What's included as far as software and samples?

A free boutique sample library made by Garnish instructors, access to premium synths and effects through licensing partnerships, and an exclusive Mark Ronson Mellotron sample pack.

Is this program hands-on, or mostly lecture-based?

Fully hands-on - you work directly on your own music and get feedback tailored to your genre and goals.

Is Garnish an official Ableton training provider?

Yes - the program is Ableton certified and Apple authorized.

What will I actually walk away with by the end?

Release-ready tracks, a certificate proving your skills, and a full sample library and premium plugin access to keep working with afterward.

Electronic Music Producer Certificate Program

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Certified Electronic Music Producer Program | Seattle

Course — Seattle

At a glance

Duration

120 hours

Class size

No more than 10 students

Format

In-person in Seattle or Live Online

Certificate

On completion

You leave with

Finished records, and a Certified Electronic Music Producer certificate

Long enough to matter

From your first session to a finished release, not a taster

Ableton certified

Taught at a certified training centre, by working producers

Certified Electronic Music Producer Program

If you're ready to take your music seriously and want to master one of the world’s most powerful DAWs, this is where your journey begins. Whether you're starting from scratch or you’ve been self-teaching and want to fill in workflow gaps, our 120-hour Music Producer Program in Ableton Live Suite is built to help you produce high-quality, release-ready tracks while earning a certificate that proves your skills.

Seattle students take the Certified Electronic Music Producer Program in a small group at our studio, or live online in the same session with the same instructor, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. The city has a deep electronic and independent music scene, and our teachers are part of it.

Ableton DAW

→Session and Arrangement View, Workflow and Warping Basics
→Warping Loops and Using the Browser
→Intro to Simpler and Drum Racks
→Drum Sampler
→MIDI Recording of Melodic Instruments
→Scales, Key and Tuning Systems
→MIDI Generators and Transformations
→Mapping for Remote Control
→Audio and MIDI Effects and Racks
→Using Third Party Plugins
→Recording Audio and Warping Full Tracks
→Comping: Take Lanes
→Stem Separation
→Mixing Basics, Grouping and Routing
→Auto Shift

Advanced Ableton

→Sub: Waveforms and Harmonics, Sine
→Sub: Ableton’s Analog: Oscillators
→Sub: LFO, Polyphony, Unison and Glide
→Pulse Width Modulation and Serial Filtering
→Drift: Subtractive, Done Properly
→FM: Intro to FM
→FM: Ableton’s FM synth: Operator Overview
→FM: Algorithms, Filter
→FM: Making FM Drum Sounds
→Wave: Wavetable Categories
→Wave: Auditioning Wavetables Using an Envelope
→Wave: Oscillator Effects
→Wave: Multiple Filters with Different Routings
→PM: Physical Modeling Synthesis
→PM: Collision and Corpus: Sound Design
→PM: Tension
→Filter, LFO FX and Modulation Matrix
→Waveshaping with Roar: Saturation, Dist
→Sampler: Mapping Key and Velocity Zones, Looping
→Sampler: Filter, Drive and Shaper
→Sampler: AUX Env and LFOs
→Granular: Creative Time Stretching
→Granular: Beat Mode, Warping Using Quantized
→Granular: Grain Delay
→Granular: Granular Synthesis with Granulator III
→Granular: Filter, Modulators and Capture
→Additive synthesis: in Operator
→Creative Audio Effects: Shifter
→Creative Audio Effects: Resonators
→Creative Audio Effects: PitchLoop89
→Spectral Resonator and Spectral Time
→Hybrid Reverb
→M4L Devices: M4L Modulators

Mixing & Mastering

→Choosing Monitors
→Monitor Placement
→Acoustics: The Basics
→Signal Flow
→Mixing Desk Basics
→Basic panning techniques
→Mid/Side and Stereo Width
→Equalization
→Filtering
→Dynamics
→Reverb
→Delay
→Phaser and Flanger
→The Vocoder
→Modulation
→Vocals
→Automation: Mixing as a Performance
→More Creative Mixing Techniques
→Mixing Electronic Music
→Mastering

Mentoring

→20 hours of working on your music in class!

Sound design is a big focus too—you’ll explore the best of Max4Live devices and get under the hood with Serum, the only third-party plugin featured in the course, to create truly unique sounds.

Our class sizes are intentionally small—no more than 10 students per class—so you can learn in a relaxed, collaborative environment. Our purpose-built labs encourage experimentation, creativity, and even the occasional class jam. Because learning to produce the music you love should be inspiring, not overwhelming.

Whether you want to make club bangers, cinematic soundscapes, or experimental grooves, this program gives you the tools, knowledge, and mentorship to make it happen.