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Discuss the nature of sound, how it travels, and its properties
Set up your Digital Audio Workstation, record audio, and utilize basic audio editing techniques such as trimming, fades, and merging
Define the different categories of effects: Dynamic Effects, Delay Effects, and Filter Effects and use them effectively in a recording project
Discuss the role filters play in music synthesis and define how they effect the input signal
Welcome to The Technology of Music Production
Welcome to the course! Here we will cover all the details about the course and what you'll need to know to get the most out of your experience.
Sound and Signal FlowWe 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.
The DAWThe 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.
The MixerWe will explore the basic functionality of both hardware and software mixing boards, including volume, pan, mute, solo, busses, inserts, sends, and submixes.
Dynamic EffectsSound must be processed, modified from its recorded state to fit the context of the music. This week, we will focus on tools you can use to effect the dynamics of your tracks and how they are used in a musical context.
Filter and Delay EffectsSound can be modified from its recorded state using tools that effect the actual quality of the sound. This week, we will look at equalization and delay and examine the many audio effects that are offshoots of these devices.
SynthesisWe will explore the synthesizer, a major tool within the production of contemporary music. Learning how a synthesizer works will give you a language to describe sound. Music is a collaborative art form, so there is nothing more powerful than effective communication.
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,
It´s fantastic. It teaches you a lot of technical stuff that will help you if you´re starting. Loudon also is quite communicative and explains most of the things quite clearly. I really love it.
When you overpass the barrier and fear of a field is because you have a good teacher behind.Loudon makes the difference. He is clear and knowledgeable when he explains.Thanks
the best, Learned a lot from you guys, despite financial issues I now have my music production specialization certificate from an international organization! Thank you!
For what it proposes to be (an introduction) it covers many fundamentals and even goes in depth in some directions which is really cool. Highly recommended especially for the synthesis part.
Hi.That was a great course. If you want to know about sound engineering, producing music, how to use any DAW to produce music and so on, you can use this course.Thank you.