Complete Melodic Techno Start to Finish Academy

A Complete Academy Program for Melodic Techno

About This Program

Welcome to the most comprehensive program for Melodic Techno on PML! If you’re a producer looking to take your Melodic Techno tracks to the next level, this program is for you.

Apart of a massive sound library, you’ll be getting a complete education in creating a Melodic Techno track from Start to Finish, through all important stages of the production as well as the post production process of figuring out how to distribute your music through labels.

What You Are Getting

• 7 Step Online Course Program
• 11 Fully Produced Educational Ableton Project Files
• A Full-Size Melodic Techno Pack with 400+ Samples and Loops
• 170+ Serum Presets
• 150+ Midi files
• 7 Problem Solver Sample Packs
  • Mainstage Kicks (54 Kick Samples)
  • Bass Loops (68 Genre Specific Loops)
  • Vocal Essentials (40 Dry and Wet Vocal Samples)
  • Impacts & Risers (40 Samples)
  • Astral Odyssey Sample Pack (220+ One-Shots and Loops)
  • Afterworld Sample Pack (210+ One-Shots and Loops)
  • Vocal Texture and Stutter FX (53 Samples)
• 2 Bonus Packs. Hat Loop Sample Pack and additional Serum Presets

Software Requirements: Ableton Live Suite 11.1.6, Serum 1.35 (latest Version recommended)

Your Instructors

Zahand

“After this session you know how to get started, but even more importantly how to FINISH a whole track. See you!”

Uros

“Melodic Techno can be broken down into simple details. I’ll share the formulas that help you create tracks over and over.”

Matt Lar

“Rolling bass lines are one of THE staples of Melodic Techno. Let’s go through effective patterns & sound design hacks together.”

Dahu

“Building suspense, tension & release is key for an interesting song people want to dance to. I will show you some tricks that simply work!”

VNTM

“Happy to be on board of this academy program and share my ideas & thoughts on how to make a successful track and how to get signed.”

Ruede Hagelstein

“This time we will work on 2 great Melodic Techno tracks and I will show you my approach & workflow of mixing. Stoked to be back again! ”

Alexander Inggs

“Making tracks ready for the club and the festivals is what we take care of in these session. Grab some coffee and let’s go!”

Julia Borelli

“When I start mixing, I always start by looking at the phase. It’s something many people take for granted, but super important to get right.”

Jonas Saalbach & Guzy

“Do you want to take the next step? Join us for this session, because we share some insights on how labels work and what artists should or should not do.”

Part 1: Start to Finish – Making a Track

Complete start-to-finish production course. Watch all tutorials at your own pace, as many times as you want. 20+ Studio sessions with Tutor & Producer Zahand 2.5h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access.

• Idea generation (Arrangement View)
• Advanced MIDI writing techniques
• Writing fat and powerful drums
• Writing Chords
• Sound Design (with Serum)
• Creating effects and noise techniques
• Filtering, EQing, Envelope shaping
• Layering and sound stacking
• Creating melodic techno melodies
• Creative arrangement (taking your 8 Bar loops and turning them into a full song)
• Plus: Ableton Project File created in this course (using Ableton Live 11.1.6 Suite (or higher) + Serum 1.363) and all samples used are included as well

Part 2: Music Theory for Melodic Techno

This part is all about practical music theory on writing harmonies & melodies that simply work.

Tutor Yannek Maunz (Producer and DJ) helps you refresh your memory on

• Basics of Music Theory
• Scales, Intervals, Triads
• Minor Scale, Inversions, Seventh Chords
• Voicings, Sus Chords, Power Chords

Tutor Uros (Producer, YouTuber) writing and analysing

• Successful Melodic Techno Chord Progressions
• Analysing mesmerising arps & melodies
• Proven patterns and formulas that work
• Harmonies in the styles of Innellea (Afterlife)
• Arpeggios in the styles of Fideles, Anyma, Agents of Time, Massano
• Practical Writing sessions for Arpeggios
• Practically writing Melodic Techno Chord Progressions

Part 3: Low End Hacks

Your tutor Matt, Artist & Producer “LAR” (Anjunadeep, Monstercat, Colorize), shares his tricks:

• Learn proven bass techniques
• Kick and Bass Relationship
• Successful Drum & Bassline patterns
• Which sounds work best
• Creating rolling bass lines,
• Stab bass and sustained bass lines
• Building minimal style drums
• Rhythmical Bass drums
• examples you can use in your productions right away

Part 4: Arrangements & Drops

With releasing artist DAHU (Radikon)

• Basics of Arranging a Melodic Techno Song
• Foundations of Arrangement for Melodic Techno
• Practical Session: Taking a Loop to a full Track
• Arrangements for clubs & festivals
• What makes a powerful drop
• Arrangement Analysis: Dahu – Solar Drone
• Arrangement Analysis: Jonas Saalbach – Alive
• Arrangement Analysis: Yubik-Human Aura (Massano Remix)

Part 5: Production Secrets

Releasing artist VNTM invites you to his studio to show his production secrets in a track walk through.

• Exclusive look into his production workflow
• Walkthrough: How exactly VTNM produced a very popular track
• Structuring a Live-Set
• How Artist Promotion works
• Life as a producer & artist
• Importance of your environment for success
• Improve your chances of getting heard and recognized.

Part 6: Mixing & Mastering

This part is about effectively mixing & mastering professional Melodic Techno tracks with industry engineers Ruede Hagelstein (Bedrock, Anjunadeep, Watergate), Alex Inggs (trndmsk, Lossless) and a Q&A session with Julia Borelli (mixed for Anna, Cassian, Richie Hawtin, Bodzin, Rüfüs du Sol, Anyma, Mind Against, Kevin de Vries, Anjunadeep, Afterlife, Armada, etc.)

You’ll get full length step by step Mixing and Mastering sessions for 2 tracks (Ableton Project files) from this Academy pack.

• Introduction to the basics of Mixing & Mastering
• Session 1: Mixing & Mastering “Nova”, track from the start to finish course.
• Session 2: Mixing & Mastering “Celestial Body” (with Ableton stock effects). Including Mastering Chain Rack
• Bonus: Summary with both engineers
• Bonus: All accompanying Project Files to follow along step by step
• Learn: Effective techniques to make your tracks sound better on all systems.
• Learn: “What’s mastering besides loudness”

Q&A Interview with Julia Borelli on workflow:

• How to approach the process of mixing and mastering for major artists and labels in the industry. Very insightful!

Part 7: Labels & Marketing

The label owners of Radikon (Berlin), Jonas Saalbach & Guzy share some of the best proven approaches to getting your music signed and what you should take care of right now! Entertaining & super valuable:

• Interview Session sharing secrets for Melodic Techno Artists
• How to increase your chances to get signed on a Melodic Techno label
• How to make it as an artist in the industry
• Industry Success & Marketing for Producers

Part 8: Bonus – Walkthroughs & Analysis of Ableton Project Files

PML producer & instructor Borys is walking you through 4+ Melodic Techno tracks (incl. Project Files), analysing:

• Low-End processing techniques
• Drum programming setups
• Layering and sound stacking
• Critical parts of the production process
• Powerful drops and arrangements
• State of the art sound design