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10 videos · 13 h 39 min
For anyone who has just opened a DAW. Learn the tools, enough theory to write a part, how sound is made, then how to balance, compress, EQ and finish a song at a sensible loudness.
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Building a basic home studio on a small budget
recordingrevolutionSet up a working space without overspending.
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A beginner's course in music production, from first session to finished song
Mastering․comA whole beginner course, from first session to finished idea.
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Music theory for producers in 30 minutes: notes, chords, keys and inversions
ANDREW HUANGThe theory you need, in thirty minutes.
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Synthesis basics: the building blocks of sound
matrixsynthWhat oscillators and waveforms are doing.
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21:00Turning a four-bar loop into a full song: arrangement for beginners
In The MixTurn your loop into a song structure.
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9:12Gain staging explained: headroom, noise and setting levels
Audio UniversityLeave headroom before you mix.
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15:22EQ basics: frequency, band shapes and Q, shown in FL Studio
Electronic ProducerWhat EQ bands and Q actually change.
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7:13Audio compressors explained: threshold, ratio, attack, release and make-up gain
wickiemediaCompression, one control at a time.
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49:1521 mixing tips a Nashville producer wishes he'd known as a beginner
Mastering․comMixing habits from someone who learned them the hard way.
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21:07LUFS explained: loudness targets for streaming, measured in Logic
Jono Buchanan MusicHow loud to make it for streaming.