Design using resampling of MIDI to Audio and Granular Synthesis.

Mixing, Processing and Mastering
longstoryshort finishes building the Drums and the Buildup of the song, and then focuses on mixing and mastering to have a complete product finished.

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