Ultimate Sound Design Masterclass

Learn more about sound design, its fundamentals, filters, envelopes, creating wavetables, synths and much more. Read more.

J Anthony

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Course Skill Level

Intermediate

Time Estimate

7h 18m

Jason Allen is a PhD in music, and was recently named one of the semi-finalists for the Grammy Foundations "Music Educator" award.

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Curriculum

About This Course

Who this course is for:

Music producers interested in improving their production with better sound design skills
Beginners learning sound design for the first time
Experts looking to improve their skills by adding Serum, FM8, or other popular plugins to their toolkit

What you’ll learn:

Fundamentals of Sound Design
Physics of Sound
Manipulating Overtones
Sound Generators
Filters
Envelopes
FM Synthesis
The FM8 Plugin
Additive Synthesis
The Operator Synthesizer
Wavetable Synthesis
Serum Plugin
Physical Modeling Synthesis
Analog Synthesis
Moog Mother 32
Making Leads with Synthesis
Making Drums with Synthesis
Making Bass with Synthesis

Requirements:

Students should already know an audio editing program. It can be any program you are comfortable on, including Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic, Reason, Reaper, Pro Tools, Audacity, or any of the other available programs.

Software version used in the course:

This course is NOT specific to any DAW program.
I’ll be using Ableton Live Suite 10 in this course as my main DAW, but if you are using any other program you will be able to follow along just fine. That includes Logic, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reaper, Reason, Cubase, or any of the others. My method in this class is to teach concepts, so whatever I do, you will be able to do it in your own software.

This course is “5-Star Certified” by the International Association of Online Music Educators and Institutions (IAOMEI). This course has been independently reviewed by a panel of experts and has received a stellar 5-star rating.

This class is for anyone who has wondered what sound design is all about. Especially:

Producers: If you are making tracks that rely on presets, and you want to learn how to craft your own sounds, this is the course for you.
Aspiring Producers: If you are just getting started with music production, this course will be the swiss army knife that you will keep in your belt forever.
Musicians: If you have wanted to improve your compositions by understanding how the physics of sound and partials work, this class is for you.
Songwriters: Improve your compositions by understanding how to make unique and memorable sounds to use in your songs.

In this class, we start with the very basics of sound design and work all the way up to working with complicated plugins like Xfer Serum, Native Instruments FM8, and others. I’ll walk you through every step of the process and explain the logic behind every decision I make.

The goal of this class is for you to learn how to make original, compelling, and memorable sounds for your music.

Genre:

I’m best known for working with electronic music, but I’ve designed this course to be as inclusive as possible when it comes to genre. We will talk about sound design techniques for all genres, sounds, and styles. All genres are welcome here!

Topics Covered:

The Essential Tools of Sound Design
Physics of Sound
Timbre
Harmonics
Partials
Overtones
The Oscillator
Sine Waves
Square Waves
Triangle Waves
Sawtooth Waves
Waveshapers
Noise Generators
Subtractive Synthesis
Filters
EQ
Low Pass Filters
High Pass Filters
Bandpass Filters
Notch Filters
Signal Flow
Envelopes
ADSR
Building Thick or Thin Sounds
Building High or Low Sounds
Building Short or Long Sounds
Building Motion or Still Sounds
The LFO
FM Synthesis
The Native Instruments FM8 Plugin
Modulators
Ableton Live’s Operator
Additive Synthesis
Wavetable Synthesis
Xfer Serum Plugin
Wavetables
Creating Wavetables
Physical Modeling Synthesis
Analog Instruments
Moog Mother 32
Sound Design Recipes
Creating Bass Synths
Creating Drum Synths
Creating Lead Synths
And much, much more!

If you are ready to start making professional sounding tracks, this is the class that will start you on that journey. Get started today.

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By the end of this course, you will have learned about mastering sound design.

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Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Introduction
	Introduction	00:00:00
	My Approach To Sound Design	00:00:00
	Tools You Will Need	00:00:00
	Physics Of Sound	00:00:00
Section 2 - Basic Physics Of Sound
	What Is Timbre?	00:00:00
	Harmonics And Partials	00:00:00
	Overtones	00:00:00
	Waveforms	00:00:00
Section 3 - Essential Tools: Sound Generators
	The Sound Generator In Synthesis	00:00:00
	Oscillators	00:00:00
	Waveforms: Sine Waves	00:00:00
	Waveforms: Square Waves	00:00:00
	Waveforms: Triangle Waves	00:00:00
	Waveforms: Sawtooth Waves	00:00:00
	Waveshapes Under The Spectrogram	00:00:00
	Noise Generators	00:00:00
	Other Sound Generators	00:00:00
Section 4 - Essential Tools: The Filter
	Subtractive Synthesis	00:00:00
	The Filter And The EQ	00:00:00
	Gain And Q	00:00:00
	Filter Types: Low Pass Filters	00:00:00
	Filter Types: High Pass Filters	00:00:00
	Filter Types: Bandpass Filters	00:00:00
	Filter Types: Notch Filters	00:00:00
Section 5 - Device 1: Ableton's Analog Instrument
	Looking At Devices	00:00:00
	The Sound Generators And Filters	00:00:00
	Deeper Into The Oscillator Section	00:00:00
	Deeper Into The Filter Section	00:00:00
	Signal Flow	00:00:00
	Why Two Amps?	00:00:00
	The LFO	00:00:00
	The Wub-Wubs	00:00:00
	Quick Routing	00:00:00
Section 6 - Essential Tools: Envelopes
	What Are Envelopes?	00:00:00
	The ADSR Format	00:00:00
	More Than Just Amplitude	00:00:00
	Applying Envelopes	00:00:00
	Other Ways Envelopes Can Look	00:00:00
Section 7 - Preset Analysis
	Preset: FatEric	00:00:00
	Preset: Sadness Pad	00:00:00
Section 8 - Methods For Creating Sounds
	Waveforms: Thick Or Thin?	00:00:00
	Filters: High Or Low?	00:00:00
	Amplitude: Short Or Long?	00:00:00
	LFO: Motion Or Stillness?	00:00:00
Section 9 - Other Types Of Synthesis
	Applying The Essential Tools To Other Synthesis Types	00:00:00
	The Other Synthesis Types	00:00:00
Section 10 - FM Synthesis
	What Is FM Synthesis?	00:00:00
	Musical Examples	00:00:00
	What Is The Same?	00:00:00
Section 11- FM8 Plugin (Native Instruments)
	Installing FM8	00:00:00
	The Browser	00:00:00
	Building Our Own Patches	00:00:00
	Getting To A Default Patch	00:00:00
	Adding A Modulator	00:00:00
	Adding More Modulators And Experimenting	00:00:00
Section 12 - Additive Synthesis
	What Is Additive Synthesis?	00:00:00
	Musical Examples	00:00:00
	What Is The Same?	00:00:00
Section 13 - Device 3: Ableton Live's Operator Synthesizer
	Setting Up Operator	00:00:00
	Simple Additive Patch Using The Oscillator Editor	00:00:00
	The Overtone Series	00:00:00
	Additive Synthesis With Oscillators	00:00:00
	Applying Filters And Envelopes	00:00:00
Section 14 - Wavetable Synthesis
	What Is Wavetable Synthesis?	00:00:00
	Music Examples	00:00:00
	What Is The Same?	00:00:00
Section 15 - Device 4: Serum
	Setting Up Serum	00:00:00
	Serum Basic Layout	00:00:00
	Wavetables	00:00:00
	Serum's Warp Menu	00:00:00
	Unison Settings	00:00:00
	Other Controls	00:00:00
	Creating Your Own Wavetables In Serum	00:00:00
	Wait! Isn't That Just Sampling?	00:00:00
Section 16 - Physical Modeling Synthesis
	What Is Physical Modeling?	00:00:00
	Musical Examples	00:00:00
	What Is The Same?	00:00:00
Section 17 - Device 5: Ableton Live's Electric
	Setup	00:00:00
	The Model	00:00:00
	The Mallet Section	00:00:00
	The Fork Section	00:00:00
	The Damper Section	00:00:00
	The Pickup Section	00:00:00
	The Global Section	00:00:00
Section 18 - Analog Insturments
	What We Find In Analog Instruments	00:00:00
	My Analog Synthesizers	00:00:00
	Device 6: The Korg Monotribe	00:00:00
	Device 7: The Moog Mother 32	00:00:00
	The Moog Mother 32 Controls	00:00:00
Section 19 - Sound Design Recipes
	How To Use Recipes	00:00:00
	Verbalizing Sound	00:00:00
	"Recipe Books"	00:00:00
Section 20 - Making Bass Sounds: Sound Design Bass Recipes
	Deep House Bass	00:00:00
	Dirty Dubstep Bass	00:00:00
	Pluck House Bass	00:00:00
	Growly Resonant Bass	00:00:00
	Warm Foundational Bass	00:00:00
Section 21 - Making Lead Sounds: Sound Design Lead Recipes
	Plinky Little Wavetable	00:00:00
	Buzzy Wavetable	00:00:00
	Sine-Based Lead	00:00:00
	Aggressive Operator Lead	00:00:00
	FM8 Drive Lead	00:00:00
Section 22 - Making Drum Sounds: Sound Design Drum Recipes
	The Ableton Drum Rack	00:00:00
	Synth Kick	00:00:00
	Synth Hats / Hi-Hats	00:00:00
	Synth Snare	00:00:00
	Synth Toms	00:00:00
	Download: Operator Drum Kit	00:00:00
Section 23 - Wrap Up
	What Comes Next?	00:00:00
	Thanks for Watching!	00:00:00