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Sound Design 1 | SUMMER '26

Classes meet online, weekly on Tues. @ 7pm CST for 12 weeks, starting July 21, 2026.

Learn to create your own original sounds that match the sounds in your imagination.
FORMAT
ONLINE COURSE
START DATE
TUES 7.21.26
DURATION
12 weeks
2-3 hrs / week
END DATE
Tues 10.6.26
LIVE INSTRUCTION
$499 / MONTH
$150 / MONTH
START TIME
7PM CST
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LEARN SOUND DESIGN 1

WHO NEEDS PRESETS?

In this course, you will learn how the original synthesizer designs are still used today to create basses, leads, sound FX, percussion, and more.

The best way to find your own style is to make your own sounds! Take this course to make it happen.
Start building your own unique sound palette and stop relying on presets:

  • Craft bass, lead, and string sounds using analog modeled synthesis
  • Design metallic percussion, drums, and leads using FM Synthesis
  • Build your own complex. multi-instrument patches using Instrument Racks
  • Start making your own songs out of your own sounds!
SOUND DESIGN 1 - live instruction

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meet your

instructor

JAMES PATRICK

course author & instructor

ames Patrick was one of the first Ableton Certified Trainers in the world, helping pilot the trainer program in 2008, and has since been a leader among Ableton educators. His first 10 years of teaching sound design and audio production were at the Institute of Production and Recording in Minneapolis, before moving onto Dubspot in New York City. Since starting Slam Academy in 2012, he has taken on private clients from around the world that range from beginners to some of the most prolific musicians of our time.