The Technology of Music Production
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The Technology of Music Production at Coursera Overview
Duration | 19 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
The Technology of Music Production at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level There is no prior experience or knowledge required to enroll in this course.
- Approx. 19 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified)
The Technology of Music Production at Coursera Course details
- Learn about the music production process?including recording, editing, and mixing?and the tools available to you to create contemporary music on your computer.
- With the recent introduction of high-quality-low-cost software and hardware, the tools of music production are now available to the masses. Albums are made in bedrooms as well as studios. On the surface this is liberating. Anyone can make an album for the low cost of a couple pieces of gear and a software package. But, if you dig deeper, you will find that it is not so easy. Producing music requires knowledge, dedication, and creativity.
- Knowledge is where this course comes in. No matter what kind of music you are making, there is a large set of tools that you will need to use. Each lesson of this course will demonstrate a different set of music production tools, loosely following along the music production process of recording, editing, and mixing.
- We will start with some background on the nature of sound and how we perceive it. We will then examine the components necessary to record audio into a computer, so that you understand the devices that sound must travel through in a music production process.
- Once recorded, sound must be organized along a timeline, a process known as editing. It allows us to give the impression of perfect performances and create many of the sounds we hear in contemporary music. The contemporary editing tool is the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), a piece of software that stores and organizes all the assets of a musical project. We will focus on the editing tools that are essential in contemporary music production and that all DAWs provide.
- After editing, sounds must be combined or mixed together, so we look to the mixing board?a very creative place if you know how to use it. We will explore the basic functionality of both hardware and software mixing boards, including volume, pan, mute, solo, busses, inserts, sends, and submixes. The mixing process, however, includes more tools than the mixing board provides on its own. Sound must also be processed, modified from its recorded state to fit the context of the music. We will look at compression, equalization, and delay, and examine the many audio effects that are offshoots of these devices and how they are used in a musical context.
- In the end, the music production process relies on your creativity. Creativity is a product of the mind and will stay there, unexpressed, until the right tools are used in the right way to share it with the world. If you have an idea in your head, it will take numerous steps, each with an important tool, to reach your audience. You bring the dedication and creativity, and this course will bring you the knowledge to make that happen.
- This course is part of multiple programs
- This course can be applied to multiple Specializations or Professional Certificates programs. Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:
- Music Production Specialization
- Electronic Music Production Specialization
The Technology of Music Production at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome to The Technology of Music Production
Welcome
A Note From Loudon
Connect with Your Classmates
Course Resources
A Course Certificate
Join the Discussion!
What Are Your Goals for this Course?
Lesson Overview
Propagation
Amplitude
Frequency
Visualizing Sound
Connections Overview
Microphone as a Transducer
Microphone Types
Microphone Frequency Response
Microphone Polar Patterns
Microphone Placement
Line Level and Gain Staging
Cables
Interface
Microphone Connection and Gain
Analog to Digital Converter
Pickup Connections
The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Join Your Study Group
The Nature of Sound
Microphones & Cables
Signals
The DAW
Lesson Overview
Analog to Digital Conversion
Buffer Size
File Types
Project Folder
Project Checklist
Multitrack
Recording Audio
Zooming
Trimming
Separating and Cutting
Nudging
The Grid
Fades
Cycling
Merging
Naming and Coloring
Markers
Comping
Destructive Editing
MIDI
MIDI Controllers
Software Instruments
MIDI Editing: Velocity
MIDI Editing: Quantization
Common MIDI Recording and Editing Functions
Wrap-up
Creating Your Assignments
Reviewing Your Peers' Assignments
Join Your Study Group
Assignment Example
The DAW
Tracks, Files, and Editing
MIDI
The Mixer
Lesson Overview
The Channel Strip
The Bus Concept
Effects Categories
Inserts
The Submix
Sends
Automation
Wrap-up
Join Your Study Group
The Channel Strip, Effects, and Sends
Dynamic Effects
Lesson Overview
Noise
Distortion
Dynamic Range Manipulation
Dynamic Processors Overview
Dynamic Processor Parameters
Gate
Downward Compressor
Limiter
Wrap-up
Join Your Study Group
Dynamic Range & Dynamic Processors
Filter and Delay Effects
Lesson Overview
The Delay Concept
The Delay Spectrum
Modulated Short Delays
Filters Overview
Mixing EQ
Medium Delay: Slap Back
Long Delay
Reverb
Width in Mixing
Space in Mixing
Join Your Study Group
Delay and Filters
Synthesis
Lesson Overview
Oscillators
Filters
Amplifiers
LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)
A Language of Timbre
Wrap-up
Join Your Study Group
Oscillators, Filters, and Modulation
Putting It All Together
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