Become an EDM Producer

An EDM music producer understands the need to stay current with the latest musical trends, software, sounds, production techniques, and business fundamentals. This path will help you build a strong foundation in the latest EDM production techniques.

Master foundational audio concepts.

Learn time tested recording and mixing techniques.

Discover the roles and responsibilities of a music producer.

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Audio and Music Production Careers: First Steps with Garrick Chow

Learn about the jobs, equipment, DAWs, and training you need to get started down an audio learning path.

25m 10s • COURSE

The Business of Songwriting: First Steps with Garrick Chow

Get started in the business of songwriting. Learn about all of the major organizations, rights, and procedures that songwriters have to deal with in the music business.

1h 20m • COURSE

Ableton Live 9 Essential Training with Rick Schmunk

Create music in real time, on stage, or while producing in the studio, with Ableton Live.

9h 4m • COURSE

Learning Songwriting: Ableton Live with Yeuda Ben-Atar

Learn how to capture your musical ideas quickly and turn them into great songs with Ableton Live.

1h 9m • COURSE

Ableton Live 9: Programming Beats with Yeuda Ben-Atar

Learn how to make beats for house, dubstep, drum and bass, juke, trap, and hip-hop tracks, with Ableton Live.

2h 27m • COURSE

Learning Maschine 2 with JK Swopes

JK "saintjoe" Swopes—educator behind MaschineTutorials.com—shows how to get started creating your own beats, hooks, and harmonies with Maschine.

2h 20m • COURSE

MASCHINE: Beat Making with JK Swopes

Producer JK Swopes demonstrates how to create beats using MASCHINE's built-in sounds, expansions, and samples.

1h 33m • COURSE

Learning Synth Programming with Scott Hirsch

Learn how synthesis actually works, how to sculpt sound with filters and envelopes, and how to craft your own synth patches, including leads, pads, drums, and bass.

1h 32m • COURSE

Learning Synth Programming: Beyond the Basics with Scott Hirsch

Move beyond the basics of synth programming, and learn techniques for creating big moving basslines, evocative percussion patterns, and rich synth pads.

1h 54m • COURSE

MASSIVE: Digital Synthesis with Evan Sutton

Learn how to create out of this world sounds with MASSIVE, using its flexible and powerful filters and routing, audio processing, and modulation features.

3h 35m • COURSE

EDM Production Techniques: Drums with J. Scott Giaquinta

Learn how to create super-pro drum sounds for electronic dance music (EDM) productions.

1h 47m • COURSE

EDM Production Techniques: Basslines with J. Scott Giaquinta

Learn how to create super-pro basslines for your electronic dance music (EDM) tracks.

1h 52m • COURSE

EDM Production Techniques: Extreme Sound Mangling with J. Scott Giaquinta

Make electronic dance music that stands out from the rest, with these extreme sound-mangling techniques. Learn how to use vocoders, flangers, distortion, and more, to create a unique sound.

3h 14m • COURSE

Mixing an EDM Track with Dave Darlington

Learn how to mix a solid EDM track from raw material with Dave Darlington's Grammy-winning techniques.

1h 36m • COURSE

Advanced EDM Mixing with Colin Fisher

Learn advanced mixing techniques specifically suited to the EDM environment, to make your tracks sound fat, wide, and full.

1h 49m • COURSE

A Prolific Music Producer's Workflow for Finishing Tracks with Evan Sutton

Discover how to turn song ideas and rough recordings into complete, polished tracks, with music producer Evan Sutton's patented music production workflow.

3h 3m • COURSE

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Become an EDM Producer

Audio and Music Production Careers: First Steps with Garrick Chow

The Business of Songwriting: First Steps with Garrick Chow

Ableton Live 9 Essential Training with Rick Schmunk

Learning Songwriting: Ableton Live with Yeuda Ben-Atar

Ableton Live 9: Programming Beats with Yeuda Ben-Atar

Learning Maschine 2 with JK Swopes

MASCHINE: Beat Making with JK Swopes

Learning Synth Programming with Scott Hirsch

Learning Synth Programming: Beyond the Basics with Scott Hirsch

MASSIVE: Digital Synthesis with Evan Sutton

EDM Production Techniques: Drums with J. Scott Giaquinta

EDM Production Techniques: Basslines with J. Scott Giaquinta

EDM Production Techniques: Extreme Sound Mangling with J. Scott Giaquinta

Mixing an EDM Track with Dave Darlington

Advanced EDM Mixing with Colin Fisher

A Prolific Music Producer's Workflow for Finishing Tracks with Evan Sutton

You'll learn EDM production with these experts.

Garrick Chow

Rick Schmunk

Yeuda Ben-Atar

JK Swopes

Scott Hirsch

Evan Sutton

J. Scott Giaquinta

Dave Darlington

Colin Fisher