Music Production for Beginners

Music Production for Beginners, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 40 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 11 reviews, and has 111 subscribers.

You will learn about Install and setup Reason. Understand basic audio concepts. Identify and understand the components of a synthesizer. Record and program multisample-based patches, using note and velocity layers. Record, edit and arrange music using a digital audio workstation sequencer. Route and understand a wide variety of audio effects. Mix multitrack recordings using EQ, compression, gating and automation. Master and export your music for distribution. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of digital music production. or This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of the music production capabilities of Propellerheads' Reason. or Some basic musical knowledge is helpful, but not required. or This course is not recommended for highly experienced audio engineers or producers, unless intentionally looking for an overview of Reason-specific workflow. It is particularly useful for This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of digital music production. or This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of the music production capabilities of Propellerheads' Reason. or Some basic musical knowledge is helpful, but not required. or This course is not recommended for highly experienced audio engineers or producers, unless intentionally looking for an overview of Reason-specific workflow.

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Summary

Title: Music Production for Beginners

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 40

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 40

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 41

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 41

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Install and setup Reason.
Understand basic audio concepts.
Identify and understand the components of a synthesizer.
Record and program multisample-based patches, using note and velocity layers.
Record, edit and arrange music using a digital audio workstation sequencer.
Route and understand a wide variety of audio effects.
Mix multitrack recordings using EQ, compression, gating and automation.
Master and export your music for distribution.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of digital music production.
This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of the music production capabilities of Propellerheads' Reason.
Some basic musical knowledge is helpful, but not required.
This course is not recommended for highly experienced audio engineers or producers, unless intentionally looking for an overview of Reason-specific workflow.

Target Audiences

This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of digital music production.
This course is intended for anyone wishing to have a general understanding of the music production capabilities of Propellerheads' Reason.
Some basic musical knowledge is helpful, but not required.
This course is not recommended for highly experienced audio engineers or producers, unless intentionally looking for an overview of Reason-specific workflow.

Be the music producer you’ve always wanted to be. Create commercial-quality songs with any popular music production software.

Produce Music You Love and Share it With the World

• Learn popular audio engineering techniques used in recording studios everywhere

• Recognize synthesizer components and design your own sounds

• Master loop-based drum patterns

• Record and manipulate your own recorded sounds

• Design complex, multi-sampled instruments

• Utilize popular effect devices, including reverb, delay and distortion

• Create a professional mix of your song, with EQ, compression, gating, insert FX, sends and automation

• Share your final mix after mastering it with Reason’s built-in professional grade devices

Produce Hit Music in Your Studio

Not long ago, music production required hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment, studio time and skilled engineers. Now, anyone with a passion for music and a computer can produce music for radio, TV, movies, iTunes, and Spotify.

There are a lot of options for music software, but Reason is powerful, comprehensive and fun. It’s the only software you need to start producing incredible music from start to finish. In this course, songwriters, singers, artists and musicians of all types will learn how to use Reason to turn their computer into a recording studio.

Course Overview

Start from the very beginning, including equipment setup, software installation and basic audio concepts. From there, you’ll dive right into the fun stuff – creating drum loops with drum machines.

Study the components of synthesizers and learn how to identify oscillator, filter and envelope sections in any software or device. You’ll learn how to add more advanced characteristics with modulation, low frequency oscillators and polyphony parameters.

Turn mediocre performances into killer tracks with the advanced sequencer and quantization capabilities in Reason. Use blocks and automation to arrange an organic, original mix.

You’ll learn best practices for recording great audio with basic equipment and how to get started with sampling and recording vocal tracks. Utilize the power of Rex loops, creating your own variations on one of the many built-in drum, percussion or music loops – or, create a new sliced loop from scratch!

Get started with common effect devices, including reverb, delay and distortion. After completing this course, you’ll be confident finding your way around any mixing console. Apply compression, gating and EQ for a true professional sound.

Finally, you’ll also learn mastering techniques to help your songs hold their own next to any commercial track out there. Students who complete this course will be able to share a final, mixed, mastered original song with anyone in the world.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introducing Reason

Lecture 1: The Big Demo

Lecture 2: Opening Reason for the first time

Lecture 3: The Interface

Lecture 4: Keyboard Shortcuts and Conventions in Reason

Lecture 5: My First Drum Machine

Lecture 6: Exploring the Reason Sound Bank

Lecture 7: Basic Audio Concepts

Chapter 2: Synthesizers

Lecture 1: Intro to Synths

Lecture 2: Intro to Synths II

Lecture 3: Recognizing Synth Components

Chapter 3: The Sequencer

Lecture 1: Recording Instrument Tracks

Lecture 2: Edit mode and Tools

Lecture 3: Blocks

Lecture 4: Automation

Chapter 4: Samplers

Lecture 1: My First Sampler

Lecture 2: Kong Drum Designer

Lecture 3: Dr. OctoRex

Chapter 5: Audio Recording

Lecture 1: Audio Interface Setup

Lecture 2: The Sample Button

Lecture 3: Audio Track Recording

Lecture 4: Audio Track Editing

Chapter 6: FX + Routing

Lecture 1: Device Routing

Lecture 2: Reverb

Lecture 3: Delay

Lecture 4: Distortion (the good kind)

Chapter 7: The Mixer

Lecture 1: Input Section

Lecture 2: Compression

Lecture 3: Gating

Lecture 4: EQ

Lecture 5: Inserts + Sends

Lecture 6: The Faders

Chapter 8: Mastering

Lecture 1: Mastering Overview

Lecture 2: Master Section

Lecture 3: Exporting and Sharing

Lecture 4: Next Steps

Chapter 9: Bonus Videos

Lecture 1: The Matrix

Lecture 2: The Combinator

Lecture 3: The Alligator

Lecture 4: The Vocoder

Lecture 5: Rack Extensions

Instructors

Ben Thornburg
Songwriter/Composer/Producer

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5 stars: 7 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

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You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

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