ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PRODUCTION COURSE

Description du service

teacher: VIRTUAL LIGHT Electronic Dance Music Laboratory IN PERSON OR ONLINE (all course will be rec.) Every Tuesday Nov. 19th until April 22nd 14h till 17h Learn to cook electronic music, from scratch and take your beats from the computer to the dance floor with this comprehensive course designed to unleash your creativity and make sound systems rumble. Adapted for students ranged from NOVICE to INTERMEDIATE along with a wide spectrum of electronic music styles, our goal is to take your productions to the next level and ready to be played out by DJs in clubs, festivals or the radio etc. This program is for any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) such as Ableton, Reaper, Studio One, Bigwig, Logic Pro, FL Studio etc, however we will be mostly focused on XFer’s Serum for sound design along with some other VST / AudioUnit or stock plugins. This program is NOT however an instruction manual to use your DAW. We kindly ask beginner students to at MINIMUM have a basic understanding of your DAW program and how to use its basic functions. We will provide a detailed list of plugins below. There will be homework assignments between classes as well as in class reviews + the possibility of 1 on 1 sessions with the instructors. SYLLABUS : 1: Introduction - Overview of plugins (EQ, Compressor, Imager, Saturation Etc) 2: Sound Design 101 - Synthesizer Foundations with Serum 3: Kick Drum synthesis and theory 4: Bass Synthesis and theory 5: Sequencing and designing leads / Acid / Arps / Plucks 6: Designing pads / Atmospheres / Ambience 7: Wavetable Creation + Using sampler in Serum 8: Advanced Serum tricks 9: Beat Programming 101 10: Using loops and samples (Warping + Flex Time Etc) 11: Automation and macros 12: Transition FX / Crashes / Impacts / Booms 13: Audio Editing / Creative time stretching / Reverse FX / Resampling 14: Arrangement Part 1 - Anatomy Of A Track 15: Arrangement Part 2 - Build Ups and Drops 16: Arrangement Part 3 - Intros and Outros 17: Glitching / Buffer FX / Granular 18: Mixing 101 - Using analyzers / balancing frequencies / compression 19: Preparing a track for the dance floor + Final mastering 20: Final Summary and review of students work Plugins Required: Xfer’s Serum ----------------- $2199 / COMPLETE Training Enrollment fees (membership) are included in the price! Music classes are tax-exempt! ** You can also pay in 3 installments of $800 (at the beginning of each month) via e-transfer, or a single payment of $2199 by credit card here.

Coordonnées

• 2840 Rue Hochelaga, Montréal, QC, Canada

  + 5149525990

  info@djschoolmontreal.ca