Get comfortable with sound design, mixing and mastering, and many of the more advanced music production concepts. You’ll be exploring techniques and workflows which professional producers use daily in their work, guided by some of the city’s most accomplished Ableton-Certified Trainers. Class sizes are small, so you’ll be learning in an intimate in-person setting, set in the heart of Berlin and surrounded by a cohort of like-minded producers. During every class you’ll get feedback on your music, making sure you progress quickly and see real results. We only accept seven students to the program, so sign-up now to get your music sounding like a pro!

Topics covered:

• Synthesis overview
• Designing your own sounds
• Working with audio creatively
• Advanced composition techniques
• Refining arrangements
• Creating energy and release
• Variation, transitions, build-ups
• The science of mixing and audio engineering
• Demo-mastering

Weekly breakdown

Week 1: Synthesis overview

• Sound design overview 
• Synthesis types
• Subtractive synthesis
• Wavetable synthesis
• Modulation through LFO and Envelopes
• Creating sounds from scratch

Week 2:  Developing your sound

• FM synthesis
• Sampling + sample-based synthesis
• Granular synthesis
• Physical modeling
• Working with Instrument Racks
• Working with Audio Effect Racks

Week 3: Arranging your ideas

• Advanced composition techniques
• Arrangement and song structure
• Subtractive arranging techniques
• Building and releasing energy
• Using automation
• Creating variation
• Transition effects and ear candy

Week 4: Mixing and mastering

• Defining a good mix
• Science of sound
• EQ, compression, saturation
• Reverb & delay
• Stereo imaging
• Parallel processing
• Mastering overview
• Mastering order of operations
• Demo-mastering