FSU APC FREE SOFTWARE & SOUNDS/STUDENT DISCOUNTS/TUTORIAL MASTER LIST TUTORIALS AND THINGS FOR LEARNIN’S MICHAEL WHITE’S FUNDAMENTALS OF MIXING [BEGINNER – ADVANCED] WHAT’S ALL THIS ‘BOUT, THEN? Michael White’s Fundamentals of Mixing is a 62 part, almost 32-hour YouTube course on every part of mixing and mastering. The dude’s a professional mixer with 30 years of experience working with big names like Whitney Houston and 3 Doors Down (among others) and it shows. This is BY FAR the best tutorial series for mixing/mastering on YouTube. It covers everything from how to place your monitors to compression to re-amping guitars to panning to multitrack tape saturation. Primarily, he focuses on the practical application of effects and certain techniques and less on the technical aspects or the “what’s this knob do” part of mixing. Everything he discusses is applicable to every genre and DAW. Besides the Fundamentals of Mixing course, I’ve grabbed a few supplementary videos from his tips videos and linked them right below. If you’re wanting something specific that’s not listed here, I’d look through his channel (especially the 133 video tips playlist). You might find what you’re looking for. You can also watch his series on his website, which has a couple of bonus videos at the end of the series focused on mastering (it requires registration but is free). OTHER RECOMMENDED VIDEOS TO WATCH FROM HIS CHANNEL: Prioritizing Levels in a Mix – Around the Levels and Panning section (Lesson 15). Creating Dynamic Contrast in a Mix – Around the Filters and Subtractive EQ section (Lesson 16). Getting the Feel for Compression – Around the Functional Compression section (Lesson 17) Creating Grove with Compression – Around the Functional Compression section (Lesson 17). Creating Depth with Early Reflections – Around the Spatial Processing section (Lesson 20). Choosing a Reverb – Around the Reverb/Effects section (Lesson 24). MICHAEL WHITE’S FUNDAMENTALS OF RECORDING [BEGINNER-ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Like his Fundamentals of Mixing course, this video course goes over the Fundamentals of Recording. It’s a 45-part series (or 9-part depending on how you look at it) that explains the basic of recording audio, with some brief covering of mixing and mastering. The final, 10th lesson is not free but doesn’t appear to be essential. At the moment, it appears to only be on his website. It requires registration, but it’s totally free. CAMBRIDGE MUSICAL TECHNOLOGY’S PRACTICE MIXES [RESOURCE] WHAT THE WHAT? Cambridge Musical Technology has a huge resource of song stems available if you want to practice your mixing skills. They’re all totally free and cover genres ranging from Country to Dubstep to Metal to 70s Rock to Classical. Highly recommend this site as you can preview the songs before you download them, and these are actual songs made by actual bands and not some dude in a basement. I will clarify that you cannot use these stems for commercial purposes, so they’re just a resource for practice and education. NEW YORK SCHOOL OF SYNTHESIS – INTRO TO SYNTHESIS [BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? The New York School of Synthesis’s Intro to Synthesis is a three-part series covering the basics of synthesis. Very professionally produced and an amazing resource. It was made in the 80s, which is obviously at literally every second of the series. Still, it’s one of the best resources out there for learning to make synths. Also, an amazing source for memes. If you can afford it though, I’d recommend using Syntorial for learning synthesis instead (more info in the Student Discounts section). SOUND ON SOUND MAGAZINE’S SYNTH SECRETS [BEGINNER-ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Synth Secrets is a 63-part article series on synthesis by the famous Sound on Sound Magazine, and the Synth Secrets series is also equally renowned. It covers literally every possible thing you could want to know about synthesis, but it does get a bit technical and dry at times imo. Still, an amazing series. If you can afford it though, I’d recommend using Syntorial for learning synthesis instead (more info in the Student Discounts section). MUSIC TECH HELP GUY’S LOGIC PRO X TUTORIAL SERIES [BEGINNER-ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Music Tech Help Guy’s Logic Tutorial series is a massive, 132-part tutorial series on using Logic Pro X from the beginning to the more advanced stuff. It is BY FAR the most recommended Logic tutorial series out there and is universally agreed to be the best tutorial for learning Logic Pro X. It was hard finding any other options for Logic tutorials because everyone kept recommending this one. Also, he has tutorials for Ableton and Pro Tools too. Neat. ABLETON LIVE 9 ESSENTIAL TRAINING ON LYNDA [BEGINNER] WHAT IS IT? Rich Schmuck’s (yes, that’s his actual name) Ableton Live 9 Essential Training is an almost 10-hour long tutorial series on the fundamentals of using Ableton Live 9. You don’t need to register for a trial or anything to access it, as FSU students get free access to Lynda.com. More info here. SADOSWICK’S ABLETON LIVE ULTIMATE COURSE [BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? Sadoswick’s Ableton Live Ultimate Course is a 49-part video series on YouTube about using Ableton Live. One of the most frequently recommended YouTube tutorials for Ableton Live. He also has other tutorials available on his channel. MR. BILL’S ABLETON TUTORIALS [INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Mr. Bill’s Ableton Tutorials is a more advanced set of tutorials for Ableton Live, and another one that’s frequently recommended. My main problem with his tutorials though is that he always sounds like he’s bored. ABLETON’S OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL [BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? Ableton also has an official YouTube channel, with lots of tutorials covering how to use Ableton Live and the Ableton Push. Obviously a recommend. IMAGE-LINE’S OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL [BEGINNER-ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Image-Line, the company that makes FL Studio, has an official YouTube channel where they post videos explaining how to use the different VSTs that come with FL and the basics of how to use the program. It’s a good one-stop shop for learning to use FL and their tutorials blow most of the others out of the water. Highly recommend, especially for the more intermediate stuff. IN THE MIX’S FL STUDIO 20 TUTORIAL COURSE [BEGINNER] WHAT IS IT? In the Mix’s FL Studio 20 Tutorial Course is a free YouTube video series covering the absolute basics of how to use FL Studio. I recommend watching it on 1.25 speed because he talks at an ASMR pace. SEAMLESSR’S FL STUDIO BEGINNER TUTORIALS [BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? If In the Mix’s series isn’t your cup of tea, you can always check out SeamlessR’s 12 part series on FL Studio 12. Alongside In the Mix, he’s one of the most frequently mentioned names for FL Studio tutorials. You can also check out his buckets of FL Studio tutorials for almost every possible subject. 12TONE’S BUILDING BLOCKS SERIES [BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? 12 Tone’s Building Blocks series is a 15 part, almost hour long YouTube tutorial course on basic music theory. It teaches you the gist of writing basic chord progressions in any key, changing keys without it sounding like crap, and using chords from outside of the key in a progression. He talks super fast, but it’s still a great and concise way to learn the basic theory. MUSICTHEORY.NET [BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? MusicTheory.net is a website that provides you with a free simplified crash course in basic music theory. It has lessons and exercises to refine your basic music skills. Learn to read sheet music, write better chord progressions faster, how to use meters, etc. It simplifies things a bit, so I recommend using it with something else too. MUSIC THEORY VIDEOS [BEGINNER – INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? Music Theory Videos is a website that has tonnes of videos explaining the basics of music theory, including how to read music. A good companion piece to other tutorials. TCHAIKOVSKY’S TREATISE ON HARMONY [BEGINNER – INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? The Treatise on Harmony is a book written by the classical composer and former teacher at the Moscow Conservatory Pyotr Tchaikovsky (yes, that Tchaikovsky). It has a strict focus on harmony but is a really good book and comes from someone who is proven to know what they are talking about. Only available in English on this site, but there are German and Russian editions floating around somewhere. MUSIC THEORY FOR MUSICIANS AND NORMAL PEOPLE [BEGINNER – INTERMEDIATE] WHAT IS IT? Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People is a website that has a bunch of infographics in pdf form giving the gist of certain music theory topics. It’s best used as a quick reference, since none of the infographics go into much detail. MUSIC FOR EAR TRAINING [BEGINNER – ADVANCED] WHAT IS IT? Music for Ear Training is a free downloadable software that teaches you to identify and write down melodies, rhythms and chords after hearing them. The software is free, but the companion books are not. Still, you don’t necessarily need those books and if you have manuscript paper (available for very cheap off Amazon) and a pencil you can go through these no problem. Being able to read music is a prerequisite for using this. Highly recommend, as this is what was used in my music school’s Aural Theory classes.