When it comes to learning new production techniques online, the site that usually pops up first in my head is Youtube. As one of the top social websites today, Youtube is not only the kingdom of digital entertainment but it can also be a great environment for learning new things. We’ve gather some Youtube channels that provide quality contents and tutorials for our best eLearning experience as music producers.
W.A Production Youtube Channel
This is the official Youtube Channel for W.A. Production. Within this channel, you can able to find great content released by the W.A. Production team. On a weekly basis, Redhead Roman (founder of W.A. Production) will upload a tutorial on wide range topics related to making music such as sound design, analysis of certain producer’s production techniques, mixing and other technical side of music production. You can check out the How to EDM series to improve your production skills. We sometimes will post our preview of free packs or construction kits and even free FLPs (FL Studio project files) on this channel. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any free packs in the future.
Do you have sounds that you hear in any mainstage music that you have no idea on how to create them ? Zen World has the tutorials ready for you to take your sound design skills to another level. Zen World is known for his notorious sound design skills in various virtual sound synthesizers such as Sylenth1, Spire, Massive or Serum. He also do tutorials like Lets Collaborate series or Start to Finish series to help his audience to have a better understanding of certain genres like Melbourne Bounce and modern Progressive House.
Stephen O’Leary AKA SeamlessR (the “R” is silent) is an audio engineer and music educator based out of Western Massachusetts, USA. His YouTube channel is a one stop shop for all things FL Studio and sound design related with nearly 1000 free tutorials available for all levels of skill. Producing neuro, metal, orchestral, and bass music since 2004 he has endeavored to create the heaviest and hardest sounds and music he possibly can. His power is well known among producers and his tutorials have helped everyone from the newest beginners to the most seasoned veteran sound designers. A man of all things heavy and loud, SeamlessR looks forward to a future full of bass.
Sadowick Production is one of the Youtube channels out there that provides quality in depth tutorial on Ableton. He has 6 hours of tutorials ready for the Ableton users out there to turn from zero to hero. He also teaches music production techniques like EQ (Equalization), Compression, Mixing and Mastering. Do you have plugins that are too complex for you to understand ? He also has tutorials on certain famous plugins among music producers out there such as Xfer Records LFOTool, U-he Diva, Sylenth1, Native Instrument Massive, Reveal Sound Spire and many more.
As the one of the best music producers in remaking Electronic Dance Music on Youtube, although he does not do remakes that often anymore, he has the best full length music remakes on Youtube. Unfortunately, his remakes are only in FLP (project files for FL studio) format. He now focuses on teaching sound design and he has sound design video series called Sound Design Saturday.
Multiplier is more than just a DJ. He’s a big personality with hands in all corners of the music industry. As Multiplier has been using Ableton throughout his music production journey, he is able to provide you in depth knowledge on the Ableton itself. If you want to become a professional sound designer for the famous sound synthesizer Serum, Multiplier has a series of tutorial for you to master Serum.
Rocket Powered Sound Tutorials
Rocket Powered Sound is determined to give producers all the skills they need to pursue their careers in electronic music. They are a place where producers can take dramatic steps in their musical careers. They provide kick-ass presets for all types of EDM production. Alongside of this, they provide free tutorials and accept requests by others on how to make almost any song.
He has tutorials about all kind of stuffs in his channel. Tutorials of sound designing for Spire, Massive and Serum, Start to finish of certain genre track video series and sometimes certain music production techniques are all demonstrated in Ableton. With more than 2 million views, he has been providing quality tutorials since 2013. For those who are lacking a bit of knowledge in music theory, he provides basic tutorials on music theory as well.
Learn more about sound design and synthesis. As one of the biggest music production Youtube channel out there, ADSR has hours of free in-depth tutorials for Massive, Maschine, Zebra, Sylenth, Reaktor, FM8 and Kontakt! Great news! They upload new tutorials daily.
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