Recreating ‘Don’t You Want Me’
This is a fantastically detailed demo of how ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by the Human League was created using the same gear…
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Vox Earworm – Gated Reverb
This is a fantastic overview of the sound of gated reverb and how it works, featuring some big names in music production!
EXAM QUESTIONS
Practice your exam skills
‘Hey Now’ – London Grammar (Q6/9MT003)
London Grammar – Hey Now (2014) This song uses a variety of different delay and reverb effects to create ambience. Evaluate: (20) Talking points: The interesting uses of delay on the guitars and drums in the introduction – can you give some parameter settings e.g. delay time / feedback / panning / filtering? Be specific…
‘On The Beach’ (Q5/9MT003)
Chris Rea: On The Beach (1985) and York: On The Beach (1997) Evaluate the production techniques used in each version of the song. Your response may consider the following production aspects: (15)
‘Pump It Up’ (Q5/9MT003)
Elvis Costello: Pump It Up (1978) and Rogue Traders: Voodoo Child (2005) Compare the production techniques used in each version of the song. Your response may consider the following production aspects: (15)
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Most recent courses for components 3 and 4
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11 EQ and filtering
In this course you will find out what we use EQ and filtering for along with the different types of EQ processors and the parameters you can expect to see. You will also learn about specific filter types and the wider impact of EQ and filtering from corrective processes in early recording to much more…
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10 Dynamics processing
In this course you will find out more about how compressors, limiters, noise gates and expanders control the dynamic range of music. You will find out about the impact of loudness on music and how dynamics processing has shaped music in recent years.
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09 Sampling
This course will give you a grounding in sampling, finding out the terminology associated with sampling audio and finding out more about how samples can be manipulated in the context of a song. It will also consider the impact of sampling and how the industry has been transformed by the use of samplers and sampler…
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08 Synthesisers
In this course you will discover how synthesisers work; the different modules that create and modify the sound and how control signals can be used to maintain interest. You will consider the different types of synthesiser, other instruments that work in a similar way to synthesisers and the wider impact of synthesisers on music production.