Future Music Institute – Course Outlines
Week 1
Introduction to Music Production
- The midi controller & sequencer
- Lessons on MIDI
- Creating Musical Ideas | Music on computers
- Recording
- Editing
- Mixing
- Mastering
- Music Production Tools
- Synths & Instrument
- Sequencers
Week 2
The MIDI discovery
- What is MIDI?
- A short history on MIDI
- Making full use of MIDI in music production
- How to control MIDI in sequencers
- How to make effects, tweaking to create modern music with MIDI
- Conclusion
Week 3
Introduction to Music Synths
- Learning the signal flow in DAWs
- Setting up your midi studio. Hardware & software connections
- Patching up synths and controlling knobs
- Playing and recording synths
- Programming MIDI
- Creating a MIDI Drum Loop
Week 4
MIDI Editing & Preproduction
- Audio VS Midi editing
- Editing tools for MIDI functionality
- Cutting, Copying, Pasting, and Clearing MIDI Data
- Velocity & Pitch Editing
- Quantization and swing
- Producing a great midi track
- Event List
Week 5
Introduction to Effects & Plug-ins
- Reverbs & Echo
- Compressor & Limiter
- Chorus & Spreader
- Tremolo
- Mastering & learning to accurately use the effects to maximum possibility
Week 6
Applying MUSIC to what we’ve learnt
- Pop & Jazz arrangement styles
- Laying out rhythms & tweaking
- Compositions & styles of productions
- Laying drum beats
- Typical pop & jazz music arrangement
- Composing & Arranging your own pop & jazz piece
Week 7
Arranging & Composition for Different Genres
- Electro & Dance music arrangements
- Laying out beats & bass for dance
- Using loops & matching them with music arrangement
- Learning the composition make up of electronic music
- Composing & Arranging your own electro piece
Week 8
Midi Production Techniques
- Utilizing ways to input midi messages
- Creating real sounding midi parts
- Bass
- Guitar
- Keyboard Instruments
- Sweetening instruments
Week 9
Advanced Tweaking 1
- Playing with filters & gates
- Envelopes & automations
- Tweaking effects used in music today
- Enhancing your music arrangement
Week 10
Advanced Tweaking 2
- Equalization & filters
- Using them to effectively lay out a balanced mix
- Discovering the EQ spectrum
- Setting automated low pass & high pass filters
Week 11
Getting Your MUSIC Out
- Master your music
- Getting it ready for the commercial world
- Optimizing different music genre and different platforms
- The loudness war
Week 12
Assignment & Wrap Up
- Practical Hands-On
- Feedback & Questions
Where do you go from here? Where do you place your music?
Sell your music? Compose for artists? Let us guide you on that.
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i am finding for music course..as i go i found this FMI.. i am interested with the course..,when will be the next intake…
Hi Partiban,
Thanks for the interest in the course. We’re open for intakes now, so sign up now by visiting our studio and secure the current introductory price!
Interested…but I have a fulltime job… Any way this is possible?
Hi Andy,
Yes it’s possible. We hold weekly classes in the studio. And you get to choose your time.
Great! I would love to know more. When will you be open. I can visit this coming weekend.
Weekdays at 9am-10pm, weekends at 9am-6pm. Thanks
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