Music Production

Music technology is an integral part of the modern musician’s life and the tools it offers are valuable for his development.
The home studio environment gives anyone with a computer, a sound card and a microphone the opportunity to make music, whether creating a demo or producing a full-length piece of music.
The course is aimed at musicians of all kinds, music producers, composers, arrangers, beat makers, djs.
The lessons are in group.
Upon completion of both levels, the student receives certification from the Philippos Nakas Conservatory.

Music Production I

· Introduction to music production and technology
· Computers and music programs as digital recording platforms DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Steinberg Cubase 12, Ableton live 11
· Audio Theory (what is sound, waves, phase, sample rate, buffer size dBspl, dBfs)
· Introduction to electronic musical instruments (Vst instruments, drum libraries, Samples, synthesizers)
· Basic Beat making techniques (drums)
· Basic techniques of creating chords (chords)
· Basic Bass Creation Techniques (bass)
· Basic Melody Creation Techniques
· Basic techniques of orchestration and track structure (orchestration, arrangement, audio effects)
· Basic audio recording techniques (Audio Recording Techniques)
· Main features of music genres – selection of sounds (hip hop, rock, metal, RnB, DnB, Techno, EDM, Pop and more)
· Basic audio mixing techniques (EQ, Compression, Reverb)

Total duration of the course: 1 educational year (9 months).

Music Production II
Once having completed Music Production I, students attend Music Production II.The course covers the following chapters:

· Advanced DAW capabilities (Automation and more)
· Deepening into advanced beat making (Sampling, audio libraries drum machines and others)
· Deepening into Synthesizer functions (oscillators, filters, modulation, LFO and others)
· Deepening into the creation of different types of music
· Advanced Audio Recording Techniques
· Advanced audio mixing techniques (EQ, Compression, saturation, parallel processing)
· Advanced effects functions (Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Pitch shifting and others)
· Voice recording and mixing (vocal tuning, EQ, Compression, Saturation, Effects)
· Music and image (Film Scoring)
· Final processing before the release of a track (Mastering)

• Total duration of the program: 1 educational year (9 months).

Minimum Internet speed: 24 Mbps

Desired equipment for students:

• Camera: 1080p or Laptop Built In
• Speech Mic or Laptop built-In
• Headphones: Close type
• PC: 8 GB RAM, Windows 10/11, Screen resolution: 1280×1024
• Microsoft Office Suite or Office Suite (Free) or MacOS
• Audio Interface
• Instrument or Voice Mic
• DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
• Music Notation Software