COMPLETE EDM
PRODUCTION COURSE

Introduction

• What is Electronic Dance Music or EDM?

• What You Need to Get Started

Background Info for Beginners

• What is a DAW? The Digital Audio Workstation.

• DAWs You Can Use

• Loops and Samples

• What is a Virtual Instrument

• What are Plugins?

• Get to Know Your DAW

• How to Determine and Develop Your Style and Genre

• How To Determine Your Style and Genre 

• Audio and Midi

• Return Track

Plugins Required or Alternatives

• What are Plugin

• Plug in Installation

• Plugin Download & Alternatives

• How to Use Ableton Live Projects and Stems

Sound Design with Sylenth

• About Sylenth

• Sound Design - The Arpeggiator (ARP)

• Sound Design - Sine Wave Trick (Beginner Friendly)

• Sound Design - Piano

• Sound Design - Piano & ARP Tweaks

• Sound Design - Sub Bass

• Sound Design - Creating Bass Sliding Notes and Funky Transitions

• Sound Design - Drop Bass

• Sound Design - Drop Bass Tuning

• Sound Design - The Lead

• Sound Design - Tweaking the Lead

• Sound Design - Lead Support

• Sound Design - Strings/Pads

• Sound Design - Plucks & Chords

• Sample Selection

Sound Design with Serum

• Understanding Serum

• Few important things to know before using Serum

• Wavetable Oscillator

• Oscillator Unison

• Oscillator Phase

• Sub Oscillator

• Noise Oscillator

• Shaping Sound - Filters

• Advanced filter Presets

• Envelops

• Assigning & Adjusting LFO's

• Custom LFO Shapes

• Macros

• The Matrix Section

• Adding Effects

• Global Settings

• Advanced Unison Settings

• Chaos

• Creating & Editing Sounds - SIne Bass

• Creating & Editing Sounds - Saw Wobble Bass

• Creating & Editing Sounds - LFO Motion Pads

• Creating & Editing Sounds - Classic Pluck

• Creating & Editing Sounds - LFO Sequence

Sound Design with Helm

• Helm Synth Walkthrough

• Helm Synth Walkthrough - Envelopes

• Helm Synth Walkthrough - LFOs

• Helm Synth Walkthrough - Other Stuff

• Designing the Sub Bass

• Designing the Distorted Bass

• Designing the Lead

• Designing the Lead Support

• Designing the Supersaw Chords

• Designing the Strings

• Designing the ARP

• Converting Sounds to Stereo

Workflow & Project Organization

• Instrument Grouping and Color Coding

• Setting Up Reverb - Hall Reverb

• Setting Up Reverb - Drum Reverb

• Setting Up Reverb - Long Reverb

• How to Start and Finish Tracks Super Fast

• Setting Up Sidechain Compression (The EDM Pumping Effect)

Song Arrangement

• The Intro

• The First Buildup

• The First Drop (Chorus)

• The First Drop - Tweaking Volumes

• Breakdown and Buildup

• The Second Drop

• The Outro

Mixing The Drums

• Using and Analyzing a Reference Track

• Volume Balance

• Tuning

• The Kick Drum EQ

• The Kick Drum Compression

• The Kick Drum Distortion

• The Kick Drum Limiting

• Cymbals

• Clap and Snare

• Toms

• Drum Group Mixing: Compression

• Drum Group Mixing: EQ

• Drum Group Mixing: Distortion and Limiting

Mixing The Bass

• Sub Bass: EQ

• Sub Bass: Parallel Processing

• Distorted Bass

Mixing Synths & Keyboards

• Supersaw Chords

• Lead

• Volume Tweaks

• Support Lead

• Strings/Pads

• Piano

• Arpeggiator

Mixing Other Effects

• Intro Impact

• Riser Effect

• Huge Snare

• Big Clap

• Woooosh Noise Effects

Secret Weapons

• OTT Compressions

Reverb & Delays

• Delay

• Applying and Automating Reverbs

• Making Your Reverbs Sound Awesome

• Filter Automation

Quality Control

• Stereo Width (Mono & Stereo Balance)

• Making Tweaks & Adjustments

Mixing & Mastering

• Balancing Frequencies

• Headroom & Gain Staging

• Introduction to Mastering

• Making Your Tracks Sound Wide

• Multiband Compression - What Is It and How Do You Use It?

• Multiband Compression - Low Frequencies

• Multiband Compression - Mid Frequencies

• Multiband Compression - High Frequencies

• Peak Compression

• Tape Saturation/DIstortion

• EQ

• Mid/Side EQ

• Controlling Peaks for Maximum Loudness

• Limiting

• EDM Frequency Balance