Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Introduction

    • Welcome to the Foundation Programme Programme
    • A quick tour of your course
    • Sample Pack
  • 2

    Lesson 01: Building Drums

    • An introduction to designing your Drums
    • Lesson 01: Understanding your kick (Shape)
    • Lesson 01: Understanding your kick (Tone)
    • Lesson 01: Design your kick
    • Lesson 001: Synthesize your kick
    • Lesson 01: Layering kicks
    • Lesson 01: Layering more kicks
    • Lesson 01: Understanding your clap
    • Lesson 01: Designing your clap (audio)
    • Lesson 01: Designing your clap (MIDI)
    • Lesson 01: Understanding your hats
    • Lesson 01: Designing Hat Groove
    • Lesson 01: Groove pool for hats
    • Lesson 01: Design Hat Dynamics
    • Lesson 01: Adding Top Loops
    • Lesson 01: percussion Groove from loops
    • Lesson 01: percussion Rhythm from hits
    • Lesson 01: Your levels
    • Lesson 01: Quiz
  • 3

    Lesson 02: Building Bass

    • An introduction to building your own bassline
    • Music theory: Synths & Samples
    • Music theory: Tones & Notes
    • Music theory: Bass rhythm
    • Welcome to Operator
    • OP Bass: Simple but effective FREE PREVIEW
    • OP Bass: Evil and Long
    • OP Bass: Current sound
    • Making Bass samples unique
    • Making Bass loops into bass hits
    • Bass from percussion
    • Kick VS Bass
    • That Reverb Bass
    • Adding Sub to samples
    • Remove clicks and pops
    • Lesson 2: Quiz
  • 4

    Lesson 03: Building Synth hooks

    • An introduction to synth hooks
    • Music Theory: Major Scales
    • Music Theory: Minor Scales
    • Music Theory: chords
    • Music Theory: Voicing
    • Music Theory: Using Ableton's MIDI Scale
    • Music Theory: Using Ableton's MIDI Chords
    • Samples in key: Part 1
    • Samples in key: Part 2
    • Synth Samples: Rhythm & Vibe
    • Synth Samples: Shaping with Simpler
    • Welcome to Analog
    • Analog for your synth hooks: Part 1
    • Analog for your synth hooks: Part 2
    • Arpeggio Lines
    • Layering sounds by grouping
    • Interesting pads
    • Lesson 3: Quiz
  • 5

    Lesson 04: Building your own EFX

    • An introduction to your sound EFX
    • Setting up
    • Hi-Energy Whooshes - SHORT
    • Hi-Energy Whooshes - Medium
    • Energy Whooshes - LONG
    • Super Wide Splash
    • Explosion and hits
    • Crash EFXS
    • Snare build
    • EFX Drum fills
    • Tonal Riser & falls
    • Lesson 4: Quiz
  • 6

    Lesson 05: Recording your own world

    • An introduction to Recording your own world
    • The tools of the trade
    • Design unique Rhythmic layers: Kick
    • Design unique Rhythmic layers: Clap
    • Design unique Rhythmic layers: Hats
    • Design unique Rhythmic layers: Percussion Low
    • Design unique Rhythmic layers: Percussion High
    • Design a unique House Chord
    • Design a unique tech house hook
    • Recording your own Voice
    • Using your own voice
    • Rhythmic edits with your own voice
    • Lesson 5: Quiz
  • 7

    Lesson 06: Putting it all together

    • An introduction to our final lesson
    • Drums Part 1
    • Drums Part 2
    • Bassline
    • Synth Hook
    • Vocal Hook
    • Deeper sound design
    • Develop the idea: Part 1
    • Develop the idea: Part 2
    • EFX and Energy
    • Final work
    • Final thoughts and advice
    • Lesson 6: Quiz