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Digital Music Production with ABLETON LIVE - Course Description
Tuition: Scholarship Awards Available - Save Up to 50% Off Tuition
Duration: 7 Months
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Key Subjects Covered
- ABLETON LIVE
- REASON / REWIRE
- Software configuration
- Software tips and tricks
- Remixing techniques
- History of digital music production
- Music Theory for songs, beats, and tracks
- Songwriting, Beat writing, Track writing, and Arranging
- MIDI applications and functionality in music production
- Music production and MIDI equipment overview
- Essential concepts and terminology for beat making
- Introduction to MIDI sequencing, sampling, and synthesis
- Principles of sound common to all audio environments
- Sound and Acoustic Design
- Key concepts and terminology related to the creation, capture, and reproducing Essential audio concepts including frequency and amplitude
- Introduction to digital audio concepts including analog-to-digital conversion, sample rate, bit length, and A/D processing of sound
- Advanced music production skills and techniques
- Advanced MIDI design and MIDI data and messages
- MIDI sequencing, quantizing, transposing
- Sampling and loop based production
- Analog and digital synthesis
- Synchronizing the Studio
- Working with Virtual Synths
Overview
Creating digital music, making beats, and hot tracks involve plenty of technical and creative skills. Keyboard workstations, drum machines, sound modules, and software make it possible for a single person to create a song arrangement with all the instrumentation of a full orchestra without leaving their workstation. The MIW Digital Music Production School is a fully integrated experience.
Like recording studio technology, music production technology has become more affordable and accessible. Creating all the music needed for a hit song can be completed with just a few pieces of gear and a lot of imagination.
This hands-on course covers the creative and technical aspects of music production from beginning to end. Expert instructors guide you every step of the way while providing insight and sharing tips and tricks that raise you're skill level to new heights. MIW is one of the premier music production schools in the country.
Course Description
The Language of Music
Students are taught standard music theory used in every aspect of recording and music production. The language of music allows musicians, songwriters, and producers to communicate. This is extremely beneficial for those who make beats and tracks.
Writing Songs, Beats, and Tracks
Students learn the technical and creative aspects of songwriting, beat writing, and track writing. We explain the philosophy of creating different pieces of music, the different types of writing styles, how to write for radio, and keys to writing good lyrics. Students learn about song, beat, and track components including verse, chorus, bridge, pre-chorus, hook, drop, intro, etc.
MIDI Sequencing
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is one of the keys to music production and beat making. MIDI language allows equipment such as keyboards, drum machines, and software to function. We explain how MIDI devices 'talk' to one another using the MIDI message structure, channels, and modes.
Sampling and Synthesizers
Sampling and Synthesizers are a major part of Hip Hop and House music production. Students learn the evolution of synthesizers from experimental oscillators and analog synthesizers to modern day software, drum machines, and samplers.
Digital Production Techniques
We explain the components, features, and production uses of digital hardware and software samplers including sample set-up, looping, truncation, digital manipulation, and analog-style manipulations. Students learn sampling techniques by creating their own samples and using them in a sample patch.
Putting it All Together
By now students are ready to spend most of the time working with different MIDI devices including keyboard workstations, drum machines, sound modules, and software. Students learn how to sequence, set up tracks, record, manipulate and view MIDI data, quantize, transpose, create loops, change velocity, and more. These are the building blocks to making beats and tracks.
Virtual Instruments
We explain how to work with a virtual synthesizer. Features and functionality include sequences, modules, preparing a track, effects processing, programming, creating loops, and more.
Synchronization
Students learn about synchronization and how to synchronize the studio so that all the equipment and software can work together. We explain important synchronization concepts such as MIDI and SMPTE time code, and MIDI messages.