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The Technology of Music Production
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 18 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة Berklee
  • Offered by

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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, you will find that it is not so easy. Producing music requires knowledge, dedication, and creativity. Knowledge is where this course comes in. No matter what kind of music you are making, there is a large set of tools that you will need to use. Each lesson of this course will demonstrate a different set of music production tools, loosely following along the music production process of recording, editing, and mixing. We 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. Once recorded, sound must be organized along a timeline, a process known as editing. It allows us to give the impression of perfect performances and create many of the sounds we hear in contemporary music. The 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. After editing, sounds must be combined or mixed together, so we look to the mixing board"a very creative place if you know how to use it. We will explore the basic functionality of both hardware and software mixing boards, including volume, pan, mute, solo, busses, inserts, sends, and submixes. The mixing process, however, includes more tools than the mixing board provides on its own. Sound must also be processed, modified from its recorded state to fit the context of the music. We will look at compression, equalization, and delay, and examine the many audio effects that are offshoots of these devices and how they are used in a musical context. In the end, the music production process relies on your creativity. Creativity is a product of the mind and will stay there, unexpressed, until the right tools are used in the right way to share it with the world. If you have an idea in your head, it will take numerous steps, each with an important tool, to reach your audience. You bring the dedication and creativity, and this course will bring you the knowledge to make that happen.

الوحدات

Welcome

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Welcome

2 Readings

  • A Note From Loudon
  • Connect with Your Classmates

Orientation

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • What Are Your Goals for this Course?

2 Readings

  • Course Resources
  • A Course Certificate

The Nature of Sound

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The Nature of Sound

5 Videos

  • Lesson Overview
  • Propagation
  • Amplitude
  • Frequency
  • Visualizing Sound

Microphones and Cables

    • 8 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Microphones & Cables

8 Videos

  • Connections Overview
  • Microphone as a Transducer
  • Microphone Types
  • Microphone Frequency Response
  • Microphone Polar Patterns
  • Microphone Placement
  • Line Level and Gain Staging
  • Cables

Signals and Additional Information

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Signals

5 Videos

  • Interface
  • Microphone Connection and Gain
  • Analog to Digital Converter
  • Pickup Connections
  • The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Welcome to Lesson 2

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Lesson Overview

DAW

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The DAW

5 Videos

  • Analog to Digital Conversion
  • Buffer Size
  • File Types
  • Project Folder
  • Project Checklist

Tracks, Files, and Editing

    • 14 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Tracks, Files, and Editing

14 Videos

  • Multitrack
  • Recording Audio
  • Zooming
  • Trimming
  • Separating and Cutting
  • Nudging
  • The Grid
  • Fades
  • Cycling
  • Merging
  • Naming and Coloring
  • Markers
  • Comping
  • Destructive Editing

MIDI

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • MIDI

7 Videos

  • MIDI
  • MIDI Controllers
  • Software Instruments
  • MIDI Editing: Velocity
  • MIDI Editing: Quantization
  • Common MIDI Recording and Editing Functions
  • Wrap-up

Presentation #1

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Presentation #1

2 Videos

  • Creating Your Assignments
  • Reviewing Your Peers' Assignments

1 Readings

  • Assignment Example

Welcome to Lesson 3

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Lesson Overview

The Mixer

    • 8 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The Channel Strip, Effects, and Sends

8 Videos

  • The Channel Strip
  • The Bus Concept
  • Effects Categories
  • Inserts
  • The Submix
  • Sends
  • Automation
  • Wrap-up

Welcome to Lesson 4

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1 Videos

  • Lesson Overview

Dynamic Effects

    • 9 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Dynamic Range & Dynamic Processors

9 Videos

  • Noise
  • Distortion
  • Dynamic Range Manipulation
  • Dynamic Processors Overview
  • Dynamic Processor Parameters
  • Gate
  • Downward Compressor
  • Limiter
  • Wrap-up

Presentation #2

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Presentation #2

Welcome to Lesson 5

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Lesson Overview

Filter and Delay Effects

    • 10 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Delay and Filters

10 Videos

  • The Delay Concept
  • The Delay Spectrum
  • Modulated Short Delays
  • Filters Overview
  • Mixing EQ
  • Medium Delay: Slap Back
  • Long Delay
  • Reverb
  • Width in Mixing
  • Space in Mixing

Welcome to Lesson 6

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1 Videos

  • Lesson Overview

Synthesis

    • 6 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Oscillators, Filters, and Modulation

6 Videos

  • Oscillators
  • Filters
  • Amplifiers
  • LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)
  • A Language of Timbre
  • Wrap-up

Presentation #3

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Presentation #3

Putting It All Together

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Putting It All Together
Loudon Stearns
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Loudon Stearns