How to properly set up your MIDI controller and soundcard, Create beatgrids to automatically (sync) beatmatch your tracks, Record and play loops using the Loop recorder, Add samples into your mix using Remix Decks, Advanced MIDI mapping with modifiers
The key objective of this Learn How To DJ course is to teach you all the essential skills you will need to know to be a DJ like a pro. The course is designed for the absolute beginner, and the intermediate DJ. The “How To DJ: The Fundamentals and Beyond” course is taught through high quality HD video tutorials that maximize various viewpoints such as overhead views and screen capture video footage of DJ software, so that you can see exactly what your professor is teaching you. Students will learn by watching the videos and practicing the various techniques. The course can take anywhere from a week to four weeks to complete. This will depend on how much previous experience the student has DJing. Students will benefit from taking this course because they will learn the inside secrets on how to be a DJ directly from professional DJs. These skills can take years to learn all on your own, but we teach them all in a fun easy to understand format. On top of all this your instructor will also be available via email to answer any specific questions you have regarding the material. Take this ultimate course right now and learn how to DJ.
This is a step by step video screencast tutorial that will teach you how to create an old skool Techno House record. and hear the music. This course is designed so that you can create your very own retro Techno House track using Ableton Live and a free VST plug in Soft Synth. Combined with a free pack to download created by me with all of the sounds and beats. In this course you will learn what sounds are used to create this genre of music and how to arrange them correctly to produce a recording which replicates the classic pack, a free VST synth that you are required to download from the internet and Ableton Live. The course is laid out in very easy to follow videos starting with the beats and then progressing into digital samplers and soft synths. It then goes into other area of production such as automation and filtering sounds, and finally into a mixing and mastering session at the end to create the final product. The course guidelines. The reason to take this course would be to give yourself a better understanding about Dance Music production in general should you need it and to help you understand how to select the correct sounds for a certain genre.
Digital Home Studio A complete reference guide on CD-ROM Before you buy any music software or hardware, you need this CD-ROM! Synth-Tek’s new “Digital Home Studio” CD-ROM teaches you everything you need to know to set up your own MIDI based home studio. Don’t be in the dark when it comes to complex audio & MIDI knowledge. Learn how to record and use MIDI data, digital audio, mixing, MIDI controllers, MIDI & Audio interfaces, computer software recording and much more! “Digital Home Studio” covers every aspect of a home studio, from plugging in audio & MIDI cables, to creating a final audio CD. Nothing is left out! Even electrical power consumption in your studio is covered and easy to understand! Synth-Tek’s famous approach to learning and easy user interface makes learning a snap! Nothing is left out. “Digital Home Studio” takes the time to explain what everything is, what it does, how to connect it, how to use it and how to get the most out of your musical investments. Each tutorial is a step-by-step narrated and illustrated lesson that literally walks you through each operation and takes the time to explain complicated electronic music topics in easy to understand terms.
Digital Audio Workstations bring the marvels of the recording studio into the domestic environment. With the advances in technology, musicians (whether pro or hobbyist) have at their fingertips the means to hear their music as it is intended- clear, in ensemble and polished. For some, DAWs offer an opportunity to piece together the complete elements of a composition while for others, digital effects (that make the music shimmer) offer the allure. All that is required is some familiarity with the necessary, operational procedures. And that is were this course plays a roll (although some previous exposure to the DAW is recommended). You’ll be able ‘visualise’ music, manage tracks, create sounds and unlock the secret to how effects work! The course also features an original track for the purposes of enjoyment or playing along to.
The Audio only podcast can be found on iTunes and SoundCloud for free. This is the Video version which is only available to bassgorilla.com subscribers. This video Jikes walks us through step by step how he made some of the sounds in his track Try To Survive Ft. Nori.
Learning to play piano by the use of chords is an ideal method for those not wishing to take the traditional route including an exam syllabus. For those wishing to play popular songs either for themselves or to sing with friends, this type of course will provide the required level of ability to download song chords and words from the internet or from other sources. The song can then be played using the knowledge of chord playing taught in the course lectures. No prior experience is required, the course is for beginners. A piano or keyboard is required for use during the lectures and for practicing between lectures. The course is cantered around a resource book that contains, diagrams of chords used and the necessary schedules for between lecture practicing. The resource book can be used locally on a computer; however it is more beneficial to print the book. In this way it can be placed on the piano music stand for practicing the exercises in the book.
