Our philosophy is simple:
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

Knowledge and skill are vital to creative expression. At Devotion, we help you develop your creative process with an integral approach - conceptual, technical, experiential, and hands-on. We hire talented, experienced instructors that are also accomplished in their field.
We specialize in Ableton Live, Logic, Max/MSP/Jitter, Pro Tools, music production, sound design, synthesis, mixing and mastering, electronics & guitar, visual design, creative software development, circuit bending, creative process, audio engineering, and much more.
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Projection Mapping with Isadora Workshop

[May 18th] The Volumetric Society presents Introduction To Projection Mapping and Design. This workshop explores core concepts and techniques from basic interactivity to motion capture. You’ll be up and running quickly using Isadora, one of the most user-friendly interactive environments available for theatrical video design. Widely used since the early ‘00s, Isadora lets you snap over 250 graphical building blocks together to add interactivity to your projections without writing code.

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Ableton Live 9 Producer Program

[Starts June 17th] Want to learn Ableton Live 9 in just a few short months? This program is a bundle of our three core Ableton Live courses for one great rate. Go through Live 101, Live 202, and Live 303 in about 10 weeks. You will also be able to take up to three 1 hour private lessons for only $40 each, so you can be sure to get your specific interests covered.

To get the most out of this accelerated program, you should also plan on having at least 3-5 hours a week of time for practice. If you want to take it a little slower, most of our evening courses meet once a week.
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Ableton Live 202 – Record, Edit, Mix

[Next start June 20th]. Once you have all of Live 9’s fundamentals under your belt, it’s time to dig deeper. This intermediate level course covers various audio and MIDI recording techniques for stage and studio. After capturing your performances, edit and arrange them to finish your idea.
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Native Instruments Maschine 101

Native Instruments’ Maschine fully integrates the best of vintage old school “hands-on” hardware and forward thinking software flexibility. More than just a “beat making” box, Maschine’s flexible software / hardware combo offers sampling, plug-in hosting, MIDI to Audio conversion via drag and drop, and a lot more. Whether on stage or in the studio, stand alone or hosted in your DAW of choice, the topics covered in this course will help everyone getting started with Maschine – even if you are not a total beginner.

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3D VolumetricLabs @ DevotionLearn

We are happy to announce a new collaboration with the Volumetric Society of NYC. The Volumetric Society is an eclectic group of innovators exploring the arts & sciences of a new world of natural user interfaces between body, brain, and spatially aware computing for the physical world. Come exchange ideas, demo your projects, or just get exposed to the volumetric future that devices such as Kinect, Emotiv/MindWare, volumetric 3D displays and cameras and telematic interfaces are taking us. read more >

Private Lessons @ Devotion Learn

Sometimes is is not possible, or practical, to take group classes. Private one-on-one lessons are a great solution for many. If you don’t see a class listing for something, it doesn’t mean we can’t do private lessons on that topic. All of our instructors are experts and love to teach. We offer hourly and package rates, and there is no need to make a big commitment up front.
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Coming Soon

Above are our featured classes, and there are a lot more on our classes page. In addition to our usual classes, a sampling of upcoming courses is below. If there is something you are interested in, let us know – we also offer private lessons.

While audio and music is our current focus, creative coding for interactive art and game design are examples of topics also in our repertoire. read more >

Ableton Certified Training Center



We are proud to be the first Ableton Certified Training Center in Brooklyn. Headed by one of the very first Ableton Certified Trainers, you can be sure that we are at the top of any list for learning Live, worldwide.

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