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Music Music Production

Learn Music Production at Home from Scratch - Stage I

All the basics to start recording and mixing with a solid foundation
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (9 ratings)
62 students
Created by Sebastian Schneider
Last updated 12/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • What is Sound
  • Human Hearing
  • Digital and Analog signals
  • DAW Routing
  • DAW interface & Layout
  • DAW Insert & FX Channels
  • DAW Configuration
  • DAW Automation
  • DAW Export
  • Cubase
  • Studio One
  • ProTools
  • Reaper
  • Tracktion

Requirements

  • English language
  • Basic computer use

Description

Hi! I am Sebastian and I want to welcome you to our course.
You have probably seen fantastic videos that claim ''Learn to master a song in 5 minutes!'' or ''You'll be on top of Spotify with this Audio Interface!'' and stuff like that. If not, please go and watch them. I promise, they're out there.

After watching them, you might feel like you're on top of the world, ready for anything. Sadly, this is far from the truth and many people end giving up working in their Home Studios because they feel they're inadequate, they simply ''don't have it'' and more. The good news is that anyone is able to do it, and achieve professional results, even in precarious situations. The bad news is that there's no magic shortcut or guru that's going to save us all: it takes effort, the right tools and above all knowledge. Not information, knowledge.

The problem with sound is that it is invisible. So let me us a real, tangible example to clarify this further. Let's suppose you watch a video titled 'Building a skyscraper in an hour'. Would you go ahead and try it after watching it? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Well, if it helps, think that what you're about to do is building houses made of air.

This course is only the foundation stone. The first step into getting to work in a serious environment, be able to analyze critically many things and much more. This course is an adaptation of our ProSoundWaves course, that goes from absolute 0 (where we stand right now) to advanced mastering techniques in seven stages. The idea is to translate what is commonly referred as an Audio Engineering Degree to a Home Studio setting, scraping all the math and physics as much as possible but leaving every important topic in a simple way. This course is Stage I and a bit of Stage II of said course. It covers all the basics you need to start working seriously. I will be speaking in simple English, with an accent as neutral as possible in order to make it easier for all of you who might have problems understanding the language.

After the course you'll be able to:

  • Record music in DAWs

  • Understand technical specifications of audio interfaces

  • Build your own PC

  • Understand different ways to use FXs and what is the best choice in each case

  • Edit audio & MIDI

  • Use destructive processes

  • Understand how a console works

  • Do all this and much more in 5 different DAWs

  • Understand what sound is

  • And much, much more in 9+ video hours

We won't be covering mixing (but with what you learn here you can start doing it by yourself) and all the processors needed such as compressors, equalizers, etc. We won't cover recording techniques, mastering or acoustics. All these things are more advanced and part of the ProSoundWaves course, and we are currently working hard to bring all this to Udemy as other courses.

So, that's it! If you got this far reading it means we're in sync. Thank you for evaluating all this and hope you join us in this adventure! 

Who this course is for:

  • Experienced Home Studio users without theoretical knowledge
  • Serious hobbyist or Home Studio owners at a beginner level
  • Can't afford time or expense of a University degree
  • Wants to take the first steps into Music Production at home
  • Wants to get in-depth knowledge about the subject without over-complicating things

Course content

9 sections • 86 lectures • 9h 17m total length

  • Introduction
    00:50
  • Preview14:31
  • What is sound? - Quiz
    6 questions
  • Human hearing
    13:01
  • Human hearing - Quiz
    7 questions
  • Hearing test
    2 questions

  • Analog signal
    05:27
  • Digital signal
    10:19
  • Unbalanced signal
    03:59
  • Balanced signals
    05:39
  • Signals
    14 questions
  • Digitize it!
    1 question

  • Computer hardware - Introduction
    00:56
  • Computer hardware - CPU
    08:10
  • Computer Hardware - RAM
    06:15
  • Computer hardware - Storage
    09:32
  • Computer hardware - PSU
    03:11
  • Computer hardware - Motherboard and GPU
    02:00
  • Computer hardware - Building an Intel PC
    09:48
  • Computer hardware - Building an AMD PC
    06:29
  • Computer hardware
    4 questions
  • Computer budget
    1 question

  • Audio interface - Introduction
    08:40
  • Audio interface - Frequency response
    04:09
  • Audio interface Dynamic range
    07:31
  • Audio interface - Harmonic distortion
    03:16
  • Audio interface - Levels
    05:10
  • Audio interface - A/D D/A converter
    04:14
  • Audio interface - Tech spec analysis & comparison
    09:55
  • Audio interfaces
    7 questions
  • Audio interface comparison
    1 question

  • DAW Configuration - Introduction
    07:25
  • DAW Configuration - Cubase
    04:51
  • DAW Configuration - Studio One
    01:47
  • DAW Configuration - Reaper
    02:40
  • DAW Configuration - Tracktion
    02:54
  • DAW Configuration - ProTools
    02:09
  • DAW Projects and organization - Intro & Cubase
    04:59
  • DAW Projects and organization - Studio One
    01:30
  • DAW Projects and organization - Reaper
    01:36
  • DAW Projects and organization - ProTools
    01:58
  • DAW Projects and organization - Tracktion
    01:39

  • DAW I/O and recording - Introduction
    03:18
  • DAW I/O and recording - Cubase
    13:27
  • DAW I/O and recording - Studio One
    06:21
  • DAW I/O and recording - Reaper
    06:24
  • DAW I/O and recording - Tracktion
    05:37
  • DAW I/O and recording - ProTools
    06:47
  • DAW layout and editing - Main concepts & Cubase
    29:41
  • DAW layout and editing - Studio One
    16:59
  • DAW layout and editing - Reaper
    12:15
  • DAW layout and editing - Tracktion
    12:45
  • DAW layout and editing - ProTools
    16:42

  • Destructive processes - Intro & Cubase
    15:45
  • Destructive processes - Studio One
    03:51
  • Destructive processes - Reaper
    03:25
  • Destructive processes - Tracktion
    03:12
  • Destructive processes - ProTools
    04:34
  • DAW inserts - Introduction
    05:03
  • DAW inserts - Cubase
    07:15
  • DAW inserts - Studio One
    01:09
  • DAW inserts - Reaper
    01:21
  • DAW inserts - Tracktion
    01:52
  • DAW inserts - ProTools
    01:02
  • DAW FX channels - Introduction
    04:50
  • DAW FX channels - Cubase
    15:39
  • DAW FX channels - Studio One
    02:11
  • DAW FX channels - Reaper
    02:10
  • DAW FX channels - Tracktion
    02:31
  • DAW FX channels - ProTools
    02:20
  • DAW export
    12:10
  • DAW export 2
    05:06
  • DAW export 3
    05:27
  • DAW export 4
    03:27
  • DAW export 5
    08:23

  • DAW linking channels & groups - Introduction
    03:15
  • DAW linking channels & groups - Cubase
    06:23
  • DAW linking channels & groups - Studio One
    07:47
  • DAW linking channels & groups - Reaper
    06:30
  • DAW linking channels & groups - Tracktion
    02:50
  • DAW linking channels & groups - ProTools
    06:01
  • DAW Automation - Introduction
    02:24
  • DAW automation - Cubase
    13:39
  • DAW automation - Studio One
    03:04
  • DAW automation - Reaper
    04:23
  • DAW automation - Tracktion
    02:50
  • DAW automation - ProTools
    05:20

  • What is MIDI
    12:45
  • MIDI Tracks & Recording - All DAWs
    13:21
  • Basic MIDI editing - Intro & Cubase
    16:05
  • Basic MIDI editing - Studio One
    06:54
  • Basic MIDI editing - Reaper
    08:41
  • Basic MIDI editing - Tracktion
    04:54
  • Basic MIDI editing - ProTools
    09:41
  • Bonus lecture: Progressing through the Stages
    01:01

Instructor

Sebastian Schneider
Music Producer/Audio Engineer
Sebastian Schneider
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 9 Reviews
  • 63 Students
  • 2 Courses

I've been working as a Music Producer and Audio Engineer for many years now. I've studied at EMBA, a prestigious school in my home country and since then I've been working in my own studio and others.
In 2009 I developed a Music Production course with a twist: the focus would solely be Home Studio music production. I developed all the contents, curriculum and materials based on the regular Audio Engineering career, but focusing on home studio equipment and with less Math and Physics involved.
It was very successful, so I decided to take it to a global audience. This is how these courses came to being.

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