What you get
Whether you want to produce electronic music or record live instruments, our certificate program covers all of the fundamental knowledge needed to start your career in music production. Our courses are taught using Ableton Live with easy to understand examples and you are not expected to have any previous music or audio engineering experience to take them. Learn at your own pace with lifetime access to the courses and all future updates.
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Unrestricted access to our 6 high quality courses
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80+ hours of hands-on high quality HD video lessons
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Lifetime 24/7 access to the courses and all future updates
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Music Production Certificate Diploma (upon completion of all 6 courses)
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Priority Customer Support
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On-demand 1on1 tutoring for just $50 per hour
Course Curriculum
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1
THE DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION
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2
SOUND DESIGN
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3
AUDIO PROCESSING
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4
COMPOSITION & SKETCHING
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5
ARRANGEMENTS & STRUCTURE
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6
MIXING & MASTERING
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LEVEL 1 - AUDIO & ACOUSTICS FREE TRIAL Analog & Digital Audio FREE TRIAL Acoustics FREE TRIAL LEVEL 2 - HARDWARE SETUP FREE TRIAL Soundcards FREE TRIAL Monitors & Headphones FREE TRIAL MIDI Controllers FREE TRIAL LEVEL 3 - SOFTWARE SETUP FREE TRIAL PC Optimization FREE TRIAL DAW Settings FREE TRIAL Plugins FREE TRIAL Libraries & Saving FREE TRIAL LEVEL 4 - SEQUENCER FREE TRIAL Transport Bar FREE TRIAL Timeline FREE TRIAL Tracks FREE TRIAL Clips FREE TRIAL Recording FREE TRIAL Bouncing & Freezing FREE TRIAL LEVEL 5 - MIXER FREE TRIAL Tracks FREE TRIAL I/O Routing FREE TRIAL Gain FREE TRIAL Panning FREE TRIAL LEVEL 6 - MIDI INSTRUMENTS FREE TRIAL MIDI FREE TRIAL Samplers FREE TRIAL Drum Machines FREE TRIAL Synthesizers FREE TRIAL LEVEL 7 - AUTOMATION FREE TRIAL Drawing Automation FREE TRIAL Recording Automation FREE TRIAL Automating Parameters FREE TRIAL LEVEL 8 - SAVING & EXPORTING FREE TRIAL Saving Sessions FREE TRIAL Saving Tracks, Racks & MIDI FREE TRIAL Audio Exporting FREE TRIAL -
LEVEL 1 - WAVEFORMS Amplitude, Frequency and Phase Wave Shapes Complex Wave Shapes Spectral Response LEVEL 2 - SAMPLED INSTRUMENTS Samplers Using Sampled Instruments Creating Sampled Instruments Practical Example LEVEL 3 - SYNTHESIZERS Intro to Synthesizers Oscillators Types of Synthesis Complex Synthesizers Practical Example LEVEL 4 - FILTERS Filtering Sound Routing Practical Example LEVEL 5 - MODULATION Modulators Envelopes LFOs What to modulate Practical Example LEVEL 6 - MIDI ARTICULATIONS Velocity Mod Wheel Pitch Wheel Practical Example LEVEL 7 - INSERT FX Basic FX Signal Flow FX for Synthesis Practical Example LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION MIDI Mapping Automation Lanes Recording Automation Drawing Automation Practical Example -
LEVEL 1 - TYPES OF PROCESSING Equalizers Dynamic Time Delay Special LEVEL 2 - EQ Spectral Response Filter Types Filter Parameters Practical Example LEVEL 3 - DYNAMIC PROCESSING Compressor Limiter Noise Gate Practical Example LEVEL 4 - REVERB Reverberation Types of Reverbs Practical Example LEVEL 5 - DELAY Delay Basics Delay Types Chorus, Flanger & Phaser Practical Example LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING Distortion Vocoder Auto-Tune Analog Gear Emulators Dynamic EQ Multiband Dynamics Practical Example LEVEL 7 - STEREO FIELD Stereo Principles & Metering L/R Time & Pitch Offsets Mid-Side Processing Practical Example LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION & SIDECHAINING Sidechaining Automation Practical Example -
LEVEL 1 - MUSIC FOUNDATIONS Pitch Scale Time Harmony LEVEL 2 - RHYTHM & BEATS Time Structure Samples & Synths Drum Machines Step Sequencers Your First Beat LEVEL 3 - BASS Programming a Bassline Bass Sound Selection Kick & Bass LEVEL 4 - HARMONY & MELODY Harmony Melody LEVEL 5 - FIRST LOOP Drums Leads Pads Bass Accents LEVEL 6 - BUILDING UP Melody Variations Complementary Sounds Sound Cohesion Enriching Sound LEVEL 7 - GAIN STRUCTURE Headroom Loudness Leveling & Panning LEVEL 8 - FX & PROCESSING FX for Sound Design Reductive EQ Additive EQ Saturation Compression Depth Stereo Imaging -
LEVEL 1 - SONG STRUCTURE Intro Verse Chorus Bridge Outro LEVEL 2 - REFERENCE TRACKS Reference Structure Reference Sound Reference Arrangement LEVEL 3 - ARRANGEMENT ORGANIZATION Naming, Color & Order Grouping Markers Purpose Specific Structures LEVEL 4 - FIRST DRAFT Deconstructing a Sketch Structure Skeleton Tension Dynamics Filling the Spectrum Objective Musical Appreciation LEVEL 5 - TRANSITIONS Cohesive Progression Energy Management Transitional Accents LEVEL 6 - GAIN STRUCTURE Headroom Loudness Leveling & Panning LEVEL 7 - FX & PROCESSING Sound Design FX Phase, Cancellation and Addition Channel Processing Bus Processing LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION Synth Parameters Levels Filters Panning Progression & Transitions -
LEVEL 1 - BASICS OF MIXING & MASTERING Goals of Mixing Why Mastering Types of Mastering LEVEL 2 - GAIN, SIGNAL CHAIN & REFERENCE MIXES Reference Mixes Analyzers Gain Staging Grouping Channels Inserts & Returns Level Balancing & Panning Mastering Gain Structure LEVEL 3 - FREQUENCY RANGE & EQ Spectral Balance Channel EQ Bus EQ Master Bus EQ LEVEL 4 - DYNAMICS Channel Dynamics Bus Dynamics Master Dynamics LEVEL 5 - REVERB Reverberation Creating Space Common Practices LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING Tape Processing Tube Processing Linear Distortion Multiband Dynamics Inflators & Maximizers