MUSC X 449.41

Geared towards film composers, this course teaches you the basics ofprofessional applications and workflows for composing, recording, mixing, and editing in the modern DAW environment.

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Winter

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What you can learn.

Explore topics such as music pre-production, signal flow, signal processing, and more

Understand how to create realistic mock-ups and explore mock-ups in relation to genre

Learn the basics of music editing for a scored film and temp-tracked project

Learn the complete production process from pre-production, recording, mixing, and editing music to picture

About This Course

Geared towards film composers, this course teaches you the basics of professional applications and workflows for composing, recording, mixing, and editing in the modern DAW environment. Topics include music score preparation, compositional story telling techniques, mixing (signal flow, processing, balance, genre appropriate mixing, score delivery specifications including stem mixes), genre appropriate mixing, score delivery specifications including stem mixes), and the basics of music editing for a scored film and temp-tracked film projects. By course end, students learn the complete post-production process from temp music editing, setting up your DAW for composing to picture, composing a cue, recording solo instruments, mixing a score and score delivery.

Prerequisites

Access to and proficiency in using a home studio with sequencing software, and samples are required for completion of assignments. The course does not include instruction in any specific software.