Transform your productions into captivating live shows
Learn to configure Ableton Live for the stage, develop performance techniques, and build a live set from your own music.
Perform Live is for artists who want to take finished tracks off the hard drive and onto the stage.
You’ll learn how to turn your productions into a live Ableton set, integrate controllers and hardware, and develop the performance techniques that make a set feel alive in the room.
This is a hands-on module taught in fully equipped studios, with guided practice, rehearsal, and performance development throughout.
Trainers and guests on this module:
What You’ll Learn
Live set configuration
Structure your Ableton Live session for performance — routing, scene management, and session view workflows that keep you in control on stage.
Controller and hardware integration
Connect MIDI controllers, synthesisers, drum machines, microphones, and audio interfaces into a setup that extends beyond the laptop.
Performance techniques
Develop real-time performance skills — launching clips, triggering effects, live looping, and building energy and variation across a set.
Song adaptation for stage
Rework your studio tracks into versions that suit performance — creating space for improvisation, interaction, and live flow.
Stage workflow and signal flow
Understand live sound signal flow, monitoring, backups, and the practical technical requirements of performing in venue environments.
Final live performance
Prepare and perform your live set in a real performance setting, applying the technical and creative skills built throughout the module.
Learn your way
Attendance
In-studio in Sydney.
Duration
8 weeks, part-time.
Format
Take Perform Live as a stand-alone module or as part of the full Launch Series course.
Pricing
$2,580 AUD
Instalment plans available from $574/month. Early enrolment required for monthly payment plans.
How It Works
1:10 Classes
Hands-on group sessions in studios equipped with controllers, synthesisers, drum machines, microphones, and performance-ready setups.
Mentored Rehearsal
Guided rehearsal sessions where you refine your live set and receive feedback on performance, flow, and technical setup.
Industry Masterclasses
Guest producers and performers share their live setup workflows, stage approaches, and performance techniques.
Full-time Support
Our Artist Support Team is available 44 hours a week for technical and creative questions during the module and beyond.
Choose a Start Date
Part Time (8 weeks of classes and mentoring)
April
2027
Who This Module Is For
This module is for producers and songwriters who want to take their own music to the stage. You should be comfortable working in Ableton Live and have at least two self-created tracks under development, ready to adapt into a live set.
If you’ve completed Liveschool’s Foundations module or the full Produce Music course, you’re well prepared. Equivalent Ableton Live proficiency is also fine.
If you’re unsure whether you’re ready, get in touch and we’ll help you work out the right starting point.
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FAQs
You should have at least two self-created Ableton Live tracks under development, ready to be arranged as a live performance, and meet one of the following criteria:
- Completion of the Foundations module.
- Equivalent proficiency using Ableton Live.
If you’re unsure about your readiness, get in touch and we’ll help assess whether this is the right starting point.
Four things are required:
- A copy of Ableton Live Suite. If you’ve been sharing a licence, you can access a free 30-day trial to get started, and when you’re ready to purchase, you’ll receive a 50% discount.
- A laptop capable of running the software.
- A standard pair of wired headphones (not Bluetooth-only).
- A portable audio interface.
We offer flexible options:
- Access detailed study resources at home if you miss a session.
- Discounted one-to-one catch-up sessions are available for in-person support.
- Join a waitlist to retake the session at a later date.
No. Perform Live is delivered exclusively in-studio in Sydney. The module requires hands-on work with physical performance equipment, rehearsal spaces, and stage-style monitoring that can’t be replicated online.
Yes. The module culminates in a live performance where you present a complete set using the performance system you’ve built throughout the course.
You can take Perform Live either as a stand-alone module or as part of the full Launch Series. The core teaching and performance development are the same either way.