Tips & Tricks For Modern Producers TUTORIAL Are you interested in taking your productions to the next level? In this course, instructor Evan Sutton shares tips, workarounds, and time-saving techniques that can help music producers work smarter in the studio and enhance their final productions. Evan dives into drum programming and processing, and discusses synth programming, including how… Read More »
Creating with Ableton Live Plugins & Instruments TUTORIAL Explore the wide variety of powerful plugins and instruments in Ableton Live 10, the popular music production software. Instructor Rick Schmunk starts with an in-depth look at Sampler and how to create multi-sample presets, as well as overviews of the core instruments Electric and Collision. Rick moves on to cover… Read More »
The Songwriting Process TUTORIAL Songwriting is a craft that requires creativity and discipline. By adopting a regular process, you can set yourself up for more productive and inspired sessions. In this course, professional songwriter and music industry veteran Cliff Goldmacher offers tips, tricks, and workflow suggestions for new and experienced songwriters alike. You can learn how to set… Read More »
Audio for Video Editors: Essential Terms TUTORIAL Learn the science behind some of the most essential digital audio terms that pop up in the post-production process. Join audio post-production engineer Cheryl Ottenritter as she dives into an array of key concepts, explaining how each one plays into the creation of high-quality audio. Learn how sample rates are used… Read More »
Lynda Learning Audacity TUTORIAL Audacity is a free, open-source, multitrack audio editing application that can be used to record live audio, edit sound files, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and more. In this course, instructor Garrick Chow demonstrates how to download and install Audacity on both Mac and Windows, record live audio, and import and… Read More »
Logic Pro X: Producing Music with Live Loops TUTORIAL Learn how to use Live Loops in Logic Pro 10.5 to produce music. Instructor Scott Hirsch starts by introducing basic concepts for working in the Live Loops grid view. Next, Scott shows how to integrate the new Step Sequencer and Drummer Tracks. Find out how to establish a composition… Read More »
Demystifying Audio Synthesis: The Basics TUTORIAL Early modular synthesizers that once took up entire rooms are now available at our fingertips with modern DAWs. Though software synths often use the same knobs and sliders as the originals, all the controls can be confusing. But you can crack the code and demystify synt hs with these tutorials from sound… Read More »
Demystifying Audio Synthesis: Beyond The Basics TUTORIAL Up your levels. Move beyond the basics of sound synthesis, in this course with musician Scott Hirsch. These advanced tutorials explore the inner workings of familiar synth programming techniques, as well as a few alternatives for pushing your sound further. Scott builds from modular-component synthesis to other types of synthesis, including… Read More »
Premiere Pro 2021 New Features TUTORIAL Premiere Pro 2021 is here. Learn all about the new features in the latest version of this premiere editing program. Instructor Rich Harrington starts with the new camera support and export options, which make it easier to work with a wider range of devices and file formats. Then learn how to intelligently… Read More »
Logic Pro: Producing Electronic Music TUTORIAL Electronic music is an umbrella term for a wide variety of genres and sounds, from ambient, dub, acid house, trap, drum and bass, dubstep, and more. But whatever style you produce, Logic Pro can handle it. This powerful DAW is uniquely suited to capturing your creativity and expressing your sonic ideas. In… Read More »
The Futurephonic Complete Edition Masterclass – Part One [Psytrance Tutorial] So, you’re looking for the best possible production tutorial available. You’ve taken a look around but there’s not a lot of real info on how the pros are getting THAT epic Psytrance sound. That big, festival-rocking, kick-and-bass heaving production. Again I have come back feeling ‘money well spent’… Read More »
Harderclass Rebelion Masterclass 2020 TUTORIAL In this 3 hour Masterclass you will sit in the studio next to Rebelion and have them explain to you exactly how they approach music production. Gary & Raymond will show you in full details how they build Kicks from scratch, build Screeches, build their signature Drops from scratch, they will show you… Read More »
Music Protest Wavetable Sound Design Strategy TUTORIAL This course presents 3 sections of lessons designed to help sound designers come to grips with wavetable synthesis. First, we’ll discuss how wavetable compares to other types of synthesis (including subtractive, additive and FM). Next, we’ll look at features of Ableton Live’s Wavetable synth and look at how each crucial feature… Read More »
Sonic Academy Track Walkthroughs UMEK – Whiff Punishing This week we’re bringing you another awesome exclusive here at Sonic Academy and proudly welcome one of the world’s most prolific techno artists UMEK for a track walkthrough taken from his recent Predator EP release on 1605 – ‘Whiff Punishing’. Over these 13 videos we get an insane insight into… Read More »
Sonic Academy Understanding Compressors TUTORIAL If you ask someone to explain audio compression you’ll often get very different answers from different people. Well, here at Sonic Academy we go right back to basics to nail this subject once and for all so you can finally fully understand it. We look at how a compressor works, what the main… Read More »