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Soundtrack Kitchen

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Get the most out of your orchestral sounds. The fact is that the best orchestral production doesn’t start with great sounds. Great sounds won’t help poor programming. We are here to teach you the skills you need to make your brass sections splat, your percussion thunder, and your strings produce goosebumps.

Key Topics

Articulation
Arrangement
Sections
Mixing Considerations
Analysis

What Students Say

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I took the “FX, Synthesis, and Mix Primer” class, and it was amazing! This class covers all types of effects, such as EQ, reverb, delay, compression, tremolos, phasers, etc. Not only does the class teach what the effects are and how to use

—Eric

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I’ve been a student at Nathan’s audio engineering school - Beat Kitchen, for seven months, and the experience has been invaluable. Coming back to music after years focused on family and business, I wanted a learning environment that was

—Lotus

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Shared a lot of great information about the fundamentals of music. It was very helpful to understand the basics from different perspectives and how they can be applied.

—Matthew

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Just finished a Workshop about music theory with Nathan, and all I can say is he really opened my eyes and mind about it and makes me want to know more. I will definitely be looking into some of the classes to further my education in this

—Mercedes

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Phenomenal work, a joy to collaborate with

—Rafael

Course Level: Kitchens

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Recent Resident Gyms
- OFFICE HOURS: we talked about sound treatment and snares
- OFFICE HOURS: We chatted about creating songs with objects and just chatted
- OFFICE HOURS: Music Industry- balancing different workflows, and income sources. How AI is impacting film music. Music platforms and streaming vs artist direct to fan and creating community.
- OFFICE HOURS: Discussed an element in Alee's song, some ideas for follow up, and ways to experiment over the break.
- OFFICE HOURS: David's new song Listening/Critiquing The importance of following your gut The points of diminishing returns
- OFFICE HOURS: We briefly talked about patch bays, and touring strategies for regional tour of PCNW.
- OFFICE HOURS: Vocal tuning with Melodyne and Autotune. Covering basics and using a verse of her song for the example. Showing a few of the basic pitch functions and comparing the vocal in context of the music with Melodyne, Autotune and no vocal tuning.
- OFFICE HOURS: We covered ways to approach using reference tracks for our productions. sometimes reference tracks are for guidance on overall vibe, and sometimes they're for more granular production areas. But we talked about how to navigate that within the context of our own creativity.
- OFFICE HOURS: we had a mostly quiet working session together - Alee worked on her chords for a new song, and we caught up a tiny bit.
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Upcoming Resident Events
- Office Hours: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Jan. 04: 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Jan. 04: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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