Music Production school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

Pro Tools 310M focuses on the advanced operation of Pro Tools in a professional music production environment. This course offers technical insights into both Pro Tools hardware and software.

Topics include

Configuration and troubleshooting
Tactile control of Pro Tools - Increase efficiency on worksurfaces
Advanced recording and importing audio - Includes project interchange
Advanced editing - Expert music editing techniques
Synchronization - Detailed common aspects of...

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Pro Tools 210M covers techniques for working with Pro Tools systems in a professional music production environment. Concepts and skills learned in 101, 110, and 201 are reinforced with practical music-specific examples.

Topics Include

Preparing a session
Tracking and overdubbing - Use of QuickPunch
Virtual instruments
MIDI composition
Professional editing techniques
Sampling in Pro Tools - Using software samplers
Arranging and producing
Mixing and automa...

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Reason 4 supplies the best software program for creative music production aimed at the electronic music scene. It is being used by the top musicians, composers and electronic music producers throughout the world. It can be heard on many dance and techno recordings as well as countless film and TV Scores.

With this course you will learn all the functions of Reason 4 which will give you an unlimited ability to produce, sequence and mix electronic music from fabulous synthesizers to acid bas...

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This course shows you the perfect next-step for aspiring producers/engineers: how to create a project studio that will succeed and grow. You will learn to identify and meet the many challenges of designing, equipping, marketing, managing, and operating a small yet professional audio recording / music production studio. You will find out how to achieve both business growth and creative impact by studying the success stories of other studio entrepreneurs.

Students will assess prospective lo...

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What is Mastering? In short, it’s the engineering process of taking your finished mix and turning it into a professional record, sonically competitive with all the other records you hear on the air or on your iPod. Needless to say, that’s really important! At the level of the individual song, Mastering corrects or improves the overall tonal balance of the record �adding a little deep bass, or softening some high end that’s a little too harsh, for example. And mastering techniques are used to op...

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