Beginner Foundation 4 hours 220 XP on completion

Studio Orientation

Everything on the screen, and what it actually does.

The ground floor. By the end you can open the Studio, build an eight-bar idea and export it, without guessing what any button does.

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Apprentice

1. Before you press record

5 lessons

Accounts, files and the vocabulary you need.

○ What a DAW is and what it is not Reading 8 min ○ Your account, your library, your files Reading 7 min ○ The language: track, clip, region, bus, bounce Reading 10 min ○ Projects, revisions and forks Reading 9 min ○ Orientation check Quiz 5 min

2. The Studio window

7 lessons

A guided tour of every panel.

○ Transport, timeline and the playhead Reading 8 min ○ The track list and the arrangement area Reading 10 min ○ The mixer strip: fader, pan, mute, solo Reading 10 min ○ The browser: instruments, loops, samples Reading 8 min ○ Zoom, snap, grid and the ruler Reading 8 min ○ Keyboard shortcuts that pay for themselves Reading 9 min ○ Build an empty session Studio 15 min

3. First sound to first export

6 lessons

A complete, tiny, finished thing.

○ Dropping your first loop Reading 7 min ○ Trimming, moving, duplicating Reading 8 min ○ Bars, beats and eight-bar thinking Reading 9 min ○ Build an eight-bar loop Studio 20 min ○ Exporting and sharing Reading 6 min ○ Orientation final Quiz 8 min

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