Point Blank Online - Trance Course in Logic TUTORiAL

From the Pro Producer series of music production courses, this four week Logic course will reveal the secrets behind the sound of producers such as Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5 and Above & Beyond using the know how of online music production school Point Blank. Grammy-nominated producer Mike Koglin with Mark Pledger demonstrate how to make your own trance drum tracks, bass patches and synth lead lines using Logic Studio. You will learn to arrange and mix your tracks for maximum dancefloor impact by uploading your music each week for DVR™- expert analysis and video feedback from Mike and Mark themselves. And with Point Blank music college partners Anjunabeats checking out the student tunes each month, you also get an invaluable opportunity to have your tracks heard by one of the genre’s most respected labels. If you want to learn how to make trance this is the best course out there. Check out the student reviews at foot of this page.

Week 1: Origins, Legends & Making Beats
Overview: The key elements in a Trance tune
Sample editing and building kits in Ultrabeat
Electronic drum sounds
Programming beats & quantizing techniques

Week 2: The Musical Elements
Bass: sound design using ES1 & ES2
Tricks for creating Trance basslines
Creating lead sounds and riffs with ES1 & ES2
Pads and string sounds

Week 3: Effects & Textures
Creative use of FX, working with vocals
Sidechaining
Creating downfillers/uprisers
Noise and synth oscillators and automation

Week 4: Arrangement and Mixdown
Arrangement
Breakdown and buildup examples
Creating your mixdown
Guide to using compression and EQ


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