01 INTRODUCTION
02 THE DEADMAU5 PROCESS: THEORY
▶ Find a Way to Stop Thinking
▶ You Don't Have to Feel It to Write It
▶ Experimentation not Inspiration
▶ Building Your Mister Potato Head Bin
▶ 23 Seconds is a Track
▶ Every Producer Copies, Good Producers Copy in New Ways
▶ You Don't Have to be a Team Player
▶ Doubts and Mistakes Make you Better
▶ Nothing's Ever Really Done
03 THE DEADMAU5 PROCESS: PRACTICE ▶ Starting A Track From Scratch 04 BUILDING YOUR HOME STUDIO ▶ Everything Ends Up Digital ▶ Your Computer Setup ▶ DAWS ▶ Hardware Can Come Later ▶ No Headphones ▶ Studio Monitors ▶ It's About Your Ideas Not Your Gear 05 DEVELOPING MELODIC STRUCTURES ▶ Resolving ▶ Writing a Melody ▶ Drone Notes ▶ Don't Be Obvious 06 TURNING MELODIES INTO ARRANGEMENTS ▶ Bass Lines ▶ Lead Lines ▶ Case Study: Cat Thruster 07 INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHESIZED SOUNDS ▶ We're Here to Create Sounds No One's Ever Heard ▶ Synth Basics: Waveforms and Filters ▶ Using Envelops and LFOs to Modulate Sound 08 EXPERIMENTING WITH MODULAR SYNTHS ▶ Cross Modulating Simple Waves ▶ Using Envelopes To Automate ▶ Adding Effects ▶ Playing Sequenced Notes ▶ Putting Mod Synths in Your Tracks ▶ Start Experimenting 09 DIGITAL VS. ANALOG SYNTHS ▶ Hearing the Digital Analog Difference ▶ Digital vs. Analog Cross Modulation ▶ Synths in Snowcone 10 SHAPING SOUNDS WITH EFFECTS AND PROCESSING ▶ Think Outside the Preset Box ▶ Use Effects to Create Original Sounds ▶ The Secret to Fat Bass ▶ Reverbs ▶ Adding Spaces and Depth ▶ Processing Shit Into Gold 11 BEATS: PART 1 ▶ Dance Beats Should Be for Everybody ▶ There's No Such Thing as a Bad Drum Sample ▶ Building Your Kick Sound ▶ Watch Out for Phase Cancellation ▶ Balancing Drums and Melody 12 BEATS: PART 2 ▶ The Secret to Snare Sounds ▶ Making Your Drums Breathe ▶ Case Study: Snowcone Drums 13 STRUCTURING SONGS ▶ Copy, Copy, Add and Subtract ▶ Find the Right Track Length ▶ Think Ahead to Your Live Set ▶ There's More to Music Than Big Drops 14 REMIXES ▶ Don't Remix, Rework ▶ Choosing Remix Material ▶ What Starts as a Remix...Can End as Your Own Track ▶ Guide to Remixing deadmau5 ▶ Starting Your Own deadmau5 Remix 15 MIXING ▶ Tracks and Groups ▶ Earballing ▶ EQing for Clarity ▶ Getting Your Leads to Sit in the Track ▶ Shaping Your Bass ▶ LFO Tool vs. Compression ▶ Mixing in Home Studio 16 MASTERING ▶ Mastering Yourself ▶ Mastering Basics ▶ Limiting ▶ No Magic Master Chain ▶ Loudness vs. Perceived Loudness ▶ Getting Feedback on Your Mix 17 MASTERING CASE STUDY: SNOWCONE ▶ Comparing Different Master Chains ▶ Parametric EQing ▶ Keep an Eye on Signal Path 18 STARTIG YOUR PRODUCING CAREER ▶ Labels are Looking for the Total Package ▶ The Truth About Getting Signed ▶ Invest in Yourself ▶ Making Music Your Full Time Job ▶ Define Your Brand ▶ The Secret to Selling Yourself: Don't 19 UNDERSTANDING THE MUSIC BUSINESS ▶ Learn the System and Make It Work For You ▶ The Problems With Major Labels ▶ Building Your Team ▶ The Online Marketplace ▶ An Approach to Making Albums ▶ Don't Stress Over Titles 20 ON STAGE: THE MUSIC ▶ Programming Shows ▶ Playing the DAW ▶ Crafting Your Set List ▶ Openings and Endings Matter Most 21 ON STAGE: THE TECHNICAL SIDE ▶ A Show, B Show ▶ Rehearse Every Aspect of Your Show ▶ What's in the Cube ▶ Learn Your Systems ▶ Keeping Your Equipment Running ▶ Keep it Cool 22 ON STAGE: THE SHOW ▶ Forget the Crowd ▶ Don't Be Like a Saw Movie ▶ Putting on a Show ▶ Another Day at the Office ▶ Feeling Comfortabe on Stage 23 CLOSING
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