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Music Production
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Music Production
Record, arrange and mix your own tracks in a digital audio workstation. Work from first idea to finished song, learning how to capture a performance, build an arrangement and shape a mix that sounds finished.
Learning Roadmap
From your first chord to stage-ready performance, at a pace that fits you.
The usual route · Music Production
Beginner
Finding your way around music software, and your first finished track.
Elementary
Recording, arranging, and mixing so every part can be heard.
Intermediate
Shaping your own sounds, cleaner mixes and modern production techniques.
Advanced
Choose your path: audio production, electronic music, or sound for film and media.
What Music Production trains
Brain benefitsCritical listening.
Hear what works in a track and what doesn't.
Solving sound problems.
Work out why a mix sounds muddy or a beat doesn't sit right, and fix it.
Finishing.
See a track through from the first sound to the final mix.
This Course Pairs Well With…
Round out your sound with a complementary instrument or voice
History of Music Production
Recorded sound began with Thomas Edison's phonograph in 1877, but 'production' as a craft really started mid-20th century, when Les Paul's experiments with multitrack recording let artists layer performances instead of capturing everything live in one take.
Tracks to learn production from
A few simple loops layered into a full track. A good first listen.