Duration: 3 Months
Course Fee: INR 54,000/-
Class Days: Weekdays/Weekends
Class Timings: 2 Days/Week (2 Hours Each)
Software: Ableton Live | Fl Studio
Requirements: PC & Headphone

Module 1 : Intro To Scales & Music Thoery

• Introduction to Scales
• Major Scales
• Minor Scales
• Harmonic Minor / Major Scales
• Pentatonic Scales
• Chromatic Scales

Module 2 : Intro To Chord Progressions

• Introduction to Chords
• Chord Triads
• Seventh Chords
• Transposing & Inversions
• Relative Minor/Major Chords
• Parallel Minor/Major Chords

Module 3 : Intro To Music Genres

• Introduction to Genres
• EDM
• Rock/Pop
• Hip-Hop/Trap
• Bollywood/Punjabi

Module 4 : Intros & Setups

• What is a Digital Audio Workstation
• Signal Flow | Equipment You Need
• Setting Up Your System
• Setting Audio Preferences
• Setting MIDI Preferences
• Optimizing Performance
• Introduction to Session View
• Understanding Ableton's Interface
• Live's Browser
• Loading, Playing, Stopping, Copying and Moving Clips
• MIDI and Audio Clip Properties
• Working with Scenes
• Setting Tempo

Module 5 : Saving, Exporting & Midi Editing

• Using Live's Browser
• Auditioning Clips and Devices
• Understating File Structure and Saving Live Set
• Managing Files
• Exporting Clips and Devices
• Preparation to Record a Midi
• Midi Recording and Overdubbing
• Using Computer to Enter Midi
• Using the Step Sequencer
• Using the Pencil Tool
• Understanding MIDI Editor
• Configuring Grids
• Quantizing | Quantizing with Grooves | Live Quantizing
• Fold View in the Editor | Legato Option
• Editing MIDI Velocities

Module 6 : Understanding Arrangement View

• Using Multi-Output Devices
• Recording Audio
• Different Monitoring Modes
• Understanding Arrangement View
• Grids in Arrangement View | Permanent Scrub Areas
• Recording in Arrangement View
• Using Punch-In and Punch-Out Switches
• Recording from Session View to Arrangement View
• Back to Arrange View Button
• Using Locaters
• Editing Regions in Arrangement View

Module 7 : Track & Effect Types

• Live's Mixer
• Exclusive Arm and Solo
• Using Sends and Returns
• Creating Manual Feedback for Returns
• 2 Ways of Building Headphone Cues
• Grouping Tracks
• Using Effect Devices
• The Hot Swap Switch
• EQ and Filters
• Soloing Different EQ Bands
• EQ-ing in Stereo, L/R and M/S
• Compressors and Dynamic Processing
• Different Types of Delay Effect Processing
• Using Reverb Effectively
• Side-Chain Gating and Side-Chain Compression

Module 8 : Effects & Automations

• Using Audio & Midi Effects
• Arpeggiator | Chord | Scale
• Keyboard Mapping | MIDI Controller Mapping | Instant Mapping
• Automation Envelopes
• Recording Real-Time Automation
• Drawing Automation Manually
• Automating Clips in Session View
• Unlinking Clip Length and Automation Length
• Editing Automation
• Using Fades and Cross-Fades

Module 9 : Warping & Quantizing

• Warping Audio
• Basics of Warping
• Understanding all Different Warping Modes in Detail
• Transient Markers and Warp Markers
• Using Warp to Quantize Audio
• Creating an Instrument Using Warp Markers
• Exporting/Bouncing Audio from Arrangement and Session View
• Freeze and Flatten Tracks

Module 10 : Instruments & Sampling

• Live's Software Instruments
• Impulse in Detail
• Impulse as Multi-Output
• Simpler in Detail
• Sampler/Sampling in Detail

Module 11 : Instrument & Drum Racks

• Live Racks
• FX Racks
• Nested Racks
• Effects in Series and Parallel
• Using FX Chains
• Instrument Racks
• Key-Zone Editor and Velocity-Zone Editor
• Drum Racks
• I/O, Sends and Returns Inside the Drum Rack
• Using Macros

Module 12 : Vocal & Modulation Techniques

• Vocoders in Detail
• Resampling in Detail
• Reverse Reverb Technique

Module 13 : Song Structures & Sample Layering

• Arrangement Structures
• Instrumentation and important instruments in a genre
• Sample Selection based on your genre
• Layering Samples and Synth sounds
• FX placement
• Automation Filters, Pitch, Time etcâ?¦
• Building your own FX
• Music secrets to help you make melodies easily

Module 14 : Synthesis & Pitch Correction

• Industry Standard Third Party Plugins
• Sylenth
• ReGroover Pro
• Serum
• Nexus
• Auto Tune
• Melodyne

Module 15 : Project Submissions

• Instrumentals (Any Genre)
• Remixes (Bollywood, Punjabi, Any Genre)
• Own Compositions

 

Module 16 : Mixing

• Introduction to Mixing
• Stages of a Song
• What Mixing is and what it isn't
• Tools that we have for Mixing
• Understanding Human Hearing Capabilities, Limitations and Environment
• Understanding the importance and need of Metering during Mixing
• Setting up the Studio Environment

Module 17 : Mixing Trainings & Analyzing

• Training your Ears
• Preparing your Mix
• Volume and Dynamics
• Gain Structure
• Analog vs Digital Gain Staging
• What is headroom, and what do you need to know about it.
• Secret Technique to get a decent Mix in less than 5 minutes!!!

Module 18 : Dynamics & Loudness Control

• What is Loudness, Dynamic Range and how to control it
• What is Compression and why do we use it.
• Compressor's Parameters
• Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release
• Knee, Make-up Gain
• More Compressor's Parameters/Features
• Peak vs RMS
• Expander
• Attack & Release
• Look-Ahead
• Basic Compression Techniques
• Compression on Drums / Beats
• Compression on Guitars / Synths
• Compression on Vocals

Module 19 : Types Of Compression & Eq's

• Side-Chain Compression
• Side-Chain Compression as a Pumping Tool and as a Gluing Tool
• Difference between LFO Tool, Volume Shaper, etc and Side-Chain Compression as pumping effect
• Parallel Compression
• Secret EQ Techniques for Parallel Compression to shine
• Upward Compression
• Multi-band Compression
• Glue Compression
• Buss Compression and Group Compression
• Pre and Post EQ in regards to Compression

Module 20 : Frequency Seperations Using Eq's

• Filters
• EQ Techniques | Rules of EQ-ing
• Characteristics of Additive and Subtractive EQ and how to use them correctly and effectively
• Mixing Low Frequencies / Subs | Kick and Bass Mixing
• What is Linear Phase EQ
• What is Phase
• Mono Compatibility
• Advanced EQ-ing
• L/R Mixing
• Mid-Side Mixing
• Distortion, Saturation, Exciter

Module 21 : Types Of Reverb & Techniques

• Using Reverb
• Different types of Reverbs
• Analog, Digital, Convolution Reverbs (Characteristics of Each)
• Mono vs Stereo Reverbs
• Reverb Strategies
• Secret to build great Reverbs
• Shaping Reverb's Dry Signal

Module 22 : Understanding Panning & Mixing Plugins

• Drum Kit Panning
• Panning Techniques
• Approaching Mixing of your Track
• Understanding your Genre and mixing accordingly
• Developing and Emphasizing the groove
• Knowing what to avoid in a Mix
• Putting your knowledge to use and starting to Mix
• Creative Vocal Mixing Techniques
• Mixing a Track Using Izotope Ozone & Fabfilter Plugins

Module 23 : Mastering Using Fabfilter & Izotope Plugins

• Preparation for Mastering a Track
• Using Izotope Ozone & Fabfilter Plugins
• Removing Bad Frequencies
• Compression on Mix
• Using Multiband Compressor
• Using Clippers
• Using Limiters
• Loudness Control

Module 24 : Microphones & Vocal Processing

• Vocal Recording and Editing
• Tips and Tricks to get Large Vocal Sound
• Concept of Multiple Takes and Add-libs in Vocals
• Special Effects on Vocals
• Pitch Correction (Auto Tune & Melodyne)