In the Electronic Music Production specialization, you will learn the tricks of the trade to create high-quality, professional sounding music. You’ll begin by learning about the nature of sound and how a signal flows through a home studio setup. Additionally, you’ll learn how to create your own custom musical sounds through music synthesis. You’ll explore how to record MIDI and real instruments into the flexible and agile Digital Audio Workstation, Ableton Live. You’ll also learn to professionally record, produce, edit, and mix a vocal track with the Grammy-winning producer, Prince Charles Alexander.
Electronic Music Production Specialization
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Electronic Music Production Specialization
Create Musical Compositions With Your Computer. Learn the tools and techniques to create professional sounding music.
Instructors: Erin Barra
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4.8
(554 reviews)
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
The nature of sound and how natural sound is transformed into an electronic signal that we can record
How to record, edit, and mix live instruments and MIDI in Ableton Live
How to create custom sounds using a synthesizer and how to integrate those custom sounds for your musical compositions
How to record, edit, mix, and add effects to vocal tracks for your electronic music productions
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Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Discuss the nature of sound, how it travels, and its properties
Set up your Digital Audio Workstation, record audio, and utilize basic audio editing techniques such as trimming, fades, and merging
Define the different categories of effects: Dynamic Effects, Delay Effects, and Filter Effects and use them effectively in a recording project
Discuss the role filters play in music synthesis and define how they effect the input signal
Skills you'll gain
Category: Media Production
Category: Editing
Category: File Management
Category: Music
Category: Musical Composition
What you'll learn
Navigate Ableton Live
Program MIDI drums and instruments
Record and edit audio, including working with preexisting audio loops
Create a piece of music using MIDI and audio within Ableton Live
Skills you'll gain
Category: Automation
Category: Media Production
Category: Music Performance
Category: Musical Composition
Category: File Management
Category: Editing
Category: Creativity
Category: Music
What you'll learn
Create custom synthesizer patches
Incorporate your custom patches into your electronic music
Improve your music through editing.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Musical Composition
Category: Creativity
Category: Electronic Media
Category: Media Production
Category: Patch Management
Category: Music
Category: Design Software
Category: Software Installation
Category: Peer Review
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Music Performance
Category: Music Theory
Category: Musical Composition
Category: Performing Arts
Category: Electronic Media
Category: Instrumental Music
Category: Music
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Frequently asked questions
The entire specialization is 17 weeks long.
You do not need to take the courses in a specific order, however, we recommend taking them in the order in which they have been sequenced.
Berklee does not offer university credit for courses offered on Coursera. If you are interested in taking online courses for credit with Berklee, please go to online.berklee.edu.
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