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Advanced workshop · Music studio
Music production and sound-design lessons
Advanced music production and sound-design lessons in Caledon using professional DAW software, MIDI controllers, studio monitors and production tools.
✓90-, 180- and 500-minute options✓Professional studio workflow✓Flexible split-session packages
Who it is for
A purposeful place to explore and grow.
Advanced users who are already familiar with DAWs, hardware pads, MIDI keyboards or synthesizers and want more detailed, guided production practice.
What you can explore
Program details
Activities and projects are shaped around participant interests, current availability and the selected session format.
Controllers and performance
Work with the Akai Professional MKII board, MPK Mini, Yamaha MX49 synthesizer and pad-based performance techniques.
Sound design and arrangement
Develop sounds, beats and musical ideas using a large library of plugins and software tools, then shape them into complete arrangements.
Mixing, space and mastering
Practice critical listening, level balance, effects, stereo space, synchronization and preparation of a polished final mix.
Specialty introduction | 90 minutes
Introduction to Music Production
Beat Builders
Beat Builders introduces the core layers of a digital track in a welcoming, hands-on session. Using a prepared digital audio workstation, participants identify drum sounds, build a four-beat rhythm, add one musical layer and arrange a participant-created eight-bar track. This is recreational music education, not therapy or clinical assessment.
Highlighted learning objectives
- Recognize the kick, snare or clap, hi-hat and a melodic or musical layer.
- Copy and create a basic four-beat rhythm using body percussion, a pad or controller, or a visual beat grid.
- Use introductory DAW controls to play, stop, place, mute, undo and save sounds.
- Arrange an eight-bar track with a beginning, fuller section, break or change, and ending.
- Describe one creative decision and one safe-listening practice.
Experience arc
- Listen and identify kick, snare, hi-hat and musical layers.
- Echo and invent a four-beat rhythm with a preferred input method.
- Build a loop, add a musical layer and arrange an eight-bar track.
- Balance levels, save privately and share a short section only by choice.
Learning outcomes you may observe
- Identify one or more sound layers in a track.
- Create or reproduce a four-beat rhythm.
- Demonstrate a clear arrangement change within an eight-bar track.
- Name the Start Quiet rule, show a safe volume choice and explain one creative decision.
Four-week pathway
- Rhythm & groove
- Musical layers
- Arrangement & optional recording
- Mixing & private showcase
Safe participation: Start quiet, provide participant-controlled breaks, secure equipment, use generic project codes and obtain consent before recording or sharing names, faces, voices or work.
Pricing and planning
Choose the right next step.
Package time may be divided into multiple sessions for flexibility. Scheduling is confirmed at registration.
90 minutes
180 minutes
500 minutes · may be divided into multiple sessions
Important: Beginner exposure to creative audio is available through Programs 1 and 3 as an exploratory experience. This advanced program is the in-depth pathway for participants with prior DAW or music-hardware familiarity.
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Registration is open. Classes start November 1, 2026.
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