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Ableton: crash course

Start Sat 31 January '26
10:00 - 18:30

1 session

Prices

Basic price: € 55
All prices

Location OPEK
Vaartkom 4
3000 Leuven

More about the location(s)

Language & teacher(s) Dutch/English

Ableton. What is it and what's the buzz all about? Ableton is the favourite music creation tool of many artists, producers, DJs and beat-makers. And: an ideal digital recording studio!

But an endless source of possibilities can also be quite overwhelming ... Enter this crash course: for songwriters, producers and (hobby) artists-to-be, or for anyone who dares to pronounce the words 'laptop' and 'music' in one sentence.

This course will cover all the basic concepts and explain in detail the general principles of Ableton. From there you will be set to your first discoveries in the crazy world of digital audio.

After this day, you will open your laptop and be guaranteed to be lost for hours in your own musical zone. Get rid of Garageband, and get to work with the most complete music program on earth. As a bonus, your own musical ideas get a turbo boost!

Practical

Bring your laptop and a version of Ableton (Intro/Standard/Suite - you can also use the free 90-day demo) + headphones. Do you have an audio interface, midi controller or keyboard? Feel free to bring those (this is not a requirement). An external mouse may also come in handy to work smoothly.
There will be a break for lunch in the afternoon. Bring your own lunch or buy one at Café Entrepot in OPEK or at Lidl around the corner.

Level of experience

Level 1: no experience needed to participate!

Sessions

  • Sat 31 January '26
    10:00 - 18:30
    OPEK - check bij aankomst / check upon arrival

Location(s)

  • OPEK Vaartkom 4
    3000 Leuven Show on map

    Check www.opek.be for more information about how to get here. At the first session, you will be welcomed by someone from WISPER who will tell you exactly where in/around the building your course takes place.

    Good to know if you take a full-day course here: for the lunch break, you can bring your own lunch, eat in at Café Entrepot or buy something at the Lidl supermarket around the corner.

Prices

  • Better world price
    € 61 Choose this price and contribute to the course of someone who can’t afford it without help. How wonderful is that?
  • Basic price
    € 55 Covers the cost of your course. Nothing less, nothing more.
  • Reduced price
    € 44 If money is tight (right now).
  • Holders of Cultuurkaart KU Leuven
    € 41 For students at KU Leuven, UC Leuven-Limburg and LUCA Campus Lemmens
  • Social discount UiTPAS Leuven
    € 11 (max 6 / year) only for Leuven citizens

Teacher

Reindert Spanhove

Reindert is our musicman in Leuven, artist, producer and multi-intrumentalist. He studied at…
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