Music Production Master Certificate

200 hours/Instructor Supported

Welcome back Music Production Specialist! It's time to give that specialist certificate an upgrade! Master Audio Technologists are some of the most wanted people in the music business because every musician needs them to help them sound better than anybody else in the industry. Through this program your hands-on lessons and weekly projects will hae you turn your home PC into a virtual complete recording studio! Explore mastering concepts like digitization, signal flow, multi-tracking, EQ, signal processing, mix balance, reverb, MIDI and much more...

The Music Production Master Certification program consists of the following four (4) courses: 

First 12 weeks

DSP Plug-ins & Virtual Instruments
(50 Clock hours)

Designing & Operating a Project Studio
(50 Clock hours)

Second 12 weeks

Mixing Audio
(50 Clock hours)

Audio Mastering
(50 Clock hours)

Prerequisite:  Completion of the Music Production Specialist (MPS) program.

In today's trillion-dollar global entertainment economy, there are a staggering variety of career paths for Music Production Specialist including:

• Audio Engineer
• Broadcast Technician
• Sound Engineering Technician or Operator
• Radio Operator
• Digital Recording Editor
• Software Sound Engineer
• Sound Mixing or Recording Specialist
• Program Production Specialist
• Music Producer
• Recording/Mix Engineer
• Live Sound Manager
• Broadcast Engineer
• Field Technician
• Audio Forensics Specialist
• Freelance Engineer

·         Studio Technician

COURSES:

DSP Plug-ins & Virtual Instruments   

An in-depth exploration of the use of audio plug-ins and virtual instruments to enhance music production. Emphasis is on the understanding of DSP effects, software synthesizers and samplers, and how plug-ins function.  Outline

Designing & Operating a Home Studio 

Want to turn your passion for audio or music into a thriving business, and a real career path?  This course shows you the perfect next-step for aspiring producers/engineers: how to create a project studio that will succeed and grow. You will learn to identify and meet the many challenges of designing, equipping, marketing, managing, and operating a small yet professional audio recording / music production studio.  Outline

Mixing Audio   

Introduction to Mixing is designed to teach students the basics of mixing and mastering audio. This class helps the student to everything from traditional analog theories, to modern digital audio workstation or DAW techniques.  Outline

Audio Mastering

Learn the tips, tricks, and trade of audio mastering. This course allows you to gain the experience and knowledge to produce great sounding music using any setup. Specific topics include - but are not limited to - the history of audio mastering, advanced audio engineering theory and principles and practices of the art and science of mastering. Outline

MEET OUR EXPERT FACULTY:  http://www.mu-ed.com/protrain/faculty.html

**** All courses are 12 weeks instructor supported online classes ****

Software Requirements

The software required to take an online certificate class is available free online. Listed below are the links needed to locate the free applications and browser plug-ins that are required for our online courses.

Adobe Acrobat Reader
Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/reader/
Apple Quicktime Player
Quicktime can be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Audacity
Audacity can be downloaded from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Finale Notepad
Finale Notepad can be downloaded from http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
Macromedia Flash Player
Flash player can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Frequently Asked Questions:

http://www.mu-ed.com/protrain/faq.html

For Career Info:

http://www.mu-ed.com/protrain/music_careers.html