EastWest Academy 1: The Fundamentals | How To Use Virtual Instruments

Welcome to EastWest Academy, our FREE tutorial series that teaches you how to produce music using our award-winning virtual instruments. In this series, composer Ryan Thomas takes you through every step of the music production process in super granular detail, while addressing many of the questions you've had for us on our YouTube and other social media channels along the way. Topics will include composition theory, theme-writing, orchestration, MIDI programming, workflow tips, and yes, even mixing and mastering.

In the first session, we'll be exploring the fundamentals of working with virtual instruments — specifically, an introduction to reverb, instrument dynamics and expression, and instrument selection and key switching. All the concepts presented in this video will be built on in future installments of the series, so be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell so you don't miss anything!

The best way to get instant access to all of the virtual instruments discussed in this series is with a ComposerCloud+ subscription. Find out more: https://www.soundsonline.com/composer...

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
01:23 Using Reverb
11:05 MIDI Continuous Controllers
23:47 Articulation Mapping
27:00 Outtro

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