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About the Course

Learn about the music production process—including recording, editing, and mixing—and the tools available to you to create contemporary music on your computer. With the recent introduction of high-quality-low-cost software and hardware, the tools of music production are now available to the masses. Albums are made in bedrooms as well as studios. On the surface this is liberating. Anyone can make an album for the low cost of a couple pieces of gear and a software package. But, if you dig deeper, you will find that it is not so easy. Producing music requires knowledge, dedication, and creativity. Knowledge is where this course comes in. No matter what kind of music you are making, there is a large set of tools that you will need to use. Each lesson of this course will demonstrate a different set of music production tools, loosely following along the music production process of recording, editing, and mixing. We will start with some background on the nature of sound and how we perceive it. We will then examine the components necessary to record audio into a computer, so that you understand the devices that sound must travel through in a music production process. Once recorded, sound must be organized along a timeline, a process known as editing. It allows us to give the impression of perfect performances and create many of the sounds we hear in contemporary music. The contemporary editing tool is the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), a piece of software that stores and organizes all the assets of a musical project. We will focus on the editing tools that are essential in contemporary music production and that all DAWs provide. After editing, sounds must be combined or mixed together, so we look to the mixing board—a very creative place if you know how to use it. We will explore the basic functionality of both hardware and software mixing boards, including volume, pan, mute, solo, busses, inserts, sends, and submixes. The mixing process, however, includes more tools than the mixing board provides on its own. Sound must also be processed, modified from its recorded state to fit the context of the music. We will look at compression, equalization, and delay, and examine the many audio effects that are offshoots of these devices and how they are used in a musical context. In the end, the music production process relies on your creativity. Creativity is a product of the mind and will stay there, unexpressed, until the right tools are used in the right way to share it with the world. If you have an idea in your head, it will take numerous steps, each with an important tool, to reach your audience. You bring the dedication and creativity, and this course will bring you the knowledge to make that happen....

Top reviews

FR

Sep 7, 2016

This course is amazing since it teaches you a lot of useful techniques that can be used in the most popular DAWs. It totally changes the way you perceive sound.

DV

Apr 3, 2023

The ability to learn at your own pace is a game-changer. Incredibly knowledgable professor who helps fill in all those gaps in your understanding of the topic. Highly recommend.

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By Jon B

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May 20, 2018

Good teacher =)

By Chimi T

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Oct 4, 2016

really awesome!

By Antonio A

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Feb 19, 2025

Great course!!

By prosto s

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May 18, 2020

Great! Thanks!

By Shawn

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Nov 13, 2018

Very thorough!

By Rodrigo N

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Mar 13, 2019

Great course!

By Fran

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Jan 22, 2018

WOW Course!!!

By Thiago B

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Dec 29, 2017

Great course!

By Ana M V

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Sep 22, 2021

Great class!

By Tao S

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May 27, 2019

Good course.

By ANGELO . D

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Apr 16, 2019

master class

By Leo A

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Jun 16, 2017

Great class.

By Priyanka C

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Nov 4, 2022

good course

By frenzy

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Feb 21, 2021

really good

By kuchipudi v

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Aug 31, 2020

nice course

By Juan C M E

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Feb 1, 2018

¡WONDERFUL!

By Gabriel F

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Sep 30, 2021

THE BEST!

By Salathiel M

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Jul 3, 2021

very good

By Sam S

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Jan 10, 2021

Excellent!

By Faizullin D

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Sep 8, 2020

Thank you!

By Mithil N

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Aug 7, 2018

Excellent!

By Arjun P

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Mar 15, 2025

its great

By Mohteshim F

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Jan 27, 2025

Best ever

By Ana L V E

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Jun 24, 2024

Increíble

By Harold p

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Feb 19, 2021

excelente