Sound design and digital music creation

Sound is one of the most important ways of perceiving the environment, our picture of the world. People are constantly surrounded by various sounds: cinema, television, radio broadcasting and everyday affairs. Sound design is an integral part of any movie, promotional video, presentation or clip. With the help of dialogues, background music, sound special effects and other elements, a holistic picture of a particular product and its further understanding and perception is drawn. In a professional environment this process is called sound design.

A sound designer is a specialist who is able to define, manage and create audio elements. Currently, this profession is in great demand in the creative market and has many advantages:

1. Due to the fast development of the market, the demand for specialists is significantly increasing.
2. A creative profession that opens up an opportunity for self-expression and reveals inner potential.
3. It belongs to the category of highly paid specialties.
4. As a rule, it is not related to compliance with the working time schedule. The main task is to comply with the assigned deadlines for completing tasks.
5. Wide versatility of the profession. Noise design specialists work in many industries: cinema, animation, theater, advertising, music industry, television and many others.

Thanks to the development of technology, music creation has become much more accessible today: with the help of a computer, people can create great tracks without leaving home.

There are a huge number of music creation videos on the Internet and about the same number of useful links and services, but after watching several videos it is unclear where to move on: there is no system. So dozens of unfinished sketches and empty projects accumulate, and the desire to write music fades away.

Do you want to immerse yourself in the music industry and learn how to write your own tracks? The course "Sound design and digital music creation" will help you in this. Training allows you to develop a musical composition from scratch, even for those who do not have experience and knowledge in this field.

You will learn how to create music in different genres (styles), process it qualitatively and publish your projects by mastering the necessary programs and plugins.

During the training, the students work with the FL STUDIO platform - the most popular program in the world for creating digital music. It is quite simple, which allows ordinary users and beginners to immediately start creating music tracks, but at the same time, the program is used by professionals and even the most famous music creators.

Who is this course suitable for?

Our course is designed for children from 9 to 16 years old who want to learn how to create their own music.

The training is ideal for students who have no experience in creating music. The course will also be useful for children interested in sound design, and all those who want to get acquainted with the fascinating process of creating music and the principles of sound design.

The course contains:

• Introduction to the Music Creation Environment
• Positioning and displaying elements in the FL Studio environment
• Working with sequencers. Creating melodies
• Introduction to VST synthesizers
• Principles of melody processing
• Getting started on a new project
• Working with Mixer elements and various channels
• Analysis of a full-fledged project
• Working with multiple musical instruments
• Completing work on the project
• Technical specification
• Work on the technical task. Adding various FX elements
• Completion of the project

Course objectives:

1. To introduce the kids to the profession of a music creator (beatmaker).
2. Teach you to create your own musical compositions, work with the customer, prescribe your own parts, correct mistakes.
3. Teach you how to create your own projects and export them.
4. To give an idea of the beatmaker's profession and its prospects.
5. To guide the kid from the interest of just listening to music to the desire to create their own musical compositions.

About the course

The course "Sound design and digital music creation", consisting of 4 modules, is aimed not only at obtaining technical and visual skills in music creation, but also at creating and processing samples.

The main part of the course is devoted to working with the FL Studio program.

Along the way, students master several important soft skills: sociability, teamwork, creativity, listening skills and others.

We will develop many different projects, work out the composition together using standard VST sequencers.

The kids will get acquainted with the complex tools of FL Studio, which allow to develop more voluminous musical compositions. They will learn how to create and process music tracks.

Next, they will have to develop their own project – several musical tracks, the purpose of which is to test and consolidate the knowledge gained.

Then the course participants will receive a technical assignment and create a full-fledged musical part in the team.

We will talk about common mistakes when creating music, as well as give tips for successfully creating your own melodies, arranging and processing music channels. 

The training ends with the presentation of their own projects created by the student for the entire course. 

In the classes we will: 

• master the principles of music creation
• get acquainted with FL Studio 20
• study standard VST synthesizers
• get acquainted with the basic concepts of music creation
• learn how to work with simple and complex melodies
• learn how to process sound channels
• work with complex musical synthesizers;
• create a project using several styles of music;
• use SoundCloud to publish music tracks;
• develop a full-fledged project.

Upon completion of the course kids will:

• receive the necessary base and skills that will help in future work in the field of music creation;
• gain technical skills in creating and processing music;
• be able to create their own music tracks;
• learn how to create arrangements for their own compositions;
• be able to use SoundCloud to publish their own tracks to the public;
• learn how to create musical compositions in different styles;
• develop creative thinking, learn to find non-standard solutions;
• learn how to publicly present their projects;
• learn how to record sounds and various harmonious parts.

At the end of the course, the student will have a portfolio confirming his knowledge and experience, which consists of several ready-made projects.

The knowledge and skills acquired during the course will be an excellent basis for further study of sound design, as well as help in finding employment if your kid decides to connect his life with the creation of music.

Graduates of the course will be able to refine and improve their projects.

What do you need for classes?

The kid will need a computer/laptop to complete the course.

If classes are online:

System requirements for the computer

Please make sure that your computer is suitable for classes and check the Link for recommendations.

Instructions for installing programs for the course

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At the end of the course, each student receives a personal certificate from CODDY.