Music Production in Your Bedroom
Arrangement, sound selection and finishing tracks in an untreated room
Created by Clara Benedetti
What you will learn
- Turn a loop into an arrangement with tension and release
- Choose sounds that sit together instead of fighting
- Programme drums and bass that groove
- Record vocals and instruments in an untreated room
- Use reference tracks to check your decisions
- Actually finish things
Course content
12 sections · 112 lectures · 16h total length
- What this course covers, and what it does notPreview03:00
- How to get the most out of itPreview04:00
- Setting up and downloading the exercise files06:00
- Setting up your DAWPreview06:00
- Setting up your DAW in detail11:00
- A closer look at setting up your daw03:00
- Worked example: setting up your daw07:00
- Where setting up your daw goes wrong11:00
- Exercise: setting up your daw04:00
- Setting up your DAW in practice08:00
- Two approaches to setting up your daw12:00
- Setting up your DAW — questions from previous students05:00
- Reviewing your work on setting up your daw09:00
- Setting up your DAW — the edge cases04:00
Topics covered
Requirements
- Any DAW — the course is taught in a way that transfers
- Headphones or monitors
- No music theory required
Description
The gap between a project folder full of eight-bar loops and a finished track is arrangement, not gear. This course covers writing, sound selection and structure, with the practical compromises of producing in a room that was never designed for it.
Your instructor
Producer and mix engineer
Clara has mixed records in proper studios and in a spare bedroom, and is honest about how much of the difference is the room rather than the gear. She teaches production as arrangement first, plugins last.
Learner reviews
- 5 star73%
- 4 star22%
- 3 star3%
- 2 star1%
- 1 star0%
- SKSam K.30 January 2026
The instructor answers questions properly rather than pointing you at the documentation.
- JFJonas F.4 December 2025
Excellent. The examples are realistic rather than the usual toy versions.
- FMFarid M.12 May 2026
Genuinely well structured. I have started three courses on this topic and this is the first one I finished.
- FZFarid Z.3 January 2026
Excellent. The examples are realistic rather than the usual toy versions.
- JKJonas K.6 October 2025
I have recommended this to two colleagues already. The structure makes it easy to dip back into.
- AFAisha F.7 April 2026
Concise and honest about what it does not cover, which I appreciated.
- ZRZoe R.29 November 2025
Not what I expected from the description. The first half was too basic for me.
- TZTariq Z.11 October 2025
Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.
- KEKemi E.7 February 2026
I have recommended this to two colleagues already. The structure makes it easy to dip back into.
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