SOS Sound Design Online Course

Led by award-winning sound designer Davide Carbone and SOS tutor Tristan Malloch, this sound design course will help you gain invaluable insights into the professional sound design process. Whether you’re looking to enhance your sound design skills, create your own sounds or break into the sound design industry, this course gives you the practical knowledge to achieve your goals.

This course includes step by step instructional videos, all new creative summaries by Davide Carbone, sound design tips and multiple choice assessments and exercises to help you implement your learning.

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Course Overview

Based on the acclaimed Sound Design course taught for over a decade at Melbourne’s School of Synthesis, this online program covers everything from crafting unique sounds using analog and digital synths to mastering the art of sound manipulation with samplers and audio software. Explore key modules on synthesis, sampling, audio manipulation, and real-world sound design techniques that have shaped industry professionals.

Course Level

The course is suitable for beginners in general, and also to producers comfortable with basic synthesis and sound design methods. The concepts covered in this course applies to all digital and analog synths, samplers, DAWs and audio software.

Course modules and features

• Basic / Subtractive Synthesis: Oscillators & Filters
• Advanced Synthesis: Modulation and Synthesis Types
• Sampling & Audio Manipulation to Create Unique SFX
• Sound Design Application & Creation in the Real World

SOS Sound Design Course Online – Course Introduction
An introduction to the course and content by Davide Carbone

Module 1 – Subtractive Synthesis: Oscillators and Filters
In this module we cover a detailed introduction to the fundamental concepts of subtractive synthesis such as shaping sounds using oscillators and filters.

Module 2 – Advanced Synthesis: Modulation and Synthesis Types
This module explores more advanced synthesis concepts including modulation, modular synthesisers, and more advanced forms of synthesis including Wavetable and FM.

Module 3 – Sampling & Audio Manipulation
This module looks at various sound design concepts using sampling, where samples or audio recordings are used as the audio source in order to create unique sound design.

Module 4 – Sound Design in the Real World
Module 4 looks at creative sound design applications in the ‘real world’ such as how to create SFX for film, music production and video games using various tools and platforms.

Course objectives

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Make your own sounds on any synth
• Create unique sound design using samplers and FX
• Manipulate audio using advanced sampler techniques
• Create sound design for film, tv and video games
• Understand the various applications of sound design across the music industry

$29 US – 40% OFF (RRP $49 US)

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FAQ

How does this course differ from the in-class experience at the School of Synthesis in Melbourne?
While the online course is built on the foundation of the in-class program we’ve run successfully for years, there are key differences. The in-class course spans 18 hours and offers a dynamic, interactive learning experience. It adapts in real-time to student needs, allowing for personalized instruction and flexibility in content delivery. With small class sizes, students benefit from live demonstrations, use of the computers, synths and equipment, tailored guidance, and real-time feedback, which are not as fluid in the structured, static format of the online course.