TABLE OF CONTENTS
Getting Started
- Introduction to Electronic Music
- What Equipment Should I Use?
(Soundcards, Monitors, Sub & Mixers)
- Basic Understanding of a Sequencer
- Understanding ASIO
- Basic Understanding of Synthesis
- Sample Banks, Presets and VSTs
- Basic FX
- Basic Layering
- Basic Automations
- Working With Audio Files
- Working With MIDI
- Using ‘Rewire’ Technology
Composing Drum Sounds & Loops
- Selecting Samples
- Pitch Matching
- Slicing and Beat Matching Drum Loops
- Using a Slicer
- Compression, EQ and Sidechaining
Making Synthesized Drum Sounds
- Synth Kick Drum
- Synth Clap
- Synth Snare
- Synth Hi Hat
- Synth Ride Cymbal
- Synth Percussive Patterns
- Synth Crash Cymbal
Making Lead Sounds
- Choosing Your Synth/Samples
- Producing a Synthesized String/Pad
- Making a Distorted Lead Sound
- Producing an Organ Lead/Bass Sound
- Synthesizing a ‘Hoover’ Lead Sound
- Making a Drum and Bass Lead Sound
- Making a Techno/Trance/Hardstyle Lead Sound
- Creating a Studio-X Hard Dance/Hard NRG Lead
Making Bass Sounds
- Replicating a Roland© TB303 Bass Sound
- Making a Hardstyle/Techno Bass Sound
- Making a Wah Bass Sound
- Making an Electro Bass Sound
- Making a Sub bBass Sound
- Replicating a Bass Guitar
Making FX Sounds
- The Classic White Noise Sweep
- The Studio-X Reverb Stomp Kick
- The Ring Modulated FX Noise
- The Tape/Vinyl Rewind FX Sound
- The Miscellaneous FX noise
Randomizing
Working With Vocals
- Writing Lyrics
- Recording Vocals
- Comping Vocals
Vocal FX
- Delay and Reverb
- The Reverse Reverb Intro
- Using a Vocoder
- Pitch Correction
- The Fast Pitch LFO Build-up
- Creating Vocal Harmonies
Vocal Mastering
Working with instruments
- Recording Your instrument
- Comping Instrument Samples
Instrument FX
- Polishing The Piano
- Using a Software Guitar Amplifier
- Working With a Violin
- Working With a Distorted violin
- Working With Drums
Mastering
- The A/B Method
- Mastering a Single Audio File
- Mastering a Series of Audio Files
- Mastering Inside a Sequencer Project File
Marketing Your Music
Definitions and Acronyms
Studio-X Biography/Discography