Desktop Music Production for PC

Gain all the knowledge you need to produce great-sounding recordings of your music. Even if you begin this course with little or no understanding of desktop production, you'll end it with a quality master recording ready for CD or MP3! Let accomplished musician, sound designer and Berklee professor Michael Bierylo guide you through the challenges of setting up your own home studio, sampling, basic audio mixing, and more. With hands-on lessons and projects, you'll master concepts like digitization, signal flow, multi-tracking, equalization, signal processing, MIDI, and everything you need to turn your PC into a virtual multitrack studio.

And, receive a special educational discount on Reason 6 and SONAR X1 Studio Edition.

Upon completing this course, you will have learned to:

• Choose the right tools to produce your own music
• Plan and configure home studio hardware components
• Develop musical ideas using MIDI and digital audio software
• Edit and create your own synthesizer sounds
• Use samples and sample loops in a variety of musical settings
• Mix multitrack audio projects
• Understand and use standard audio effects
• Make a final master of an audio project suitable for distribution

Berkleemusic and Propellerhead have come together to offer an educational discount on the Reason 6. Once you enroll in the course, you will be able to purchase this package at the discounted price through the Required Course Materials link on your My Home page. Early enrollment is encouraged to ensure software delivery prior to the start of the course.

Berkleemusic and Cakewalk are offering a special educational discount on SONAR X1 Studio Edition, to all students enrolled in the course. Once you enroll in the course, you will be able to purchase the software at the discounted price through the Required Course Materials link on your My Home page. Early enrollment is encouraged to ensure software delivery prior to the start of the course.

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