Learn the art of Music Production and Sound Engineering Face to Face Online/Offline with our comprehensive 4 MonthMentorship.
In a closed group, student of any expertise level can level up their skills,become a pro at music production, release songs, offer services, and eventually build a profitable freelancing career.
Your Mentor, Satyam
➡️ Ableton Certified Instructor
➡️ Berklee College Graduate
➡️ 7+ Years of Experience
➡️ Taught 100+ Students
ON THIS CALL WE'LL TALK ABOUT🤙🏼
YOUR MUSICAL GOALS: What kind of Music do you want to produce?✨
YOUR CURRENT SKILL LEVEL: If you are a complete Beginner or already have some experience with production.
YOUR STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES: What are you good at? and which areas do you want to emphasize?
WE CREATE A PERSONAL PLAN: That outlines what you need to focus on each week to make progress.
LET'S CRACK IT TOGETHER..! 💪🏻
WHAT'S SPECIALABOUT THIS COURSE
THIS COURSE OFFERS
1 YEAR GUIDANCE & SUPPORT TO HELP YOU BUILD YOUR CAREER
GUIDE BOOK, PRESETS, SAMPLES & LIBRARIES FOR STUDY USE
SPECIAL 35% DISCOUNT
ON ABLETON LIVE 11
PRIORITY ACCESS FOR INTERNSHIPS/ JOB OFFERS
CREATIVE & PRACTICAL
LESSONS WITH DECONSTRUCTION OF MY TRACKS
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
SatyamSangwanis a music producer, sound engineer, and educator who helps numerous artists, producers, and singer-songwriters with mentorship, high-quality productions, and recordings at his own space, Silk Road Studios.
A Master's graduate from Berklee College of Music, Valencia 2017 Batch of Music Production, Technology, and Innovation.
An Ableton Certified Instructor with 7 years of experience teaching music production, and sound engineering through 101 coaching, workshops, and lectures at the top universities/ academies in India; Global Music Institute, Seamedu School of Pro Expressions, & Beatfactory Academy.
Makes music under his creative alias Ripple Drift and has released numerous progressive house singles under labels like Routine Espresso & and Raijin Records.
Mohor, Canada
Gaurav, India
Anshuman, India
"Satyam is an excellent teacher who has a deep understanding of music production, sound design and different tools and DAWs. He is able to breakdown technical concepts in a way that is easy to understand even for novice musicians. Learning music production from him was an enjoyable experience and I have seen a remarkable improvement in the quality of my production and mixes.."
“He possesses the industry's best equipment. His knowledge is vast, and he has a nurturing nature like a mentor. Always ready to guide and help, promptly solving any music-related problems. Even after completing the course, I haven't stopped feeling the positive impact he made. Having him as a Music mentor feels like a blessing, and he is truly a gem of a person."
“Satyam is a creatively intelligent producer and a good teacher. I have learnt nearly all the mixing i know, from him.He is open to discussion and maintains a congenial atmosphere throughout sessions. You can learn a lot from him, including deep understanding of human-DAW interaction."
Abeer Suri, UK
Vickey, India
"Satyam helped me learn not only the its and bits of music mixing and mastering but also ableton as a software as he’s a Certified Trainer for it. Can’t thank him enough for the efforts he puts in the students and their learning experience. Had the pleasure of getting taught by him at The Beatfactory Academy and I would encourage anybody planning to take music seriously to opt for his Vocal, Mixing and Mastering course offered on the website."
“I was looking for this kind of music production foundation course for myself since long back and silkroad studios music production course has it all. The classes were super productive and it’s one to one, so it helped me in a way so that I can understand why and how the things work. Satyam sir teaching style is super fun and a friendly way which helps me learning the basic of music production a bit easy and in a faster way.""
ON THIS CALL WE'LL TALK ABOUT🤙🏼
YOUR MUSICAL GOALS: What kind of Music do you want to produce?✨
YOUR CURRENT SKILL LEVEL: If you are a complete Beginner or already have some experience with production.
YOUR STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES: What are you good at? and which areas do you want to emphasize?
WE CREATE A PERSONAL PLAN: That outlines what you need to focus on each week to make progress.
LET'S CRACK IT TOGETHER..! 💪🏻
4 MONTH COURSE CURRICULUM
27 structured lessons will be taught in this course which shall give you a full understanding of Music Production, Recording, Tuning, Mixing and Mastering a track.
LESSON 01
Introduction to Music Production
What is Electronic Music Production?
Equipment you need to start.
What is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
Introduction to Ableton Live 11.
Understanding signal flow of a studio.
Interface and Preference in Ableton.
Understanding file structure and ways to save sessions.
LESSON 02
Sound Theory & Acoustics
What is Sound? How it propagates through different mediums?
Measure frequencies and amptitude.
What is a soundcard? 2 Main Parts of a Sound Card.
Input Types | Phantom Power | Phase | Polar Patterns
Signal to Noise Ratio | Mic positions and distance.
Niquist Theoram (sample rate and bit depth)
What is a Preamp? External and internal preamps.
LESSON 03
MIDIin Ableton Live
What is MIDI? How to setup for MIDI Recording?
Make beats and sounds using MIDI Step Sequencer.
Understanding Grids | Legato | Velocity
How to quantize and add grooves in MIDI.
Connect a MIDI controller in Ableton Live.
Setting Metronome and Time Signature.
Make a beat from scratch.
LESSON 04
Sound Theory & Acoustics 2
Types of Waves? Timer and characteristics of sounds.
3 main parts of human ear, Fletcher Munson Curve.
Absorption, reflection, diffusion, diffraction and Phase in sound.
Fundamentals and overtones in frequency domain.
Cables and Connections (basic)
Type of Input in a soundcard?
LESSON 05
Recording Audio
Input monitoring in Ableton Live
Setup inputs and outputs in preferences.
What is buffer size? How does it help in curing latency.
Punch in Punch Out recordings
Setting the right gain for your recording.
Types of microphones | Diaphragm | Famous Examples.
Need of a pop filter | Proximity effect | Vocal Fundamental Frequency
LESSON 06
AbletonMore In Depth
Session and Arrangement View. | Scenes
Send and Returns | Parallel vs Series Fx
Record Arm | Solo | Hot Swap
Ableton Live’s Mixer
Setting Tempo | Working in Loops | Setting bar length
Duplicate | Reverse Midi | Fade and Audio Clips.
LESSON 07
Audio Effects Processing
What is an EQ? Type of EQ, How and where to use it.
What is a Compressor? Types of Compression?
Sidechain Compressor/ Sidegating/ Parallell Compression.
Audio Effects in Ableton Live
TIme based effects like Reverb, Delay, Echo etc.
Auto Filter, Drums Buss, Redux and other cool effects.
Make a song using 5 tracks with what we’ve learn so far.
LESSON08
Digital and Analog Synths
Type of instruments in Ableton Live. Synths & Samplers.
Sounds and Drum Presets, Midi Sequences and one shot samples.
Connect external analog synths with Ableton Live.
3rd Party Synthesizer and Anlong Synths you can learn and implement.
Demonstration of our Prophet Rev 2 Analog Synthesizer.
LESSON 09
MusicTheory
What is Melody, Harmony and Rhythmn.
Introduction to Major, Minor, Augments, Suspended Chords/Traids.
Chord Progressions and Rhtymn sequences for different music genres.
Make interesting melodies.
Chord Inversions and Chord Voicing. Hamonising 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11ths etc.
Make an interestive chord loop, refine it and use sounds presets on it.
LESSON10
Midi Effects &Automations
Using MIDI Effects
Arpeggiator | Chord | Scale
Keyboard Mapping | MIDI Controller Mapping | Instant Mapping
Automation Envelopes
Recording Real-Time Automation
Drawing Automation Manually
Automating Clips in Session View
Unlinking Clip Length and Automation Length
Keyboard Mapping | MIDI Controller Mapping | Instant Mapping
Create an interesting ARP pattern and add automations to it.
LESSON11
Genres Song Structure andSample Selection
What is a Genre? Types of Genres currently in the industry.
How to arrange and structure songs. (Chorus, Verse, Bridge, Build ups, Hooks and BreakDowns)
One shot Sample selection while making drums.
Presets or Sound Selection and crucial tricks to develop.
Using automation and leveling in our arrangements.
Clever tricks and tips to make song arrangements, add our unique vocal and sound fx. (based on different genres)
A demonstration of sample selection for drums and other instruments.
LESSON12
Vocal Recording and Production
Recording Vocals efficiently, Gain staging/ levelling vocals.
Proximity Effect | Need of a Pop Filter
Brief into on Stereo Micing Techniques | Double Tracking
Various practices to follow as a vocalist, engineer and producer.
How to produce and guide a singer to deliver good sounding vocals.
Vocal Fx and Mixing techniques. (3rd Party Plugins)
Vocoders in Detail. | What is a TalkBox
Introduction to Auto-Tune & Melodyne.
Gain Stage,Tune and mix vocals using EQ, Compression, Limiter and blend it with rest of the instruments (Silk Road Studios Vocal Chain)
LESSON13
Remixing andSampling Music
Finding the BPM using Tap Button.
Find out the Key of any song by ear, tuner or Auto Key(3rd Party).
Power of Warping (Quantising Audio) | Warping Modes | Transient Markers and Warp Markers
Make any off timed audio, meme or dialogue sync with your BPM using warping.
Exporting/Bouncing Audio from Arrangement and Session View
Freeze and Flatten Tracks
Warp an old song from scratch and synth it with your own drums.
LESSON14
Sampling in Ableton live UsingSamplers
Live’s Software Instruments (Samplers)
Impulse and Drum Rack in Detail
Parellel and Series Fx | Chock Samples in Drum Rrack
Simpler And Sampler in Detail
Make an instrument using any audio sound.
LESSON15
Effects in Ableton Live
FX Racks | Nested Racks | Drum Racks
Effects in Series and Parallel
Instrument Racks | Using Macros | Choking Samples
Key-Zone Editor and Velocity-Zone Editor
I/O, Sends and Returns Inside the Drum Rack
Demonstrate AutoFilter, Redux, Pitch Hack, Corpus, Drum Buss, Echo, etc.
LESSON16
Session Viewin Ableton Live
Launch Modes of Clips
Follow Actions in Detail
Making a Break-beat Using Follow Actions
Randomization and use of session view to create clevel ideas.
Follow tempo functionality.
Production review session
LESSON17
Introduction to Sound Design
What is sound design?
Various types of sounds.
Difference between sampling and synthesis?
Types of synthesis? Sound design using Serum, Pigments and other synths
Types of waves?
Voicing and Unison
Design Plucks, Pads, Bass Sounds using Serum
LESSON18
Synthesis using Serum
Wavetable, Subtractive, FM synthesis
Parts of a synth in detaii (OSC, Filter, ADSR, LFO)
AMP, Unison, Glide, etc.
Modulating presets and crafting new sounds using Serum.
LESSON19
Modulation and Automation
LFO in detail.
Using ADSR to make various sounds.
Creative use ot modulation and automations with respect to arrangement.
Incorporating randomness and choas in sound design.
Granular Synths, Max for Live, Creative Essentials.
Make a new song using unique randomised sounds.
LESSON20
Performing withAbleton Live
Make an Ableton set for live performance
Optimize your Ableton session.
Using Dummy Clips to manage your live set
Max for Live Instruments, Midi & Audio effects
Creative Essentials | Packs
Introduction to Ableton Push 2
How to make a track from scratch using Push 2
Connect an Analog synth with your Ableton set.
Demonstrating Push 2 and its functionalities.
LESSON21
Fundaments of Mixing - 1
Colour coding | Grouping | Management
Fades | Editing | Cleaning
Gain Staging/ Levelling | Maintaining Headroom
Set the right Monitoring | What levels to mix on?
Studio Monitor setup/ Positioning | Why do we need room acoustics?
Importance of levelin gand setting Priority of Instrumentation when it comes to mixing.
LESSON22
Fundaments of Mixing - 2
Why & When to use EQ and Compression.
EQ in detail | Types of EQ | Different EQ modes
Compression in detail | Types of Compressors
Multi-Band Compressor | Multi-Band EQ/ Dynamic | Difference btw both
Discuss various types of plugins in the market.
Drums Processing using ibuilt and Decap’s Knock and Parellel Compression/ Tape Saturation
LESSON23
Fundaments of Mixing - 3
Reverb | Delay | Chorus | Phaser
Parallel or Series FX
Advance FX mixing techniques
Automations with Return Tracks
Using 3rd Party plugins like Soothe 2 and iZotope Insight
Finalising the Mix
Setting a correct Headroom for Mastering
Introduction to Mastering
LESSON24
Fundaments of Mastering
What is mastering? What all you need to know about mastering.
Importance of Sequence of plugins, what comes first what comes after.
Mono Stereo Compability | Stereo Width | Adding Punch
Use of a Limiter and Clipper in Mastering.
Inbuilt and 3rd Party Plugins you can use to Master.
Master a good sounding mix to demonstrate
LESSON25
Fundaments of Mastering - 2
Transient Enahancement.
How to test, refer and finalise your masters.
LUFS Meter | VU Meter
What levels to follow for major streaming platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Wync etc.
Continue to Master another good sounding mix to demonstrate the things above.
LESSON26
Make a Hip-Hop/ Trap/ Synthwave Songin Ableton Live
Make Creative drums
FX and Fills needed.
Arrangement Tips
Sample Selection
Mixing and Mastering Plugins
Character adding plugins like MO-TT, AutoTune. MetaTune, Alterboy and much more...
LESSON27
Final Project Review & Course Wrap-up
Overview
What all we learnt
What practices to follow to continue from here.
What else can we learn?
Resources we recomment for self learning.
Mix and Master Reviews.
ON THIS CALL WE'LL TALK ABOUT🤙🏼
YOUR MUSICAL GOALS: What kind of Music do you want to produce?✨
YOUR CURRENT SKILL LEVEL: If you are a complete Beginner or already have some experience with production.
YOUR STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES: What are you good at? and which areas do you want to emphasize?
WE CREATE A PERSONAL PLAN: That outlines what you need to focus on each week to make progress.
LET'S CRACK IT TOGETHER..! 💪🏻
