Advanced Sound Design for Bass House Music

In this advanced course, you will learn longstoryshort’s approach to crafting sounds in Ableton using Serum, Vital, Max for Live, and a set of processing tools. You will build a personal sound library that speeds up every session, design movement with wavetables and modulation, and push tones with creative post-processing that balances grit with clarity.

From FM and Reese fundamentals to textural shaping, drum layering, granular tricks, and resampling, each lesson delivers clear frameworks that translate directly to new tracks. You will capture long-form sound design jams, mine them for magic moments, and turn those moments into hooks that cut through a mix. By the end, you will have a stack of custom patches, WAV one-shots, and go-to chains that keep you in flow and help you finish more club-ready music.

What You’ll Learn

• Library creation in Ableton using racks, instrument racks, and organized WAV one-shots for fast recall
• Extreme post-processing for bold tones using compression, saturation, multiband shaping, and parallel routes
• Serum bass design: WT positioning, filtering, FM, LFOs, pitch envelopes, and dynamic movement
• Serum FX and global-page workflows for fast, reliable results
• Max for Live modulation for long-form automation jams you can chop into hooks
• Reese bass theory in Serum, from detune control to stable subs and note tracking
• Layering strategy across attack, body, and tail to build dense, mix-filling sounds
• Drum design: Kick 2 essentials and Serum-based snares modeled from acoustic behavior
• Pitch-based tonality tools using Pitchmap and ReTune for harmonic control in real time
• Morph VST workflows for hybrid tones that blend melody and bass movement

Meet Your Instructor

longstoryshort is a seasoned electronic music artist and DJ known for high-energy underground bass and UKG production. With sold-out headline shows, support from key tastemakers, and a growing catalog across bass house, UKG, and future breaks, he brings real-world club context to every technique.

Is This Course for You?

This course is designed for producers who already know their way around Ableton and want to push sound design further. If you love bass house, UKG, and adjacent bass-driven styles, and you want a reliable system to create signature sounds that translate in a club mix, you are in the right place. You will benefit most if you are ready to build a reusable library, commit to capturing long sound design passes, and iterate through process-driven experimentation. Whether you are refining your own artist identity or leveling up your production catalog, the lessons give you both creative strategies and technical clarity.

What’s Included

• 20 focused lessons covering synthesis, processing, layering, drums, and resampling
• Frameworks and repeatable workflows you can adapt to any project
• Step-by-step Serum and Ableton chains for FM, Reese, and textural design
• Granular and modulation templates using Quanta, GrainFreeze, and Max for Live
• A structured method for capturing, curating, and labeling your own sound library
• Practical mixing considerations to keep power without sacrificing clarity

Ready to push your sound further and finish bolder records? Start learning today and turn raw ideas into club-tested bass.