We’ve partnered with Beatport to bring you a brand new producer competition. The lucky winner of the ‘Beats in School’ competition will land a one-year mentorship from top industry organisations, an official release with a label that best fits their sound and hardware mentoring from a list of product leaders including ADAM Audio, Roland, Korg and more. As an official partner, pointblank will be providing the winner with a comprehensive production course to assist in establishing the Beats in School winner within the industry. Learn more about the competition at www.beatport.com/beatsinschool.In this video, pointblank expert instructor John Watson will show you how to make a track in Ableton for the Circus Recordings competition using sounds & loops from Engineering Samples RED sound pack ‘Analog Tech House Vol. 1’. There are two sections to the video, for beginners and intermediates. John introduces Ableton as a DAW, showing you how to browse and import sounds before going into more detail and sharing tips on how to develop your track to make sure it sounds its best. John Watson teaches music production on our online BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree.
If you want to gear up for the competition, learn recording, engineering and mixing techniques as well as dive into DJing and even master the music business, our online BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree and online Diploma Courses cover all this and more. Taken from anywhere in the world they’re some of our most comprehensive programmes. Graduates include Patrick Topping, Jon Rundell and No Artificial Colours so you know you’re in good hands. You can also try a free online sample course here.
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