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Music Theory For Music Producers & Beatmakers TUTORIAL

Forget about sheet music, complicated names, and confusing theory.

In this course, you’ll focus on learning what you really need from music theory to produce music easily and quickly.

No detours, no unnecessary theory, no convoluted or extremely complex concepts that you’ll never use.

You don’t need prior knowledge, the ability to play an instrument, or even have one. All you need is your favorite music production software and a strong desire to learn.

You will learn the truly important fundamentals you need to compose all types of modern music, like Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Trap, Dancehall, House, Tech House, Deep House, Tropical House, Techno, Minimal Techno, Melodic Techno, Trance, Psytrance, Dubstep, Future Bass, Drum & Bass, Chillout, Lofi Hip Hop, Pop, K-Pop, Rock, Metal, other electronic music styles, and much more.

Even if your goal is to produce classic styles like cumbia, salsa, merengue, and others, this course will be extremely useful for you as well.

You will start by understanding rhythm, how it’s constructed, the basic properties of sound, and musical notes. Then you’ll move on to musical scales and chord creation. Next, chord progressions, extended chords, modal and exotic scales, and melody creation. There are various practical exercises with real-life cases and quizzes to help reinforce everything you’ve learned throughout the course.

What you’ll learn

• How to create simple and complex rhythms
• The origin of musical notes and their relationship
• Create and identify musical scales
• Intervals, chords, inversions and progressions
• Extended chords and nomenclatures
• Create different types of interesting melodies
• How to start a composition from scratch

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Groove3 Brainworx Mastering Plugins In-Action TUTORIAL

Join production wizard Larry Holcombe for a look at how to use several Brainworx mastering plug-ins in your own productions in a variety of ways—from balancing frequencies to adding saturation, and more! By incorporating three tracks from different genres (rock, dance, and hip-hop), you will acquire a diverse set of skills and tools that you can use in various scenarios, all with the sole use of Brainworx plugs. This Brainworx mastering plugins video course is designed for those who know the basics of their DAW and routing and want to improve the sound of their masters using Brainworx plugins.

Larry kicks things off by working on a rock track, demonstrating how to use the bx_digital V3 EQ plug to balance the track and increase the 3D space feel. Then learn how to apply some saturation (bx_saturator) and limiting (bx_XL V3), in combination with the previous EQ moves, to bring it all together. A dance track follows, in which Larry demonstrates how to use EQ and saturation to enhance the low end and vocal exposure. Then you’ll see how to add limiting to raise the volume to the proper level while enhancing the feel of the groove.

Finally, you’ll see Larry work with a hip-hop track, using EQ and saturation to balance the frequencies and bring out detail in some of the instruments, along with more limiting to bring the track up to the final level.

If you’re new to mastering and wondering where to start, this is a fantastic first step! Although this course concentrates exclusively on using Brainworx plug-ins, the skills you learn here are applicable to similar plug-ins from other companies as well. See the individual Brainworx mastering plugins video tutorial descriptions for more info on everything you can accomplish with these tools and how you can apply this knowledge to your own productions. Learn how to effectively utilize the tools you already own… Watch “Brainworx Mastering Plug-ins in Action” now!

What You Will Learn:

• -General procedure for mastering audio tracks
• -How to balance frequency issues (boominess, shrillness, etc.) in a mix using bx_digital V3
• -Using saturation in conjunction with EQ to help bring out vocals, increase detail, tighten the low end, etc.
• -Applying a limiter to bring the track up to final level, enhance groove, etc.
• -And more!
• Plug-ins used:
• bx_digital V3
• bx_saturator V2
• bx_XL V2
• bx_limiter True Peak

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Groove3 Alicia’s Electric Keys Explained TUTORIAL

Native Instruments has added a follow-up to the successful Alicia’s Keys VI by going electric and sampling her own personal Yamaha CP70 to bring us Alicia’s Electric Keys. In this in-depth Alicia’s Electric Keys video course, production wizard Eli Krantzberg walks you through this instrument front to back, explaining all the parameters, effects, and other features that make it such an incredibly versatile musical tool. From simple preset management to the deepest tweaking, it’s all covered here. These Alicia’s Electric Keys videos are designed for new users.

Eli welcomes you and begins with a brief tour of the instrument’s interface so you can get your bearings, followed by a quick demonstration of its sound and preset management using the Kontakt snapshot system. Then you’ll learn how to blend the two source signals—direct and miked—and adjust the available parameters so that they favor one or the other, so you can start off with the perfect basic sound before moving on to other details.

Next, explore the Shape section of the Instrument page and learn how to adjust sample playback speed, dynamic range, sample mapping, envelopes, and more as you further shape the sound. The Tone section follows, where you can add rich harmonics, enhance the low end with the Low Key and Sub controls, and shape transients with the Punch control.

The rest of the course covers the other features of the instrument, including the Noises section (for adding various mechanical noises to the sound to increase realism), FX and FX chains (create your own or choose from Alicia’s own chains), macro knob assignments (making quick adjustments of several parameters at once with one knob), automation (mapping macro controls and automating them in your DAW), and more. Eli wraps things up with three different sound design videos in which he shows you how to build a patch from the ground up.

This Alicia’s Electric Keys video course is the fastest and easiest way to learn everything you need to know about this amazing instrument. By the time you’re through, you’ll be ready to start using it on your very next production with confidence and ease. Check out the individual descriptions of Alicia’s Electric Keys video tutorials to learn more about this VI’s potential and how you can use it to create the perfect sound for your next hit track. Watch “Alicia’s Electric Keys Explained®” today!

What You Will Learn:

• -Interface layout and preset management with Kontakt snapshots
• -Blending the direct and miked signals for the basic tone
• -Adding effects (tremolo, distortion, reverb, etc.) and building your own effects chains or using Alicia’s own chains
• -Mapping various effects or parameters to macro knobs for quick adjustment of multiple elements
• -And more!

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