Berklee
Electronic Music Production Specialization
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Berklee

Electronic Music Production Specialization

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

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Intermediate level

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1 month at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(554 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
1 month at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • 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

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Taught in English
29 practice exercises

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Discuss the nature of sound, how it travels, and its properties

  • Set up your Digital Audio Workstation, record audio, and utilize basic audio editing techniques such as trimming, fades, and merging

  • Define the different categories of effects: Dynamic Effects, Delay Effects, and Filter Effects and use them effectively in a recording project

  • Discuss the role filters play in music synthesis and define how they effect the input signal

Skills you'll gain

Category: Media Production
Category: Editing
Category: File Management
Category: Music
Category: Music Theory

What you'll learn

  • Navigate Ableton Live

  • Program MIDI drums and instruments

  • Record and edit audio, including working with preexisting audio loops

  • Create a piece of music using MIDI and audio within Ableton Live

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Music
Category: Music Performance
Category: Media Production
Category: Musical Composition
Category: Software Installation
Category: Multimedia
Category: File Management
Category: System Configuration
Category: Music Theory

What you'll learn

  • Create custom synthesizer patches

  • Incorporate your custom patches into your electronic music

  • Improve your music through editing.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Electronic Media
Category: Media Production
Category: Creativity
Category: Patch Management
Category: Software Installation
Category: Music

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Music Performance
Category: Music Theory
Category: Musical Composition
Category: Creativity
Category: Instrumental Music
Category: Electronic Media
Category: Music

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Instructors

Erin Barra
Berklee
1 Course87,660 learners
Rishabh Rajan
Berklee
2 Courses15,666 learners
Loudon Stearns
Berklee
9 Courses156,887 learners

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