Electronic Music Production Specialization

Create Musical Compositions With Your Computer. Learn the tools and techniques to create professional sounding music.

Instructors: Erin Barra +2 more

What you'll learn

  •   The nature of sound and how natural sound is transformed into an electronic signal that we can record
  •   How to record, edit, and mix live instruments and MIDI in Ableton Live
  •   How to create custom sounds using a synthesizer and how to integrate those custom sounds for your musical compositions
  •   How to record, edit, mix, and add effects to vocal tracks for your electronic music productions

    • Skills you'll gain

  •   Patch Management
  •   Music
  •   Design Software
  •   System Requirements
  •   Software Installation
  •   Musical Composition
  •   Media Production
  •   File Management
  •   Electronic Media
  •   Music Theory
  •   Automation
  •   Editing

    • Specialization - 4 course series

    In the first course of this specialization, The Technology of Music Production, you will be asked to create a presentation on a topic of your choice. Next, you will produce and record original music using real instruments, MIDI, custom synth patches, and effects such as equalization, compression, and reverb.

    Your instructor is EDI musician and Berklee College of Music associate professor Rishabh Rajan. He will take you through the basics of EDI performance and give you pointers on how to build an arrangement on your EDI. Whether you have just ordered your first pad-controller or have already been experimenting with electronic music, you’ll learn the basics of performing and arranging on the EDI. You will start by building drum beats and reading drum notation. Then you will create bass lines and harmonic accompaniment. Finally, you will learn how to live loop all of these elements and perform an arrangement for a live audience. This course utilizes Ableton push for its demonstrations but can be completed with other DAWs and EDIs.

    Introduction to Ableton Live

    Creating Sounds for Electronic Music

    Electronic Music Performance Techniques

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