What do I get by enrolling?

We created MIXXIN Academy to provide you with the knowledge behind the features, empowering you to use any plugin or production software out there because you understand its components and how they work together to create sound.

You will learn: Sound Design, Audio Processing, Composition & Sketching, Arrangement & Structure and Mixing & Mastering.

Our certificate program covers all of the fundamental knowledge needed to start your career in music production. Our courses are taught using Ableton Live with easy to understand examples and you are not expected to have any previous music or audio engineering experience to take them. Learn at your own pace with lifetime access to the courses and all future updates.

Our classes are taught by real producers, practical, to the point and full of valuable tips. Don't spend thousands of dollars. Get the best education for a fraction of the price!

  • Access to our 6 high quality courses

  • 245+ hands-on high quality HD video lessons

  • Lifetime 24/7 access to the courses and all future updates

  • Music Production Certificate Diploma (upon completion of all 6 courses)

  • Priority Customer Support

  • Mobile friendly

  • Go at your own pace

  • Easy to follow examples

  • Taught by real producers

  • No previous experience required

What will I learn?

  • 2
    SOUND DESIGN
    • LEVEL 1 - WAVEFORMS
    • Amplitude, Frequency and Phase
    • Wave Shapes
    • Complex Wave Shapes
    • Spectral Response
    • LEVEL 2 - SAMPLED INSTRUMENTS
    • Samplers
    • Using Sampled Instruments
    • Creating Sampled Instruments
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 3 - SYNTHESIZERS
    • Intro to Synthesizers
    • Oscillators
    • Types of Synthesis
    • Complex Synthesizers
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 4 - FILTERS
    • Filtering Sound
    • Routing
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 5 - MODULATION
    • Modulators
    • Envelopes
    • LFOs
    • What to modulate
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 6 - MIDI ARTICULATIONS
    • Velocity
    • Mod Wheel
    • Pitch Wheel
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 7 - INSERT FX
    • Basic FX
    • Signal Flow
    • FX for Synthesis
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION
    • MIDI Mapping
    • Automation Lanes
    • Recording Automation
    • Drawing Automation
    • Practical Example
  • 3
    AUDIO PROCESSING
    • LEVEL 1 - TYPES OF PROCESSING
    • Equalizers
    • Dynamic
    • Time Delay
    • Special
    • LEVEL 2 - EQ
    • Spectral Response
    • Filter Types
    • Filter Parameters
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 3 - DYNAMIC PROCESSING
    • Compressor
    • Limiter
    • Noise Gate
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 4 - REVERB
    • Reverberation
    • Types of Reverbs
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 5 - DELAY
    • Delay Basics
    • Delay Types
    • Chorus, Flanger & Phaser
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING
    • Distortion
    • Vocoder
    • Auto-Tune
    • Analog Gear Emulators
    • Dynamic EQ
    • Multiband Dynamics
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 7 - STEREO FIELD
    • Stereo Principles & Metering
    • L/R Time & Pitch Offsets
    • Mid-Side Processing
    • Practical Example
    • LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION & SIDECHAINING
    • Sidechaining
    • Automation
    • Practical Example
  • 4
    COMPOSITION & SKETCHING
    • LEVEL 1 - MUSIC FOUNDATIONS
    • Pitch
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Harmony
    • LEVEL 2 - RHYTHM & BEATS
    • Time Structure
    • Samples & Synths
    • Drum Machines
    • Step Sequencers
    • Your First Beat
    • LEVEL 3 - BASS
    • Programming a Bassline
    • Bass Sound Selection
    • Kick & Bass
    • LEVEL 4 - HARMONY & MELODY
    • Harmony
    • Melody
    • LEVEL 5 - FIRST LOOP
    • Drums
    • Leads
    • Pads
    • Bass
    • Accents
    • LEVEL 6 - BUILDING UP
    • Melody Variations
    • Complementary Sounds
    • Sound Cohesion
    • Enriching Sound
    • LEVEL 7 - GAIN STRUCTURE
    • Headroom
    • Loudness
    • Leveling & Panning
    • LEVEL 8 - FX & PROCESSING
    • FX for Sound Design
    • Reductive EQ
    • Additive EQ
    • Saturation
    • Compression
    • Depth
    • Stereo Imaging
  • 5
    ARRANGEMENTS & STRUCTURE
    • LEVEL 1 - SONG STRUCTURE
    • Intro
    • Verse
    • Chorus
    • Bridge
    • Outro
    • LEVEL 2 - REFERENCE TRACKS
    • Reference Structure
    • Reference Sound
    • Reference Arrangement
    • LEVEL 3 - ARRANGEMENT ORGANIZATION
    • Naming, Color & Order
    • Grouping
    • Markers
    • Purpose Specific Structures
    • LEVEL 4 - FIRST DRAFT
    • Deconstructing a Sketch
    • Structure Skeleton
    • Tension Dynamics
    • Filling the Spectrum
    • Objective Musical Appreciation
    • LEVEL 5 - TRANSITIONS
    • Cohesive Progression
    • Energy Management
    • Transitional Accents
    • LEVEL 6 - GAIN STRUCTURE
    • Headroom
    • Loudness
    • Leveling & Panning
    • LEVEL 7 - FX & PROCESSING
    • Sound Design FX
    • Phase, Cancellation and Addition
    • Channel Processing
    • Bus Processing
    • LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION
    • Synth Parameters
    • Levels
    • Filters
    • Panning
    • Progression & Transitions
  • 6
    MIXING & MASTERING
    • LEVEL 1 - BASICS OF MIXING & MASTERING
    • Goals of Mixing
    • Why Mastering
    • Types of Mastering
    • LEVEL 2 - GAIN, SIGNAL CHAIN & REFERENCE MIXES
    • Reference Mixes
    • Analyzers
    • Gain Staging
    • Grouping Channels
    • Inserts & Returns
    • Level Balancing & Panning
    • Mastering Gain Structure
    • LEVEL 3 - FREQUENCY RANGE & EQ
    • Spectral Balance
    • Channel EQ
    • Bus EQ
    • Master Bus EQ
    • LEVEL 4 - DYNAMICS
    • Channel Dynamics
    • Bus Dynamics
    • Master Dynamics
    • LEVEL 5 - REVERB
    • Reverberation
    • Creating Space
    • Common Practices
    • LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING
    • Tape Processing
    • Tube Processing
    • Linear Distortion
    • Multiband Dynamics
    • Inflators & Maximizers
    • Stereo Imaging
    • LEVEL 7 - MASTERING CHAINS
    • Reductive EQ
    • Spectral Balancing
    • De-esser
    • Multiband Dynamics
    • Compression
    • Limiting
    • LEVEL 8 - LOUDNESS
    • Metering
    • Peak vs RMS vs LUFS
    • Exporting

What do I need?

No need to spend thousands of dollars on equipment and software

  • A Mac or PC computer with a web browser and broadband Internet access

  • Any DAW like Ableton, Logic, Protools, SoundBridge, etc.

  • A MIDI controller keyboard and/or padboard (optional)

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