Part 2 – The Foundations of Music Production 7mins
In this lesson, I explain why all you need to know about Music Production is that it is tasty. Also, I cover the core components of the Digital Audio Workstation and the primary tools you will be using to create your artistic masterpieces!
Table of Contents
0:00 – Introduction
0:50 – Philosophy Rant: Your Entire World is Vibration
2:44 – All You Need to Know About Music Production
3:40 – The DAW: Digital Audio Workstation
4:08 – Choosing Your First DAW
8:09 – Synthesizer & Audio Plugin Formats
11:27 – The 4 Core Components of Electronic Music Production
16:26 – Live Examples of the Core Components (Hands-On Lesson)
33:17 – What it All Sounds Like Together
Download Project File
Click here to download the Ableton project file for this lesson.
Double click the Ableton file titled “LESSON 1.B – FOUNDATIONS.als” to begin.
Download this file and Right Click it then click “Extract Here” then open the file
If you don’t have Reaktor 6 Player and the bass synth TRK-01 by Native Instruments installed, you can download them free here:
OR if you are unable or unwilling to download, simply follow along by enabling the channel (click the yellow square in Ableton) called “A Synthesizer (Recording)” instead of the channel called “A Synthesizer” – I have recorded the output of the synthesizer so you can still use it in your learning.
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