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Up to 100 Quicktime video tutorials
Over 300 pages of course notes
350MB of 24bit audio samples
Personalised video feedback on your music
Weekly webchat with a pro producer
Student forum - post your questions & discussion topics
Week 1: What is Sound Design?
The History of film sound Foley: creating sounds for films from real sounds Forbidden Planet: the first synthesised soundtrack BBC Radiophonic Workshop Icons of sound design The tools used for sound design Week 2: Introduction to Reaktor
Standalone mode A tour of the interface Ensembles, Instruments, Macros and Modules Loading Snapshots Recorderbox - saving the audio to a wav file Reaktor as a virtual instrument/effect in Cubase, Logic and Ableton Week 3: Reaktor Ensemble Workshop
Building a small library of introductory Ensembles Tape Deck Vintage Compressor Custom effect construction Stereo & Band Filter Wind machine Week 4: Building an Analogue Synth in Reaktor
Building an analog synth Oscillators Filters Envelopes Modulation Week 5: Creating Presets for your Analogue Synth
Lead sounds Bass sounds Stab/ chord Sounds Pad/ string Sounds Sound effects Week 6: Foley
A guide to equipment for recording Creating your own FX library Download a free 318MB Library of 24bit Audio to use in exercises Editing audio Manipulating audio Foley exercises using a variety of audio processes Week 7: Creative Sampling in Kontakt
Creative sampling: an introduction Kontakt interface Building instruments Mapping editor Wave editor Script editor Adding modulation Week 8: Kontakt Modulation Workshop
Zone envelopes Gating Filtering Multiple processing: Pitch shift, Lofi and effect send DBD LFO's Week 9: Adventures in Pitch and Time
Time Machine: elastic audio in Kontakt. Real-time timestretching Tempo synchronisation Legato mode and how to use it Tone Machine: playing musical phrases with drumloops Creating unique instruments Week 10: Rhythm Science
Kontakt's Beat Machine Using groups to create unique drum sounds Creating a complete 'Electronic' drum kit from just two short samples Randomstepshifting in Reaktor Week 11: Recreating sounds from Film
Exploring famous sonic textures Analysing sounds and reverse engineering them Recreating famous movie sounds A sonic texture from "Star Wars" A Sonic Texture from "Predator" A Sonic Texture from "War of the Worlds" Week 12: Final Project (add your sounds to the movie) & Test
We provide the short movie, you create sounds for key moments How to import video into Cubase, Logic and Ableton Create a mixture of electronic and foley sounds You compose the music Final Test
Take your music production skills to the next level. Expert producer Danny J Lewis shows you how to reproduce contemporary sounds or create your own unique style. Whether you are producing tracks for the dancefloor or designing sound for multimedia, this course will reveal music production secrets, professional tricks and techniques.
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