Datasets:

kkotkar1

/

course-reviews

like 1

Its a great course. The teacher is the best, very direct and understandable.

As an introduction course its very helpful. It has just what you need to get started.

A very nice experience. I expected an entry level course, but Erin organised a well rounded path. I got a new effective approach to the Ableton Live 9 software.I recommend to develop carefully your assignments: you will improve your own skills by comparing your solutions with those of the classmates. In addiction youll find some veteran student willing to help.Good luck!

While I did not have time to complete the final assignment I did find this course useful for creating a firmer understanding of Ableton Live. The peer review process is a great idea and something which I found to be both engaging and useful for networking with fellow artists.The content of the course I feel is probably useful to someone with no prior knowledge of DAWs, but this is not my first DAW. As such the course felt a little slow and the assignments a little unchallenging. Personally my peer review experience ranged from listening to fully fleshed out ideas to listening to uninspired loops of nonsense. I still feel as though I benefited from the process, however, and I gained an invaluable resource in Blend.I would love a next level - fleshing out some of the ideas touched on throughout the course, as well as exploring other ideas such as sidechaining.

Ive started producing with live in a week. Amazing and clear course.

Brilliantly designed course for fundamental understanding of the DAW.

This course covers a lot of ground in a short period of time, and does it in a way that makes it easy to quickly leverage the power of Ableton in production and live performance. I appreciated the simplicity and thoroughness of the videos, and the assignments kept me motivated. Its a great class for complete beginners, as well as intermediate users in need of a brush up. Erin has a good approach to teaching: shes efficient and clear, and her basic examples dont overwhelm the student.

its a great introduction to ableton but nothing more

Keeps me connected to music and music technology even in my work life

Learned a lot. Got me started and using the program, and making music.

This is a great intro class, designed to be completed within the Ableton trial period. Ableton should pay Erin a commission on sales that come out of this course, because I imagine its bringing them 100s of new sales!The materials (mostly videos) are excellent and easy to follow. I learned a lot in this short class and would love to see an intermediate Ableton class in the future.My only complaints are related to the collaboration software that you need to use for this course, blend.io. Site navigation in blend.io can be painfully slow, and the site is buggy. I would have preferred to simply share information via dropbox or some other file sharing method.The peer review process is a great idea, although I think its really tricky to do this in a music/art, because there is so much subjectivity and not much of a rubric. (There are some quantitative questions just to verify that the student follows instructions, but the open feedback is totally open). But, overall, the peer review works pretty well and gives students an additional incentive to turn in a quality product.

Great course. Wont say anything else... if you want to know how it is you must try it!

Great introduction to Ableton Live. Covers all stuff you need to know, and helps you through some stumbling blocks.

Excellent introduction to live 9. Very comprehensive, easy to understand.

Awesome course for those who want to learn Ableton´s Live DAW!

Excellent for learning the basics!

Great course! For very short time youll learn so many amazing things. You will know in depth one professional software for music composition. Youll create 3 compositions which will be placed in musical website and hundreds or thousand of other musicians will hear it and vote for it. You will be part of wonderful group of other musicians like you taking part in the same course. You will be able to discuss with them important subjects... Great course. Thank you, Erin, David!

Really good resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of a super flexible software.

Great instructor, I like how you can go back and keep going over the instructional videos throughout the course.

This course is a challenging into to Ableton Live. It is well worth the time for even experienced producers who are new to Ableton Live. I first got Ableton Live in November 2015. It is now January 2016 and I feel like I have come a long way thanks to this course.

Fun course! Excellent for beginners. By week two you are able to make an arrangement already.

Great to start with Ableton, even i start with some youtube tutorial, this course really works for me cause i can see some errors i did.

interesting and easy learning!

The MOOC teaches what it is supposed to, although more classes would be nice since Ableton is such a big program.

Erin is a great and easy to follow instructor! Thank you.

Great Course, lots of feedback from your assignments!

anyway, I can start to make music after this course.

Thank you so much for this course. Really... very neccesary and important for people who loves music.

I never ever would have gotten started with Ableton if it werent for Erins course. She made it SO easy to understand. For years, people have tried to explain it to me but only Erin succeeded in making it sink in! This course ROCKS.

Very good course for learning how to work in Ableton. Professor Barra teaches really great.

GREAT!! thanks a lot :) :)

The course is an awesome intro. It could be longer! These Coursera Berklee courses are so short, sometimes they feel like advertisements for the Berklee online courses.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The time commitment required for each weeks assignment was perfect. I learned several techniques to aid me in going forward in my musical endeavors and look forward to many years of continuing to explore Ableton Live.

Great course waiting for level 2 :)

Great course! Helped me to get started with Ableton Live.Video lectures were straight to the point.

Excellent! the best way to learn!

At this moment, Im in the week 2 and Im loving it...Id really recommend it.

Very good instructions of the teacher!

Very good introduction to this software, teatcher is great and very easy to understand. I have learned a lot of good stuffs such as how to warp audio, convert audio to midi and so on... I was used to work on cubase and I have discovered the specifities and the advantages of Live.Moreover thanks to the assignment objectives I had to force myself to be creative and It was a great feelig.Thanks for this course :)

Great starting point for learning how to use Ableton Live.

Really nice.. Basic, but just right..

This course got me fluent enough with using Ableton that I can sit down and play around with it comfortably and create music. Very pleased

This was such a cool way to get started again with music production!!...Im so glad I found this course, and Erin was perfect, she made everthing so clear and easy...I wish it was a longer course tho!

Its amazing that we live in an age where you can take online classes like this for free.I went from not knowing my way around Ableton to being able to make simple tracks in a few weeks.The course load is pretty light, but it makes it easy to stay motivated and keep up from week to week.The instructor has her quirks, but dont we all. I feel like this course is great for introducing someone who has prior experience with writing music and using DAWs to Ableton Live. However, for someone who already knows the basics of Live, this probably wont be of too much use.

I enjoyed very much the lessons and I had a very good time on preparing the assignment on Ableton.A great course.

It helped me to improve myself, understanding Ableton Live and getting better in working with the program.

Awesome, Useful, very practical! Erin is a wonderful instructor.

A great course. It does teach you the essentials on how to begin making music with Ableton live. It even helps you search on your own if you troubleshoot. Its definitely worth it!!!

Very good course for does how just starting with Ableton.

Great, specifically for its collaborative approach.

This is an amazing course ! it is my second time taking it. Instructor Erin Barra does a great job with the tutorials, she really knows her stuff.

I have being waiting for this a long time :)

Good information!

Fantastic Teacher - very clear. Fun assignments and a very participatory community of students!

work motivational, very clear, well structured on a steady groove ... excellent!

Very good basic course. Enjoyed it very much

I am very grateful i came across this Course.

Very interesting.

Very useful !

Its just the best!

Great Introduction into the program....a quick look. I felt the tutorial in the program covered a lot and most of the info here can be found on youtube. Although you dont get a certificate for watching youtube

It is very nice for people are starting with abletobn program

For anyone getting started this is a great course to do it with. Im retaking this course as a refresher since I took the same class in the beginning of the year. Ive been very busy so I forgot some functions. The videos & explanations make it very easy to get reacquainted. Plus whats more fun than getting some more production in, hearing your own creations & everyone elses for that matter. =)

This is already very, very helpful with mastering the use of Ableton, understanding how the I/O functions work, and polishing a track to the mastering level. Great program and very intuitive!

Great overall introduction to start creating straight away. Liked it much!

Great course, I just wanted it to be more thorough :) But for beginners like me, it really helped a lot! Thank you!

Excellent introduction to Ableton

Definitely recommend this short course which gives a good overview of Ableton Lives capabilities and how to use them.

I love it!

good, straight to the point Course, you can learn other things in this course like Blend.io

Im now taking this course a second time because it is so absolutely helpful and has really given me a free and friendly place to learn how to use Ableton and get started on music production!

Very helpful

Erin Barra is awesome..!!! Really good course to get up to speed with ableton.

Excellent Course... Erin Barra is really excellent in teaching. Now I can proudly say even i can work in ableton live nicely. Thank you Coursera

Great intro. Really gave me confidence with the DAW.

You don´t need anything else to get started with Ableton...

This is a great course to introduce anyone interested in music production. I would recommend this course to any and everyone. Thank you Berklee and Erin! Can you tell I enjoyed this.And the Beats continue.Johanna -JKM

Really, really nice for learning the basics of Ableton Live. The instruction videos are short and concise, and theres a clear path forward after the course.

Great class to get your feet wet with ableton.

Everything on this course was amazing!Congrats and thanks so much for all!

Great course. Got me started off with Ableton live. :)

It was fun. Have peer review is helpful. However, it was mainly one time comment. It would be great to start conversation and interaction among course takers.

Great tools and solid instructions. Thanks!

This was an excellent course that was well explained and easy to follow.

Fun and interesting course. I learned a lot, despite already being a Live user. Reviewing the assignments of other course-takers widened my horizons and helped me gain valuable insights.

Real a great course if you are looking to learn the basics of Ableton Live 9 or just need a refresher after the break. Erin does a wonderful job of explaining the basics with out overloading you with to much information. Each assignment is to make a song. It starts with basic stuff and works toward more advanced stuff near the end. Its helped motivate me to put more time into making music and use the tools and software that I have at my disposal.A personal thanks to Erin, this class is just what I needed!

Fantastic Course, i have saved the videos so i can review them again.I thoroughly enjoyed it, all over again. This was the second time i joined Introduction to Ableton Live but this time i decided to get my verified Certificate yay! Thank you Erin!

Thank you so much Jeff, iy was usefull course, i think it needs to extend the material and learnings period.Thank you so much!!!

Very excellent class. Lots of great information.

i had a great knowledge !thanks for offering this course i dont have such course in india .

Very nice course

Awesome Course. It was quite challenging though

This particular module (week 3) is written for those students who are already have at least a nodding acquaintance with the software.The videos move so fast that I am not able to detect what is going on. Please believe me when I say that I run a copy of Fusion 360 at the same time as a particular instructional video is playing. I toggle from one to another, taking notes from the instructional video when possible. Still, it takes me weeks, not days, to understand what the professor is doing.It is true that there are several online tutorials with regard to using the sketch tools contained within Fusion 360. I have been reviewing the tutorials that I am able to find -- and I have learned quite a bit of how-to information that this particular module does not provide.Why is it that some of us who are new to the Fusion 360 environment have come to understand that we need to spend hours of our time to fill in the blanks of week 3?Are we to keep searching other sources so that we can learn what has not been taught in Week 3? If so, why?Bill Clark

This course introduced me to the different software tools that can be used for 3D Printing. I recommend this course, as well as this specialization, to anyone interested in 3D Printing.

more details on ther software would definitely be useful

The instructor does an excellent job, but realistically there is no way to be proficient enough in a 3D software program after a week or two to earn a certificate. The certificate is worthless in my opinion. I liked the class but it seemed more like intro vs. a class of any proficiency required.

The course was enjoyable for the most partand I increased my skill level. The videos, for the most part, were good. However, consider revising some of the one for Fusion to include demonstrations for the sweep, loft, and revolve tools in the Sculpt mode if they are to be included in assignments. These were not as intuitive as the others and required reliance on videos found on Autodesk as well as Youtube. Additionally, it would be helpful to slow the pace in illustrating how-to in the videos. There seemed to be steps omitted and I found it difficult at times to reconstruct all the steps. Finally, I noticed that staff/mentor help was not readily available for weeks, when participants posted queries in the forum.

This class was inspiring! It was worth the wait. Thank you!!

Very interesting course. Maybe Fusion 360 may have lasted one more week to get more indepth knowledge

I wanted to give only 4 stars because of the all the “problems” we encountered, but then we are learners investigating problem solving by design thinking. We can handle whatever comes, so the fifth star is for us. We are shaping this course by contributing to forums. Presumably we are ten thousand strong, let’s improve our worldwide voice by saying something on forms so we can get what we need and want we want also to stay on the cutting edge of reality.