MUSIC PRODUCTION

Course: Music Production

Duration: 6 Months

DAW Option: FL Studio 20 & Cubase

Requirements: PC, Microphone, Audio interface, Sound monitor & Headphone

Introduction

Music Production is an art of making music electronically on Software known as Digital Audio Workstation. This music creation process is done by Music Producers on a Computer or Mobile using latest Virtual Studio Technologies.​ ​Basically, Music Producer handles all operations related to the creation of Song or Album from the scratch. Besides producing, arranging and composing, a Music Producer has many roles & capabilities to oversee other aspects related to the choice of instruments, sounds, musicians & techniques to be used in the making of a perfect and best sounding song of a Music Album.

Course Outline

   Electronic Music Production Course at PANIGAON OPD COLLEGE is specially designed to teach all of our students the tools, features & functionalities of FL Studio & Cubase in order to use it for Music Production, Music Composing and Music Arrangement.​

​ From adding beats, bass lines and melodies to the final compositions and musical structures, this course provides an in-depth knowledge and covers all technicalities related to the audio/midi processes, sampling, audio recording, layering, grouping, sound design, automations & more.

Career Options

Choosing a music career totally depends on the personal choice of a student as per his own preferences and the Professional Skills he has mastered during the course. Students who complete this course from Panigaon OPD College have many career options in thefield of Electronic Music Production to show their skills & expertise. Mostly, Music Producers work as Freelancers to show their music to the audience. Some of the other career options after doing this course are as follows:

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01. Freelance Music Producer

02. Music Production Faculty

03. Recording Studio Owner

04. Music Programmer

05. Sound Designer

06. DJ/Remixer

07. Audio Technician

08. Sound Recordist

09. Assistant Recording Engineer

10. Assistant Mixing Engineer

SYLLABUS

1. Intro To Scales & Music Theory Introduction to Music Scales, Major Scales, Minor Scales, Harmonic, Minor/Major Scales, Pentatonic Scales, Chromatic Scales, Intro To Chord Progressions: Introduction to Chords, Seventh Chords, Transposing & Inversions, Relative Minor/Major Chords, Parallel Minor/Major Chords

02. Intro To Music Genres: Introduction to Genres, EDM, Rock/Pop, Hip-Hop/Trap, Bollywood, Assamese Beat structure of different genres.

03. Intro To DAW & Setups: What is a Digital Audio Workstation, Signal Flow & Equipments You Need, Setting Up Your System, Setting Audio Preferences, Setting MIDI Preferences, Optimizing Performance, Understanding FL Studio Interface, Setting Tempo, Saving, Exporting & Midi Editing, Editing MIDI Velocities, etc.

04. Types of Effects: EQ and Filters, Soloing Different EQ Bands, EQing in Stereo, L/R and M/S, Compressors and Dynamic Processing, Different Types of Delay Effect, Using Reverb Effectively, Side Chain Effects & Automations: Automation Envelopes, Recording Real Time Automation, Drawing Automation Manually

05. Song Structures & Sample Layering: Arrangement Structures, Important instruments in a genre, Sample Selection based on your genre, Layering Samples and Synth sounds, FX placement, Automation Filters, Pitch, Time etc, Building your own FX, Music secrets to make melodies easily

06. Playlist, Instrument & Generators: Playlist Controls, Playlist Track Header Right-Click Menu, Timeline, Patterns, Audio & Automation Clips, Playlist Clip Focus, Working with FLEX, FL Keys & FPC, Overview to Harmor & Harmless, Overview to Sawer & Sakura

07. Recording and tuneing: Setting up recording equipments, process of recording, vocal tuning, use of autotune.

08. Project Submission:A Mashup song, a Remix song, an original song.