The Playback Method™

Instructor: Will Doggett

The Playback Method™ is a step by step curriculum designed to help musicians of all skill levels and styles create the perfect performance, using Playback.

Curriculum

  1. Welcome & Getting Started
  2. Intro to The Playback Method™
  3. What, Why, How
  4. Building a Playback System: Intro
  5. Foundations of Live Audio: How Playback Fits On-Stage
  6. Building a Playback System Is All About Balance
  7. The 2 Secrets The Pros Know About Building a Playback System
  8. Choosing Content for On-Stage
  9. Choosing Playback Software (upload captions files)
  10. Choosing a Computer for Live Performance (upload captions files)
  11. File Management, Backups, and Hard Drives (upload captions files)
  12. Choosing In-Ear Monitors (upload captions files)
  13. Choosing an In-Ear Monitoring System (need to update with links)
  14. Choosing an Audio Interface for Playback (need links/captions)
  15. Who Should Be In Charge of Playback?
  16. Don't Look Like You're Checking Your Email On Stage (need links and captions)
  17. How Do We Communicate On-Stage? (need links)
  18. The Ultimate Guide to Connecting Your Audio Interface to a Soundboard (need links)
  19. The Third Secret: How Pros Set Up Their Playback Rigs Quickly and Efficiently (NEED LINKS)
  20. Follow this Timeline to Integrate Playback With Your Band
  21. Playback Basic Template Intro and Walkthrough
  22. Customizing Your Playback Template
  23. Connect Your Audio Interface And Route Audio In Your Template
  24. How to Setup Your MIDI Controller With The Playback Template (need links)
  25. What To Do If You Need More Than Twelve Audio Outputs?
  26. The Ultimate Guide to Improving Practice and Rehearsal
  27. How to Prep Your Band for Rehearsal and Help Them Learn Their Parts
  28. Rehearse Anywhere, Anytime: Creating Portable Play Along Tracks for Musicians
  29. The Burn In: Your Secret Weapon To Ensure Everything Works Perfectly
  30. Navigating Your Set with Ease During Rehearsal
  31. Mastering Quick Edits To Keep Rehearsal Running Smoothly
  32. Transforming Tracks on the Fly: The Tools Needed For Quick Edits
  33. Song Editing Example 1: Flowers
  34. Song Editing Example 2: Poppin
  35. Introduction to the Song and Set Programming Process
  36. From Stems to Songs: Start Here To Transforming Stems Into Songs
  37. Song Programming Process-Step 1: Song Setup
  38. Adjusting Ableton Live's Grid to Perfectly Match Your Song
  39. Song Programming Process-Step 2a: Validating Your Tempo
  40. Song Programming Process-Step 2b: Validating Your Time Signature
  41. Why Live's Grid Won't Sync To Your Song #1: Shift Your Stems
  42. Why Live's Grid Won't Sync To Your Song #2: Wrong Tempo
  43. Why Live's Grid Won't Sync To Your Song #3: Tempo Variations pt. 1
  44. Why Live's Grid Won't Sync To Your Song #3: Tempo Variations pt. 2
  45. How to Manage Time Signature Changes in Your Song Like a Pro
  46. Song Programming Process-Step 3a: Song Clean-up
  47. Song Programming Process-Step 3b: Converting mp3 to WAV
  48. Boost Your Programming Productivity With This Tip
  49. Song Programming Process-Step 4: Saving Your Tempo
  50. Song Programming Process-Step 5: Saving Your Song Sections
  51. Song Programming Process-Step 6: Adding a Click Track
  52. Song Programming Process-Step 7: Adding Cues
  53. Song Programming Process-Step 8: Adding Your Song Name
  54. Song Programming Process-Step 9: Collect All And Save
  55. Song Programming Process-Step 10: Audio Routing And Basic Level Check
  56. Song Programming Process-Step 11: QA Process
  57. Watch Me Program Songs in Real Time!
  58. Real Time Programming Example 1: Poppin'
  59. Real Time Programming Example 2: Song With Tempo Changes
  60. Real Time Programming Example 3: Beautiful
  61. Real Time Programming Example 4: Imagination
  62. Programming Songs from Karaokeversion.com
  63. Programming Songs from Song-Service.com
  64. The Simple and Repeatable Process for Programming Ableton Live Sets
  65. The Final Step in the Programming Process
  66. Tips for Exporting Your Own Stems
  67. The Truth About Warping Your Stems: To Warp or Not to Warp?
  68. Optimizing Your Computer For The Stage
  69. Turning Sound Check Chaos Into Sound Check Bliss
  70. Mastering Playback on Stage: Tips and Tricks for a Flawless Performance
  71. Extracting and Saving Custom Arrangements
  72. The Quick and Easy Method to Reorder Songs on Stage
  73. Intro to Advanced Programming Skills
  74. What's The Advanced Playback Template and Is it Right For Me?
  75. Playback Advanced Template Intro and Walkthrough
  76. Transferring Files To The Playback Advanced Template
  77. How to Customize The Playback Advanced Template
  78. How to Setup And Customize Your Template For Redundancy
  79. Using Custom Cues To Improve Communication On-Stage
  80. Creating Custom Cues Using AI
  81. Creating Song Title "Slates" with the Custom Cues Player
  82. Creating and Adding Custom Song Sections to our Cues Player
  83. How to Create Custom Pitch Reference Cues in Ableton Live
  84. Adding Your Own Custom Vocal Samples to the Cues Player
  85. Creating a Separate Cues Player with Special Cues
  86. Advanced Programming Skills: One Button Repeat-Intro
  87. Creating a One-Button Repeat with Setlist
  88. Creating a One-Button Repeat with AbleSet 2
  89. Creating a One-Button Repeat with Conductor
  90. Creating a One-Button Repeat with Virtual MIDI
  91. Advanced Programming Skills: Creating a Pre-Programmed Loop
  92. Creating a Pre-Programmed Loop with Setlist
  93. Creating a Pre-Programmed Loop with AbleSet 2
  94. Creating a Pre-Programmed Loop with Conductor
  95. Creating a Pre-Programmed Loop with Virtual MIDI
  96. Advanced Programming Skills: Dynamic Cues-Intro
  97. Creating Dynamic Cues with Setlist
  98. Creating Dynamic Cues with AbleSet 2
  99. Creating Dynamic Cues with LIOBOXv2
  100. Creating Dynamic Cues with Conductor
  101. Creating Dynamic Cues with Virtual MIDI
  102. What Setlist Management Plugin Is Best?
  103. How to Program a Set Using a Setlist Management Solution
  104. Advanced Set Programming Skills: Creating a Stop Track-Intro
  105. Creating a Stop Track with Setlist
  106. Creating a Stop Track with AbleSet 2
  107. Creating a Stop Track with Conductor
  108. Creating a Stop Track with LIOBOXv2
  109. Creating a Stop Track with Virtual MIDI
  110. Advanced Set Programming Skills: Pause And Go To Next-Intro
  111. How to Pause and Go to Next Song with Setlist
  112. How to Pause and Go To Next Song with AbleSet 2
  113. How to Pause and Go to Next Song with LIOBOXv2
  114. How to Pause and Go to Next Song with Conductor (need thumb)
  115. How to Pause and Go to Next Song with Virtual MIDI (need thumb)
  116. Advanced Set Programming Skills: Reordering Songs-Intro
  117. How to Reorder Songs with Setlist
  118. How to Reorder Songs with AbleSet 2
  119. How to Reorder Songs with LIOBOXv2
  120. How to Reorder Songs with Conductor
  121. How to Reorder Songs with TAZ SP
  122. How to Reorder Songs with Virtual MIDI
  123. Advanced Set Programming Skills: One-Button Fade-Intro
  124. Creating a One-Button Fade with Virtual MIDI
  125. Why Does Redundancy Matter? (need thumb and subtitles)
  126. What Computers Do you Need for a Redundant Playback System? (need thumb and subs)
  127. How Many Copies of Ableton Do I Need for a Redundant Setup?
  128. How to Back-Up and Manage Files in a Redundant Setup
  129. What We Need to Create a Redundant Audio Interface Setup
  130. How Do We Make Our MIDI Redundant?
  131. Setting up your MIDI Controller with the PlayAUDIO1U
  132. The Two Settings You Need to Adjust on the PlayAUDIO1U Before You Start
  133. Setting up Manual Failover on the PlayAUDIO1U
  134. Setting up Automatic Failover on the PlayAUDIO1U
  135. How to Transfer Files Between Redundant Computers
  136. How to Manage Edits in a Redundant Playback System
  137. How to Creatively Use a Redundant Setup in Rehearsal
  138. Setting up Remote Control of a Redundant Playback System
  139. What Do We Need for Remote MIDI Control?
  140. How To Remotely View Your Setlist?
  141. How to MIDI map your Controller with Setlist
  142. How to MIDI map your Controller with AbletSet 2
  143. Setting up Remote Control using a LIOBOXv2 with Ableton Live
  144. Setting up Remote Control using a Oaktone Floor Vista with Ableton Live
  145. How to Setup Remote Control of Setlist using an iPad
  146. How to Setup Remote Control of AbleSet 2 using an iPad
  147. Finding The CPU Limit Of Your Computer and Setup
  148. How Many Audio Clips Can We Play At One Time?
  149. How Many Songs Can You Load In One Ableton Set?
  150. How Much CPU Do My MIDI Devices Consume?
  151. Compiling All our Computer Limit Data And What To Do With It
  152. How to Optimize Your Computer When Warping Audio
  153. How To Know Your Set Won't Have Issues On-Stage

This course is included with the All-Access membership ($49.99/month or $499.99/year). Learn more about Playback Academy.