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Creating Sounds for Electronic Music
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 13 hours
  • Course by Berklee
  • Offered by

About

What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will create sounds and use them in your own musical compositions. Whether you're an aspiring producer, composer, or hobbyist, this course will help you gain skills in music production and confidence using software synthesizers. Along with your classmates, you will create a massive database of designed sounds, or patches, to use in your compositions. As part of the course, you will work with a free version of FXpansion Strobe 2. What you’ll need to get started: This course is designed for learners who are familiar with music production basics, and who have access to some basic music production equipment. Specifically, you should have experience with a digital audio workstation that supports VST, AAX, or AU plugins (Introduction to Music Production or Pro Tools Basics are recommended if you do not have this experience). You will also need a MIDI keyboard or controller (such as an oxygen 8), a digital audio workstation, such as Pro Tools, and FXpansion Strobe 2 (a free 90-day demo will be provided for Coursera learners in this course). *About Project-Centered Courses: This is a ‘project-centered course’, which means it is designed specifically to help you complete a personally meaningful real-world project, with your instructor and a community of learners with similar goals providing guidance and suggestions along the way. By actively applying new concepts as you learn, you’ll master the course content more efficiently; you’ll also get a head start on using the skills you gain to make positive changes in your life and career. When you complete the course, you’ll have a finished project that you’ll be proud to use and share.

Modules

Welcome!

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Discussion: What is Unique About Electronic Music?

2 Videos

  • Welcome & Course Overview
  • What Is Unique About Electronic Music?

1 Readings

  • Connect with Your Classmates

Orientation

    • 4 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • What Are Your Goals?

4 Videos

  • Prep Resource #1: Oscillators
  • Prep Resource #2: Filters
  • Prep Resource #3: LFO
  • Prep Resource #4: Amplifiers

3 Readings

  • Preparing for this Course
  • Course Resources
  • Process-folios

Getting Started with Strobe2

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Initializing Strobe 2

2 Readings

  • Download Your FREE 90-Day Demo of Strobe 2
  • Synth MOOC INIT Preset

Creating A Kick Drum Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • DR: Kick Drum

1 Readings

  • Kick Drum Patch

Creating A Bass Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • The Standard “ADSR” Envelope

1 Videos

  • BA: Bass

1 Readings

  • Bass Patch

Mock Up of Your Project

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Finding Inspiration

1 Peer Review

  • Mock Up

2 Videos

  • Creating Your Mock Up
  • Giving and Receiving Feedback

This Week's Project Targets

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Categories of Synthesizer Sounds

Creating an Organ Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • OR: Organs

1 Readings

  • Organ Patch

Creating a Lead Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • LD: Leads

1 Readings

  • Lead Patch

Creating a Keyboard Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • KB: Keyboards

1 Readings

  • Keyboard Patch

Creating an Arpeggiator Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • AR: Arpeggiator

2 Readings

  • Arpeggiator Patch
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Draft 1 of Your Project

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reflecting On Your Work

1 Peer Review

  • Draft 1

1 Videos

  • Draft 1

This Week's Project Targets

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Focus

1 Videos

  • From Preset to Perfect

Creating a Pad Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • PD: Pad

1 Readings

  • Pad Patch

Creating a Synchronized Synth Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • SY: Synchronized Synths

1 Readings

  • Synchronized Synth Patch

Creating a Unison Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • UN: Unison

1 Readings

  • Unison Patch

Creating a Chord Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CH: Chord

1 Readings

  • Chord Patch

Draft 2 of Your Project

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reflecting On Your Work

1 Peer Review

  • Draft 2

1 Videos

  • Draft 2

This Week's Project Targets

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Timbre As Motive Force

Creating a Sequence Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • SQ: Sequence

1 Readings

  • Sequence Patch

Creating a Special FX Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • FX: Special FX

1 Readings

  • Special FX Patch

Creating a Texture Patch

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • TX: Texture

2 Readings

  • Texture Patch
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Draft 3 of Your Project

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reflecting On Your Work

1 Peer Review

  • Draft 3

1 Videos

  • Draft 3

Congratulations!

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Where to Go from Here

Auto Summary

"Creating Sounds for Electronic Music" is a foundational, project-centered course designed for aspiring producers, composers, or hobbyists with basic music production knowledge. Taught by Coursera, it focuses on creating and using sounds in musical compositions using software synthesizers. The course includes a collaborative element where learners build a sound database and provides a free 90-day demo of FXpansion Strobe 2. Lasting 780 minutes, it requires a digital audio workstation and MIDI controller. Ideal for those looking to enhance their music production skills, it’s available with a Starter subscription.

Loudon Stearns
Instructor

Loudon Stearns