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 free!

  • 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)

  • Go at your own pace

  • Easy to follow examples

  • No previous experience required

  • Subtitles in English and Spanish

What will I learn?

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    1. Welcome to Music Production 101!

    2. LEVEL 1 - AUDIO & ACOUSTICS

    3. Analog & Digital Audio

    4. Acoustics

    5. LEVEL 2 - HARDWARE SETUP

    6. Soundcards

    7. Monitors & Headphones

    8. MIDI Controllers

    9. LEVEL 3 - SOFTWARE SETUP

    10. PC Optimization

    11. DAW Settings

    12. Plugins

    13. Libraries & Saving

    14. LEVEL 4 - SEQUENCER

    15. Transport Bar

    16. Timeline

    17. Tracks

    18. Clips

    19. Recording

    20. Bouncing & Freezing

    21. LEVEL 5 - MIXER

    22. Tracks

    23. I/O Routing

    24. Gain

    25. Panning

    26. LEVEL 6 - MIDI INSTRUMENTS

    27. MIDI

    28. Samplers

    29. Drum Machines

    30. Synthesizers

    31. LEVEL 7 - AUTOMATION

    32. Drawing Automation

    33. Recording Automation

    34. Automating Parameters

    35. LEVEL 8 - SAVING & EXPORTING

    36. Saving Sessions

    37. Saving Tracks, Racks & MIDI

    38. Audio Exporting

    1. LEVEL 1 - WAVEFORMS

    2. Amplitude, Frequency and Phase

    3. Wave Shapes

    4. Complex Wave Shapes

    5. Spectral Response

    6. LEVEL 2 - SAMPLED INSTRUMENTS

    7. Samplers

    8. Using Sampled Instruments

    9. Creating Sampled Instruments

    10. Practical Example

    11. LEVEL 3 - SYNTHESIZERS

    12. Intro to Synthesizers

    13. Oscillators

    14. Types of Synthesis

    15. Complex Synthesizers

    16. Practical Example

    17. LEVEL 4 - FILTERS

    18. Filtering Sound

    19. Routing

    20. Practical Example

    21. LEVEL 5 - MODULATION

    22. Modulators

    23. Envelopes

    24. LFOs

    25. What to modulate

    26. Practical Example

    27. LEVEL 6 - MIDI ARTICULATIONS

    28. Velocity

    29. Mod Wheel

    30. Pitch Wheel

    31. Practical Example

    32. LEVEL 7 - INSERT FX

    33. Basic FX

    34. Signal Flow

    35. FX for Synthesis

    36. Practical Example

    37. LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION

    38. MIDI Mapping

    39. Automation Lanes

    40. Recording Automation

    41. Drawing Automation

    42. Practical Example

    1. LEVEL 1 - TYPES OF PROCESSING

    2. Equalizers

    3. Dynamic

    4. Time Delay

    5. Special

    6. LEVEL 2 - EQ

    7. Spectral Response

    8. Filter Types

    9. Filter Parameters

    10. Practical Example

    11. LEVEL 3 - DYNAMIC PROCESSING

    12. Compressor

    13. Limiter

    14. Noise Gate

    15. Practical Example

    16. LEVEL 4 - REVERB

    17. Reverberation

    18. Types of Reverbs

    19. Practical Example

    20. LEVEL 5 - DELAY

    21. Delay Basics

    22. Delay Types

    23. Chorus, Flanger & Phaser

    24. Practical Example

    25. LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING

    26. Distortion

    27. Vocoder

    28. Auto-Tune

    29. Analog Gear Emulators

    30. Dynamic EQ

    31. Multiband Dynamics

    32. Practical Example

    33. LEVEL 7 - STEREO FIELD

    34. Stereo Principles & Metering

    35. L/R Time & Pitch Offsets

    36. Mid-Side Processing

    37. Practical Example

    38. LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION & SIDECHAINING

    39. Sidechaining

    40. Automation

    41. Practical Example

    1. LEVEL 1 - MUSIC FOUNDATIONS

    2. Pitch

    3. Scale

    4. Time

    5. Harmony

    6. LEVEL 2 - RHYTHM & BEATS

    7. Time Structure

    8. Samples & Synths

    9. Drum Machines

    10. Step Sequencers

    11. Your First Beat

    12. LEVEL 3 - BASS

    13. Programming a Bassline

    14. Bass Sound Selection

    15. Kick & Bass

    16. LEVEL 4 - HARMONY & MELODY

    17. Harmony

    18. Melody

    19. LEVEL 5 - FIRST LOOP

    20. Drums

    21. Leads

    22. Pads

    23. Bass

    24. Accents

    25. LEVEL 6 - BUILDING UP

    26. Melody Variations

    27. Complementary Sounds

    28. Sound Cohesion

    29. Enriching Sound

    30. LEVEL 7 - GAIN STRUCTURE

    31. Headroom

    32. Loudness

    33. Leveling & Panning

    34. LEVEL 8 - FX & PROCESSING

    35. FX for Sound Design

    36. Reductive EQ

    37. Additive EQ

    38. Saturation

    39. Compression

    40. Depth

    41. Stereo Imaging

    1. LEVEL 1 - SONG STRUCTURE

    2. Intro

    3. Verse

    4. Chorus

    5. Bridge

    6. Outro

    7. LEVEL 2 - REFERENCE TRACKS

    8. Reference Structure

    9. Reference Sound

    10. Reference Arrangement

    11. LEVEL 3 - ARRANGEMENT ORGANIZATION

    12. Naming, Color & Order

    13. Grouping

    14. Markers

    15. Purpose Specific Structures

    16. LEVEL 4 - FIRST DRAFT

    17. Deconstructing a Sketch

    18. Structure Skeleton

    19. Tension Dynamics

    20. Filling the Spectrum

    21. Objective Musical Appreciation

    22. LEVEL 5 - TRANSITIONS

    23. Cohesive Progression

    24. Energy Management

    25. Transitional Accents

    26. LEVEL 6 - GAIN STRUCTURE

    27. Headroom

    28. Loudness

    29. Leveling & Panning

    30. LEVEL 7 - FX & PROCESSING

    31. Sound Design FX

    32. Phase, Cancellation and Addition

    33. Channel Processing

    34. Bus Processing

    35. LEVEL 8 - AUTOMATION

    36. Synth Parameters

    37. Levels

    38. Filters

    39. Panning

    40. Progression & Transitions

    1. LEVEL 1 - BASICS OF MIXING & MASTERING

    2. Goals of Mixing

    3. Why Mastering

    4. Types of Mastering

    5. LEVEL 2 - GAIN, SIGNAL CHAIN & REFERENCE MIXES

    6. Reference Mixes

    7. Analyzers

    8. Gain Staging

    9. Grouping Channels

    10. Inserts & Returns

    11. Level Balancing & Panning

    12. Mastering Gain Structure

    13. LEVEL 3 - FREQUENCY RANGE & EQ

    14. Spectral Balance

    15. Channel EQ

    16. Bus EQ

    17. Master Bus EQ

    18. LEVEL 4 - DYNAMICS

    19. Channel Dynamics

    20. Bus Dynamics

    21. Master Dynamics

    22. LEVEL 5 - REVERB

    23. Reverberation

    24. Creating Space

    25. Common Practices

    26. LEVEL 6 - SPECIAL PROCESSING

    27. Tape Machine Emulation

    28. Tube Emulation

    29. Harmonic Distortion

    30. Multiband Dynamics

    31. Clippers (Inflators & Maximizers)

    32. Stereo Imaging

    33. LEVEL 7 - MASTERING CHAINS

    34. Reductive EQ

    35. Spectral Balancing

    36. De-esser

    37. Multiband Dynamics

    38. Compression

    39. Limiting

    40. LEVEL 8 - LOUDNESS

    41. Metering

    42. Peak vs RMS vs LUFS

    43. Exporting

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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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