Whether you are interested in producing your own original tracks or not, having a basic understanding of electronic music production is crucial even as a DJ. In today’s world, everything related to dance music is being recorded and processed on a computer using various DAWs (digital audio workstations) and the different plug-ins associated with Logic...
Whether you are interested in producing your own original tracks or not, having a basic understanding of electronic music production is crucial even as a DJ. In today’s world, everything related to dance music is being recorded and processed on a computer using various DAWs (digital audio workstations) and the different plug-ins associated with Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Protools or Cubase. It has become absolutely mandatory for every musician to learn and understand the processes involved in recording, creating, mixing or mastering a track in order to take their raw musical ideas into a polished finished track.
Those who are already DJ’s or aspire to be one, our electronic music production course is the perfect tool to ensure you learn enough to ‘make it’ in our competitive industry. This course will not only expand your horizons in terms of your skills as a DJ, but it will aid your all round development as a successful artiste and expanding your horizon into potentially creating your own original tracks you can share with the world.
Being a DJ doesn’t just mean curating and playing other people tracks, in today’s musical realm, it’s very important that you’re able to make your very own remixes by creating new additions to tracks, ensuring your remixing skills shine above the rest. Knowing the ins’ and outs’ of Music Production enhances your chances of scoring gigs and getting yourself out there!
We at ADAPT are very keen on spreading this knowledge to our students and musicians who wish to learn and explore this ever growing world of electronic music. Processes such as mixing a track, mastering or even recording vocals or sound samples may seem intimidating at first, but once your enroll in our electronic music production course, you’ll feel yourself naturally take to the advanced techniques that are being shared in our classrooms by our experienced and passionate instructors.
Before you decide to join our course, you can explore a few resources to help prepare you for what is to come! Here are a few-
Check out YouTube, there are many tutorials and videos that will guide you through the different DAW’s and their interfaces. There is a vast bank of knowledge on this platform, explore away!
Gear is important to move on up when it comes to the music industry. You can start your learning process by acquiring basic gear such as a budget soundcard and a midi controller. Here’s a list of basic affordable gear you can get your hands on, just visit the link below.
www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/02/set-home-recording-studio-complete-guide.php
Start using the demo versions of the DAW provided by tool’s such as Ableton Live and Logic Pro, this way you won’t have an initial investment until you partially understand which one you are more comfortable with.
Don’t let yourself get too distracted by the 1 million plus list of plug-ins, stick to the basic synths like Sylenth or Serum, or simply use the VST’s provided by your DAW. You can move on to more complex plug-ins once you understand the basics.
If you are still keen on discovering plug-ins check out this list of free to download ones, click on the link below.
www.musicradar.com/news/tech/25-of-the-best-new-free-vst-au-plugins-to-download-in-2016-639187
