Producing Groovy Hypnotic Techno using Ableton Live with Audio Units

Producing Groovy Hypnotic Techno using Ableton Live with Audio Units

Join Audio Units as they guide you through building a hypnotic, loopy techno track using Ableton Live 12 and select third-party plugins. Discover how they layer subtle textures, design immersive sounds, and shape minimal yet powerful arrangements that define their signature sound. From sculpting immersive atmospheres to weaving drum patterns with deliberate precision, this session unpacks their masterful control of tension, space, and subtle repetition.

What will one learn in this masterclass?

• Kick + Processing: Taking a simple 909 kickdrums and using EQ, saturation for tonal balance and beefing up the sound.
• Bassline + Processing: Using Operator to achieve a simple yet sophisticated rolling bassline.
• Lead: Serum doing the heavy lifting with its wavetable synthesis-driven approach to design a modulated lead.
• FX Loops: Using Sylenth1 for its randomizing capabilities to come up with quirky sounds that are then processed into atmospheres, textures, etc.
• Hats: D16 Drumazon 2 for sharp, punchy 909-style hats and cymbals.
• Mixing: Using Pro-Q 4 and other EQs for tonal balance and cleaning up sounds. Using free plugins from Analog Obsession to treat individual sounds. Approaches to group processing for low end, drums, synths, etc.
• Arrangement: Full process from start to finish, going from ideas in Session View to a fully arranged track in the Arrangement View with automations, transitions, etc. split over 3 chapters.
• Tweaks: Editing sounds and initial ideas to make them fit the final result.