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Music Production & Certification

  • Are you just getting started in the world of audio?
  • Are you using a digital audio workstation other than Pro Tools (like Garage Band, Logic, Cakewalk, Digital Performer, Cubase or Nuendo)?
  • Do you consider yourself a beginner to intermediate user of Pro Tools?
  • Would you like to produce professional results, obtain industry-wide recognition with Digidesign Certification and learn cutting edge music technology tools in just 14 intense days?

If this description sounds like you, then the Music Production & Certification Package is the right choice for you

This 112 clock-hour accelerated package is our most comprehensive. It includes four Digidesign Certified courses, a Mixing course AND a Reason course written by MIDI master Craig Anderton. You will learn proper setup, recording, editing and mixing. You will go in depth into plug-ins, MIDI, beat detective, elastic audio and the art and science of mixing. Finally, you will learn the ins and outs of Reason, one of the most powerful music composition tools on the market. You will work with sophisticated HD systems and control surfaces throughout the curriculum. Upon successfully completing the courses, you will take your Digidesign exam for Certification.

The package includes a free plug-in from Digidesign worth $500 to support you in your new found skills. ProMedia supports you through our various student resources and education guarantee that allows you to audit classes for up to 6 months for free at any of our locations.
 
Some of the hands-on lessons you will learn include:

  • Pro Tools Hardware & Software Set Up
  • Making your first audio recording and MIDI recording
  • Introduction to mixing
  • Basic editing techniques
  • Recording and Editing MIDI & Audio
  • Using Virtual Instruments 
  • Using Reason as an instrument, sequencer, in live performance
  • Working with Loops in Reason
  • Session Management
  • Automating Plug-Ins
  • Writing, Editing, & Suspending Automation
  • Track Signal Flow
  • Inserts & Plug-Finishing the Session
  • Internal & External Mixdown
  • Working with Digidesign Control Surfaces
  • Interacting with External MIDI Devices
  • Professional Editing Techniques
  • In Depth Beat Detective
  • Sampling in Pro Tools
  • Using Sound Replacer
  • External Layback
  • Mixing schools of thought
  • Understanding and applying Mixing concepts
  • Mix chemistry: the human dynamics
  • Tips, tricks & technique

Courses Included:

  • Pro Tools 101
    Pro Tools 101 is a Digidesign Certified course that covers basic principles, giving you what you need to complete a project, from initial set up to final mixdown. Whether your project involves live instruments, MIDI sequencing or audio looping, this course gives you the basic skills to succeed.   View Full Course

  • Pro Tools 110
    Pro Tools 110 is a Digidesign Certified course that covers the key concepts and skills needed to operate a Pro Tools system in a home studio environment. You will learn to record, edit, how to use the essentials of automation and to work with both audio and MIDI.   View Full Course

  • 115: Reason in the Real World
    Reason in the Real World was written by MIDI Master and EQ’s executive editor Craig Anderton. This course goes way beyond Reason's basics to show how to make it part of a system, as well as how to understand both basic and advanced MIDI techniques.   View Full Course

  • Pro Tools 201
    Pro Tools 201 is a Digidesign Certified course that develops the skills needed to operate a Pro Tools system in a professional studio environment. Students are introduced to professional Pro Tools HD systems, control surfaces and develop skills in editing, mixing and session management and automation.    View Full Course
  • Pro Tools 210M
    Pro Tools 210M is a Digidesign Certified course that completes the skills needed to competently operate a sophisticated Pro Tools system in a professional environment with a focus on music. This is the final course needed prior to testing for the DOCM (Digidesign Operator Certification in Music).   View Full Course

  • 230: All about Mixing
    All about Mixing teaches techniques from various influential engineers in the music industry including Charles Dye Roger Nichols, Ed Seay and Phil Tan. You will be exposed to original multi-track sessions from well know artists.   View Full Course

What Digidesign Certification Provides:

  • The BEST education on Pro Tools available
  • Industry-wide recognition of your skills
  • Listing on Digidesign website for job opportunities
  • Significant discount on gear through Digi’s education store
  • A community of professionals for networking and support
  • A frame worthy Certificate
 
Package
Information
 
     

Package Name: Music Production & Certification

Clock Hours: 112 Clock Hours

Number of Days: 14 Days

Award: Certificate of Completion & Digidesign Operator Certification: Music

Courses: 101, 110, 115, 201, 210M, 230

 

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