Record Musical Instruments

Turn your creative ideas into finished songs! In this learning path, explore the fundamentals of audio recording and learn how to turn great instrumental performances into finished songs with lessons from our world-class instructors.

• Discover the basics of audio recording and mixing.
• Learn the fundamentals of professional audio recording hardware and equipment.
• Explore tips, tricks, and techniques for recording musical instruments.

• Course 1: Audio Recording Techniques
• Discover the industry secrets to recording crisp, rich vocals and instrument tracks. Learn techniques for miking, tracking in-studio, and working in any recording space or genre.
• Course 2: Fundamentals of Pro Audio Equipment
• Explore the inner workings of some of the most influential pieces of pro audio equipment. Learn about different kinds of microphones, preamps, compressors, equalizers, and more.
• Course 3: Advanced Drum Recording Session with Josh Freese
• Watch the pros at work in a real drum recording session at a top LA studio, EastWest. GRAMMY-winning engineer Ryan Hewitt records with A-list drummer Josh Freese.
• Course 4: Sylvia Massy: Unconventional Recording
• Join a master recording engineer as she shares the secrets of some of her most infamous recording experiments, from piano demolitions to potato filters, and her new favorite tools.