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Complete Electronic Music Production for EDM Music Producers - Learn Music Production for EDM

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About Complete Electronic Music Production for EDM Music Producers - Learn Music Production for EDM

Course Trailer & Overview

Characteristics of EDM

Breaking Down EDM Structure (Part 1)

Breaking Down EDM Structure (Part 2)

Setting Up Your Project

Optimising Your DAW

Using Swing

Main Elements of EDM Drums

Finding Sutiable Drum Samples

Constructing a Drum Pattern

Using Panning

Automating Parameters

Tuning Your Drum Samples

Manipulating Your Drum Samples

Constructing Chord Patterns

Choosing Instruments for Chords

Introduction to Synthesis

Synthesiser Components

Tweaking Synthesiser Parameters

Making Synthesiser Sounds

Main Elements of EDM Basslines

Constructing Bass Patterns

Choosing Bass Instruments

Making Bass Sounds

Main Elements of EDM Leads

Constructing a Lead Pattern

Choosing Lead Instruments

Making Lead Instruments

Pads vs. Strings

Choosing Pad Sounds

Making Pad Sounds

Choosing String Instruments

Synthesised Strings

Internal vs External Loops

Using External Loops

Adding Variation to Internal Loops

Main Elements of EDM Effects

Choosing Effect Samples

Making Effect Sounds

Introduction to Vocal for EDMs

Vocal Phrases

Vocal Hooks

Vocal Loops

Vocal Chops

Sampled Vocals

Introduction to Manipulating Vocals

Formant Shifting

Vocoders

Vocal Doubling

12.5 Vocal Layers

Points of Note

Transitions for EDM

The Easiest Transition

Drum Fills as Transitions

Vocal Shouts

Instrumental Transitions

Silence as a Transition

The Big Hit

Effects as Transitions

The Combination Transition

Using Filler & Extra

External Loops as Filler & Extra

Tone & Drop Blasters

Synths as Filler & Extra

Effects as Filler & Extra

The Reverb Swell

Introduction to Arrangement

Driving Elements

The Intensity Line Graph

Forming the Main Idea

Where to Start

Preparing for Mixdown

Introduction to Mixing

EQ for Mixing

How to Use EQ

The Presence Zone

EQ for Instruments (PART 1)

EQ for Instruments (PART 2)

EQ for Bass

EQ for Drums

EQ for Vocals

EQ as an Effect

Mid/Side EQ

Introduction to Compressors

Determining When To Use Compression

How To Use Compression

Compression for Instruments

Compression for Bass

Compression for Drums

Compression for Vocals

Glue Compression

Multiband Compression

Limiters

The Misconstrued Truth with Compression for EDM

Saturation for Mixing

How to Use Saturation

Saturation for Instruments

Saturation for Bass

Saturation for Drums

Saturation for Vocals

Reverb for Mixing

How to Use Reverb

Delay for Mixing

How to Use Delay

Slapback Delay

Adding Effects to Delay

Stereo Imaging for Mixing

Using Panning for Wider Mixes

Using the Haas Effect (Precedence Effect)

Microshifting

Using Reverb & Delay for Depth

Using Stereo Enhancing Plugins

Stereo Imaging for Low Frequencies

Phase for Mixing

Locating & Correcting Phase Issues

Phase Issues: Follow Up

Sidechain for Mixing

Using Sidechain Compression for Volume Control

Using Sidechain Compression for Effect Control

Using Sidechain Compression for Ducking

Peak Controlling

Extra Effects for EDM

Phasers

Flangers

Chorus

Filters

Using the Mixer for Stereo Separation (FL Studio Only)

How to Mix a Track Using The Faders

Introduction to Essential Mastering

EQ for Mastering

Compression for Mastering

Stereo Enhancers for Mastering

Limiters for Mastering

Checking The Track's Levels

Rendering The Final Track

BONUS Sending Your Track to Labels

The Valediction

What You Will Learn?

  • Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or an expert producer, this course will teach you fresh and new techniques to take your EDM productions to the next level. After all, we're never truly finished learning - there's always something around the corner that we never saw coming!.
  • What will you gain from completing the course.
  • Understand how EDM is structured, and the musical principles its based upon (binary phrasing, energy, etc.).
  • Effectively structure and arrange a track for optimal flow.
  • Set up your project for good workflow.
  • Optimise your DAW's buffer length/size and set the correct sample rate for your project.
  • Be aware of swing time and how it can benefit your productions.
  • How to properly choose layers and build full and fat drum patterns, chord patterns, Leads, vocals, etc..
  • Be able to use automation and panning to create interest for the listener.
  • Tune audio to the correct key of your track.
  • Manipulate sounds by means of time stretching, formant shifting, vocoding, etc..
  • Tweak and design your own synthesiser sounds using ADSR, Filters, VCO, LFO, etc..
  • Create full and professional transitions that don't disrupt the flow.
  • Be aware of driving elements and intensity line graphs.
  • How to prepare your project for a full mixdown.
  • Mix an EDM track using EQ, Compression, Saturation, etc..
  • Use plugins to achieve stereo width and depth.
  • Sidechain elements to each other, including effects.
  • Locate and correct phase issues in your track.
  • Access to an exclusive Facebook group of fellow students. Receive feedback, engaging discussions, and more!.
  • Master your track to the correct LUFS levels for streaming sites such as Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, etc..
  • Additional Content:.
  • How to correctly hunt for labels and send your demos.
  • Various PDFs and links to additional reading/study.
  • 3 intensive projects so I can see how well you understand the material, and give you feedback to improve your productions.
  • I share everything I know with you.
  • Everything I teach you in this course has taken me years to learn. You're gaining 10+ years of music production knowledge in one complete course..
  • The music industry is an extremely closed and competitive one. I don't think that's fair. If more producers were aware of the production secrets behind professional tracks, we'd have a lot more talented musicians in the EDM community!.
  • What's in it for me?.
  • Personally, I dislike the competitive community that music producers find themselves in. I want to share my knowledge with other producers so that they may grow, learn, and teach me new techniques as well. I also have a passion for teaching, and whenever I see a student succeed with something, it gives me a great feeling - like an addiction!.
  • Requirements:.
  • You will need to have a DAW (FL Studio, Ableton, GarageBand) and an ability to use the software to practice the techniques I teach you..
  • You will also need to have a very basic understanding of music theory. Throughout the course, we are tuning our samples and composing chord patterns, which involves knowing the difference between major and minor, and also how notes relate to each other on the scale. For example, 'G' is the 5th note of the 'C' chord.   .
  • So if you're ready to learn professional electronic music production, theory, composition, mixing, and mastering, take this class and bring your skills to the next level..