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Video Game Music Composition / Production

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Overview

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Say goodbye to expensive music colleges! Learn everything you need to know about game music composition with me!

Once you've purchased this course you will have access to explanatory lectures giving you information on the following topics: Using FL Studio (and DAWS), Music theory, composition tutorials, themed music creation.

The composition tutorials will cover the following: Battle music, RPG, Casual and Mobile music and Character music.

This course is designed to be extensive as possible to get you started producing music for yourself or your soon to be clients!

Welcome to one of the first online composition courses that fully immerse the students into the world of video game music with a Project-Based design and interactive lectures.

This course will eventually cover every game type with no prior experience required. You'll learn all the skills and abilities you need to come out of this course a competent composer.

This course not only covers composition but it will also take an in-depth look at sound design, Audacity, Unity, F mod and a few other software's that may be helpful to you at a later point.

Overwhelmed? With this course, we start simple and spend a lot of time prepping you to make sure you never feel left scratching your head.

This course is even recommended for Intermediate and Advanced Game composers. As the weeks go by we slowly delve into advanced composition strategies, more complicated music theory, sound design and mixing strategies.

Create Game Music with FL Studio, Game Music Production, Video Game Music Creation, Music Production for Video Games, Game Music Composition

What you’ll learn

  • Compose high quality, video game music for your own game or a clients game
  • A greater understanding of sound design for game music creation.
  • Use a DAW to compose music using unique sounds
  • Learn music theory, music composition, music production, and game music knowledge.
  • Create a career as a Game music composer.
  • Further your Career as a Game music producer.
  • 3000+ Free Drum, Bass, Synth Samples

Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?

  • Fl Studio or any other DAW
  • Computer powerful enough to run FL Studio
  • Decent quality headphones
  • MIDI keyboard (optional)

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner game music composers
  • Musicians wanting to get into game music
  • Game music composers wanting to further their career

Syllabus

  • Promo Video
  • Requirements & Introduction
  • What if I get Stuck?
  • Where to Share your Music?
  • Starting Out
  • What Should Game music Sound like?
  • Tools for Composing and Planning
  • ASIO and Useful Music Vocabulary (In Context)
  • Installing Fl Studio on Windows
  • How to Install a VST / AU plugin
  • Fl Studio Settings and Overview
  • Fl Studio Basics
  • The Browser and The Playlist
  • The Step Sequencer, Piano roll and The Mixer
  • Section 4 Introduction
  • Core Concepts
  • Different Types of Chords
  • Practice Ear Training
  • Chord Stamps
  • Chord Stamps
  • Basslines
  • Introduction
  • Frequency and Music Theory Revisited
  • Character Planner and Synths
  • Chords Composition
  • Bass Composition
  • Melody Composition
  • Drums and Entire Composition
  • Mixing and Best File types for Export
  • Mastering and end of Section
  • Assembling Our Chords
  • Assembling Our Melody
  • Assembling the Bassline
  • Mixer and Compression
  • Adding Instruments
  • Compression
  • Mastering

Taught by

Adam Caterer

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