Creating Sounds for Electronic Music

Sound design as a group project

This project-centered course is about making your own sounds rather than browsing presets. Learners design patches with a software synthesizer, and the class pools its results into a shared database that everyone can draw on in their compositions.

What you will do

1. Design sounds on a software synth, using FXpansion Strobe 2 as the instrument
2. Contribute patches to the common library
3. Use the sounds you have built in your own compositions

Who it suits

Aspiring producers, composers and hobbyists who want to build synth skills and confidence with software instruments. The course is pitched at intermediate level, so it expects some prior musical experience.