This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to dive into making music with synthesis! Whether you are a beginning musician, an active musician, or an aspiring musician – this class is perfect for you!
In Sound Design Fundamentals: Sampling, we will examine the essentials of Sound Design using Ableton Live and Propellerheads’ Reason software and focusing on principles of Sampling. We will explore three fundamental topics:
- Using synthesis for generating sounds.
- Using synthesis to generate new sounds through manipulation and synthesis
- Using synthesis to control drum sounds and sequence dynamic drum patterns.
This system keeps the technical jargon to a minimum and gets you making your own sounds quick.
Dr. Allen is a professional musician, top-rated Udemy instructor, and university professor. In 2017 the Star Tribune featured him as a “Mover and a Shaker,” and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes.
What you’ll learn
- Design amazing sounds using any synthesizer
- Work in Reason to understand synthesis
- Work in Ableton Live to understand synthesis
- Create any sound you can imagine using whatever software is at your disposal
- The 4 Elements to Synthesis
- The Oscillator
- The Filter
- The Envelope
- The Amplifier
- The LFO
- Glide
- Trigger Modes
- Velocity Control
- FM Synthesis
