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Take your music production skills to the next level. Learn to create, produce, and record professional-sounding music arrangements at home.

• Producing Music with Ableton Live

  Kai Turnbull

  Remix and produce in any number of contemporary styles, including drum and bass, R&B, breakbeat/trance and house music using Ableton's Live audio and MIDI sequencing software, a sequencer you can play like an instrument.

• Composing and Producing Electronic Music

  Loudon Stearns

  Composing and Producing Electronic Music will teach you the necessary tools and techniques to create contemporary electronic music in a variety of styles, including drum and bass, trance, glitch, dub, electro, minimal, downtempo, house, and techno. If you are musician interested in adding an electronic flavor to your production, or an electronic producer interested in moving your pieces to the next level, this course is for you!

• Desktop Music Production for Mac

  Michael Bierylo and David Mash

  Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home…and create high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3!

• Desktop Music Production for PC

  Michael Bierylo and Steve MacLean and David Mash

  Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home…and create high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3!

• Music Production Analysis

  Stephen Webber

  Develop the skills to listen to music like a seasoned music producer. Learn to identify the elements of effective records, and gain the skills to bring these elements to your own productions.

• Pro Tools 101

  Digidesign and Andy Edelstein

  Pro Tools 101 constitutes the first stage of Digidesign’s Pro Tools certification program. Learn the foundational skills needed to understand Pro Tools technology and software. This course instructs you on recording, editing, and mixing on a basic level, and will get on the road to becoming a Pro Tools operator from home.

• Pro Tools 110

  Andy Edelstein

  This second stage of Digidesign’s Pro Tools certification program teaches a broad range of tools and Berklee production techniques that will help you tackle more complex Pro Tools projects and enhance your capabilities in all aspects of Pro Tools production.

• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

  Jeff Baust

  Gain a greater understanding of two key elements of music production by learning the Berklee approach to mixing and mastering using the Pro Tools software.

• Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

  Jeff Baust and Mark Wessel

  This advanced music production course provides students with a deep understanding of mixing and mastering tools and techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of styles.

• Producing with Pro Tools

  David Franz

  Whether you are a seasoned Pro Tools user or new to the home studio, our 12-week course will guide you through everything you need to know to create great-sounding home recordings using Digidesign's Pro Tools software. Learn Berklee's renowned production techniques from set-up to mix down, and get a chance to talk gear, studio configurations, philosophies of production, and even speaker placement.

• Advanced Music Production with Pro Tools

  David Franz

  Learn to play the new virtual instruments and effects found in Pro Tools and beyond, and improve your overall musical productions, whether for TV, film, commercials, Web sites, video games, or the productions of artists you may be working with.

• Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live

  Loudon Stearns

  Based on feedback from Ableton Live users, this advanced course offers a forward-thinking approach to recording, editing mixing and mastering using Ableton Live.

• Producing Music with Reason

  Erik Hawkins

  Gain a firm understanding of the functionalities and capabilities of Reason software. Explore Reason's rack of virtual instruments, effects, mixers, built-in sequencer and patching system, and learn real-world production setups and techniques used by today's top producers.

• Producing Music with Logic

  Jeff Baust and David Doms

  Strengthen your technical understanding of Logic Pro and heighten your overall creative abilities in music production in this 12-week course. Harness the power of Logic's extensive software instruments, and learn to record, edit, and mix your project like a pro.

• Producing Music with SONAR

  Steve MacLean

  Complete all aspects of a multi-track recording using MIDI, audio, loops and plugin effects using Cakewalk’s SONAR Producer Edition.

• Producing Music with Cubase

  Ross Ramsay

  Gain a broad skill set and a fully realized background in music production using the state-of-the-art Cubase 6 software.

• Critical Listening 1

  Dan Thompson

  Create compelling, professional-sounding songs by learning to identify the production elements that contribute to a well balanced, artful and professional-sounding mix.

• Advanced Audio Ear Training for Mix Engineers

  Dan Thompson

  Expand your production skills and take your critical listening to the next level by learning to identify and implement mix strategies, compression and panning techniques, and a wide array of professional mix approaches across multiple genres of music.

• Audio Mastering Techniques

  Marc-Dieter Einstmann and Jonathan Wyner

  Mastering is the final, critical, step in the post-production process. Gain a thorough understanding of what is involved in creating a final master recording ready for duplication, replication, or online distribution.

• Recording and Producing in the Home Studio

  David Franz

  Take your demos through the entire music production process, and learn to apply a number of concepts and techniques that will dramatically improve the sound of your recordings, mixes, and masters no matter what recording device you are using.

• MIDI Sequencing Intermediate

  Michael Moss

  Learn to create musical-sounding MIDI arrangements with assignments that challenge your creativity while you produce music in three divergent styles: electronic dance music, blues, and advertising scoring.

• Hip-Hop Writing and Production

  Michael Hamilton

  Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers use to create hit songs. Learn writing and production considerations unique to hip-hop, how to analyze and recreate different styles of hip-hop, and how to use this foundation to produce your own songs using Propellerhead’s Reason software.

• Sound Design for the Electronic Musician

  Michael Bierylo and David Mash

  Learn to create your own electronic sounds and musical productions using Propellerhead's Reason and Native Instruments' Absynth.

• Sampling and Audio Production

  David Doms

  Explore the art of sampling and audio production, and learn Berklee's approach to recording, editing, and programming using the software samplers provided in Reason.

• Introduction to Game Audio

  Jeanine Cowen

  Gain a solid foundation of sound production and engineering skills that will prepare you to work at a game development company or as a freelance game audio professional.

• Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason

  Erik Hawkins

  Leverage the power of Pro Tools and Record Reason Duo using ReWire technology, and gain a comprehensive understanding of how these powerful programs work together in the remixing process. Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason will get you on your way to mastering the principles and techniques to create mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella remixes, and multi-track remixes using Pro Tools 8 and Record Reason Duo.

• Art of Mixing

  Richard Mendelson and Alejandro Rodriguez

  Explore the many creative and technical considerations necessary to mix in today's music production environment. Acquire the core skill set needed to mix multi-track master recordings to a stereo final mix-down suitable for release.

• Live Sound: Mixing and Recording

  Bill Gibson

  Learn to construct a dynamic, high-quality mix for live sound. Identify proper microphone technique, equalization, effects, and dynamics processing to build professional sounding instrument sounds and vocals.

• Orchestration 1

  Ben Newhouse

  Learn to write and apply traditional orchestration techniques to both sampled performances and live orchestral performances.

• Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra

  Ben Newhouse

  Learn advanced orchestration strategies and approaches to writing for full orchestra, including both a live orchestra and sampled MIDI mockups.

• Programming and Producing Drum Beats

  Erik Hawkins

  Learn to compose and produce polished, professional-sounding drumbeats in a variety of different styles.

• Getting Your Guitar Sound

  Dan Bowden

  Learn to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade to play jazz, rock, blues, country and other genres, with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive guitar tone.

• Acoustics

  Eric Reuter

  Become a better recording and live sound engineer, and improve your editing and mixing environment by learning the ins and outs of acoustics.

• Film Scoring 101

  Donald Wilkins

  Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning fundamental to more advanced film scoring techniques.

• Audio Post Production for Film and TV

  Mark Cross

  Become a more marketable and in-demand producer by mastering the tools and techniques necessary to complete a full audio post production project, including sound design, foley, dialogue, and music for a short film.

• Microphone Techniques

  Andy Edelstein

  Effective microphone techniques resulted in some of the most iconic music ever committed to tape. Consider Phil Spector’s signature “Wall of Sound,” which relied heavily on appropriate microphone techniques, or Led Zeppelin’s iconic recording of John Bonham’s drums on “When the Levee Breaks,” recorded with a stereo microphone on the second floor stairway at Headley Grange Studio. Whether your sessions feature a single vocalist or rapper, metal trio, or large big-band jazz ensemble, the ability to get good sounds is essential to producing competitive results.

• Music Video Editing with Final Cut Pro

  Mehdi Hassine

  Learn all the steps and tools necessary to create a high-quality audiovisual experience, including how to assemble, enhance, and maximize the use of video, audio, and graphic content.

Faculty Comments

"With the software tools we're using in online music technology classes, I can see exactly what a student did to accomplish a certain task. The type of insight ultimately allows me to engage a student at a much higher level."
-Mike Bierylo, Online Instructor of Sound Design for the Electronic Musician, and Desktop Music Production.

Student Comments

"Berkleemusic.com has changed my life. I've produced several albums for Sony Music Japan International, and have been named 'Producer of the Year' by the Hawaii Music Awards."
-Dr. Trey