Music Producer Masterclass: Make Electronic Music

Download a trial of FL Studio to begin, note save limits and the need to buy full version to reopen projects, and compare food edition and producer edition for recording.

Create your first song in nfl studio by building a simple trap beat using the channel rack, adding patterns to the playlist, and exporting the track.

Explore the channel rack features, muting and soloing, focusing on individual sounds, and using samples, step sequencer, swing, grouping, renaming, and basic copy and delete workflows.

Open the piano roll, add FL Keys, and resize the view. Edit notes via select, cut, copy, paste, and zoom, and adjust velocity and quantize.

Open the browser to access samples and packs, navigate folders, and drag samples. Configure extra folders, explore built-in instruments, and manage history, undo, redo, and patterns.

Connect your midi keyboard, check options midi settings, and confirm the instrument appears as input and output and is enabled. If it doesn’t, refresh the device list and try again.

Install external plugins, then scan and locate them in your daw's managed plugins, finally insert the plugin (for example Massive) into your session.

Record audio and MIDI in a full studio using Edison, an audio clip, or MIDI with automation, and learn to set up the mixer, microphone, and piano roll.

Develop musical ideas into a complete song by defining purpose and genre, selecting tempo and scale, building chords and melody, choosing sounds, and layering instruments.

Learn how to locate, import, and organize music samples in Apple Studio, including loops, one-shots, MIDI files, and construction kits, and use markers and time-stretch to preserve tempo and key.

Learn how envelopes shape sound by mastering attack, decay, sustain, and release to quickly learn new instruments and apply these tools across synths and samples.

Master the art of mixing by prioritizing the main melody, balancing quieter elements with volume adjustments, and apply effects as you explore mixer features and perform a quick mix.

Explore side chain compression to create a pumping effect by ducking bass with kick triggers, using manual automation, a peak filter, and a compressor.

Discover how stereo width makes sounds larger by using panning, delay, chorus, reverb, and detuning in any digital audio workstation, while keeping mono compatibility in mind.

Demonstrate a step-by-step approach to composing, mixing, and producing a track. Listen to the song bad fruit and see how course techniques come together.

Develop an electronic track by defining the idea, set 140 bpm, and key to phrygian F; build bass, chords, drums, and melody within the scale.

Learn practical mixing techniques to balance instrument levels, tailor sounds with EQ, delay, and chorus, and use side chaining, white noise, and automation to create risers and engaging drops.

Record vocals with a suitable microphone in a quiet space, use a pop filter to reduce plosives, and edit with Edison to remove white noise and trim the take.

Apply vocal processing for electronic music, including pitch correction, harmonies, and a vocal synth via Nutone. Adjust notes, timing, and variation in the mixer for a polished take.

Explore vocal layering and harmonizing by pitch-shifting, timing adjustments, and creating backing vocals and harmonies, using macro controls and trial-and-error melody alignment in Nutone.

Learn to layer vocals with instruments by turning vocal syllables into MIDI notes and sending them to a vocal synth, then adjust timing for a cohesive blend.

Discover vocal chopping, a technique used in popular songs that slices a vocal into fragments to form a melody, using a slicer to pitch-shift slices and align them with chords.

Learn how a vocoder uses a vocal modulator and a synthesizer carrier to create a synthetic voice, routing through mixer channels and adjusting band distribution, saturation, and order.

discover how to create dubstep growls by transforming a vocal sample into a deep, distorted carrier, pitching it down, and routing it with a gravelly citrus modulator for aggressive bass.

Listen to an example track to hear how the song sounds after you apply all mixing, then follow the instructor as they explain the mixing process and advanced mixing topics.

Explore how to create glitch effects in electronic music by chopping samples, using mixer effects like grosbeaks, or plugins such as glitch by the blue, and automating glitches for transitions.

Freeze tracks to glue elements and apply effects to a single audio clip. Select tracks, render to wave, and create frozen clips for easier routing and mixing.

Mastering polishes your track after mixing by compressing low, mid, and high regions with Maximus and raising the volume to zero decibels for consistent sound across devices.

Discover how Maximus mastering presets shape your track with compression, gain before and after, and band adjustments, then use the dressing section to reduce vocal pops.

Export your track in high quality, test across various devices to ensure consistency, and send stems with a master below 0 dB to a professional mixer for mixing and mastering.

Distribute your music online via Digital kit to iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, and Google Play. Keep 100 percent of sales, manage royalties, and tag tracks for discoverability.