Details And Overview
Music Production & Sound Design Courses
Course: Music Production
Duration: 2 Months
Total Classes: 16 Classes | 1 Hour Each
Class Days: 2 Days Per Week
Requirements: Laptop & Headphones
Introduction
Music Production is an art of making music electronically on a Software known as Digital Audio Workstation. This music creation process is done by on a Computer or Mobile using latest Virtual Studio Technologies.
Music Producers came in the scenario a couple of years ago as the replacement of Musicians, Music Directors & their team who used to work together to fulfill songs and music requirements.
Furthermore, Music Producers handle all operations related to the creation of Song or Album from the scratch. Besides producing, arranging and composing, a Music Producer has many roles & capabilities to oversee other aspects related to the choice of instruments, sounds, musicians & techniques to be used in the making of a perfect and best sounding song of a Music Album.
Producer and Composer VISHAL J SINGH
Needs no introduction .He is known for his global project Amogh Symphony. He is also known in the metal and rock scene for his production skills having worked with bands like Paradigm Shift, Daira and Infinite Redemption. He is ranked one of the top producers according to Rolling Stone mag https://rollingstoneindia.com/indian-indies-10-go-producers-work/
Course Outline
Electronic Music Production Course at N.A.M is specially designed to teach all of our students the tools, features & functionalities of Ableton Live, Logic Pro & FL Studio in order to use it for Music Production, Music Composing and Music Arrangement. ( You can also do an International Certification Rockschool London which is valid in 150 + Countries and all colleges and universities abroad)
From adding beats, basslines and melodies to the final compositions and musical structures, this course provides an in-depth knowledge and covers all technicalities related to the audio/midi processes, sampling, audio recording, layering, grouping, sound design, automations & more.
N.A.M provides hands on learning experience which helps you to become a professional & build your career in the Music Industry as a Music Producer. Start your career with the music production courses offered by N.A.M, the finest and best Electronic Music Production Institute even if you are already composing and want to enhance your skills or want to start exploring music production we have the best team available to achieve your goals.
Career Options
Choosing a music career totally depends on the personal choice of a student as per his own preferences and the Professional Skills he has mastered during the course.
Students who complete this course from Nigel’s Academy of Music have many career options in the field of Electronic Music Production to show their skills & expertise. Mostly, Music Producers work as Freelancers to show their music to the audience. Some of the other career options after doing this course are as follows:
01. Freelance Music Producer
02. Music Production Faculty
03. Recording Studio Owner
04. Music Programmer
05. Sound Designer
06. DJ/Remixer
07. Audio Technician
08. Sound Recordist
09. Assistant Recording Engineer
10. Assistant Mixing Engineer
What you will learn FROM VISHAL J SINGH
1. Intro To Scales & Music Theory
Introduction to Music Scales
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Harmonic Minor/Major Scales
Pentatonic Scales
Chromatic Scales
02. Intro To Chord Progressions
Introduction to Chords
Chord Triads
Seventh Chords
Transposing & Inversions
Relative Minor/Major Chords
Parallel Minor/Major Chords
03. Intro To Music Genres
Introduction to Genres
EDM
Rock/Pop
Hip-Hop/Trap
Bollywood/Punjabi
04. Intro To DAW & Setups
What is a Digital Audio Workstation
Signal Flow & Equipments You Need
Setting Up Your System
Setting Audio Preferences
Setting MIDI Preferences
Optimizing Performance
Introduction to Session View
Understanding Ableton’s Interface
Live’s Browser
Loading, Playing & Moving Clips
MIDI and Audio Clip Properties
Working with Scenes
Setting Tempo
05. Saving, Exporting & Midi Editing
Using Live’s Browser
Auditioning Clips and Devices
Understating File Structure
Saving a Live Set
Managing Files
Exporting Clips and Devices
Preparation to Record a Midi
Midi Recording and Overdubbing
Using Computer to Enter Midi
Using the Step Sequencer
Using the Pencil Tool
Understanding MIDI Editor
Configuring Grids
Quantizing | Quantizing with Grooves
Fold View in Editor | Legato Option
Editing MIDI Velocities
06. Understanding Arrangement View
Using Multi-Output Devices
Recording Audio
Different Monitoring Modes
Understanding Arrangement View
Grids in Arrangement View
Recording in Arrangement View
Using Punch In & Punch Out Switches
Recording Session View to Arrangement
Back to Arrange View Button
Using Locaters
Editing Regions in Arrangement View
Permanent Scrub Areas
07. Warping & Quantizing
Warping Audio
Warping Options
Change Speed of Audio Using Warp
Using Smart Warp Tool
Basics of Warping
Understanding all Warping Modes
Beat, Re-Pitch & Complex Pro Modes
Transient Markers and Warp Markers
Using Warp to Quantize Audio
Export Audio from Arrangement View
Freeze and Flatten Tracks
08. Types Of Tracks & Effects
Live’s Mixer
Exclusive Arm and Solo
Using Sends and Returns
Creating Manual Feedback for Returns
2 Ways of Building Headphone Cues
Grouping Tracks
Using Effect Devices
The Hot Swap Switch
EQ and Filters
Soloing Different EQ Bands
EQing in Stereo, L/R and M/S
Compressors and Dynamic Processing
Different Types of Delay Effect
Using Reverb Effectively
Side Chain Gating
Side Chain Compression
09. Effects & Automations
Using Audio & Midi Effects
Arpeggiator | Chord | Scale
Keyboard Mapping
MIDI Controller Mapping
Automation Envelopes
Recording Real Time Automation
Drawing Automation Manually
Automating Clips in Session View
Unlinking Clip Length and Automation
Editing Automation
Using Fades and Cross Fades
10. Instruments & Sampling
Live’s Software Instruments
Impulse in Detail
Impulse as Multi Output
Simpler in Detail
Sampler/Sampling in Detail
11. Instruments & Drum Racks
Live Racks
FX Racks
Nested Racks
Effects in Series and Parallel
Using FX Chains
Instrument Racks
Key Zone Editor
Drum Racks
I/O, Sends and Returns In Drum Rack
Using Macros
Velocity Zone Editor
12. Vocal & Modulation Techniques
Vocoders in Detail
Resampling in Detail
Reverse Reverb Technique
13. Song Structures & Sample Layering
Arrangement Structures
Important instruments in a genre
Sample Selection based on your genre
Layering Samples and Synth sounds
FX placement
Automation Filters, Pitch, Time etc
Building your own FX
Music secrets to make melodies easily
14. Synthesis & Vst Plugins
Lennar Digital Sylenth
reFX Nexus
Native Instrument Kontakt
15. Bridge Plugins Using jBridger
jBridger Overview & Options
Using jBridger to bridge Vst Plugins
Convert 32Bit Vst into 64Bit & Vice Versa
16. Project Submissions
Instrumentals (Any Genre)
Remixes (Bollywood, Punjabi)
