Create Music with Technology: Digital Audio Production
Learn about music production and technology, including recording, editing, and mixing, and discover tools for creating contemporary music on your computer.
Learn about music production and technology, including recording, editing, and mixing, and discover tools for creating contemporary music on your computer.
This comprehensive digital audio production course begins with fundamental concepts about sound and how we perceive it. You'll study the necessary components for recording audio on your computer, understanding the devices that sound must travel through during the music production process. The course focuses on essential editing tools for contemporary music production provided by digital audio workstations (DAWs). You'll explore the basic functions of sound consoles and mixers hardware and software, including volume, panning, mute, buses, inserts, sends, and submixes. The course delves into tools for adding musical effects to track dynamics and how to use them in a musical context. You'll learn about equalization and delay, studying various sound effects derived from these devices. The curriculum covers synthesizers, crucial tools in contemporary music production, teaching you how synthesizers work and giving you the language to describe sound effectively - a powerful skill for collaborative music creation.
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What you'll learn
Understand how sound travels and is captured digitally Learn to set up and configure digital audio workstations for recording Identify the components of music mixers and understand their functions Recognize different categories of sound effects and when to use them Identify and fix common audio problems like noise and distortion Master dynamic effects for professional sound quality Create depth and space in your music mixes Develop vocabulary to effectively describe sound timbre
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Module Description
The course covers the fundamentals of digital music production, starting with understanding sound and its perception. Students learn about the components needed for computer audio recording and the various devices involved in music production. The curriculum focuses on editing tools essential for contemporary music production available in digital audio workstations (DAWs). It explores the basic functions of sound consoles and mixers, including volume, panning, mute, buses, inserts, sends, and submixes. The course teaches how to use tools for dynamic effects in musical contexts and covers equalization, delay, and various sound effects. Students study synthesizers, an important tool in contemporary music production, learning how they function and developing vocabulary to describe sound effectively. The course emphasizes communication skills essential for collaborative music creation, providing students with both technical knowledge and language to express creative ideas in music production.
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4 Courses
Innovative Music Technology Educator Bridging Composition and Production
Loudon Stearns, Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, specializes in music tech, electronic production, and integrates his background in programming and sound engineering.
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