Educational Services

General characteristics:

- All levels (e.g., beginner, intermediate, advance).

- For all ages (e.g., from 5 years old to adults).

- For all career goals and educational levels/backgrounds (e.g., from elementary to graduate students, for musicians, arrangers, producers, music educators, voice talent, web designers, multimedia, digital filmmaking & video production, game design, and animation artists, etc).

- Individual or Group lessons.

- Bilingual services; English/Spanish.

- At my studio or in your home.

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Please check the TechKids program. A new exciting Music Technology program specially designed for kids!
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- TechKids Program (NEW)

This program includes three introductory and complementary courses: CoolKids, Kreator, and New Musical Vision.

Brief description about the courses:

- CoolKids: this course is designed for 5-11 year-olds and the main goal is to progressively teach the basics of sound, rhythm, pitch and composition using multimedia examples.

- Kreator: this course is aimed at 10 to 16 year olds. The student will be able to learn about rhythm, melody, harmony by exploring different styles. During the Kreator course the essential arrangement and composition concepts will be covered with a contemporary approach, encouraging students creativity.

- New Musical Vision: this course has an academic methodological approach. The goal is to teach the MENC and QCA standards through several carefully designed lesson plans and using different resources and activities.

The TechKids program is one of the innovative Music Technology Programs that Roberto Aramburu offers.

Now, please check the Music Technology Courses listed below. Select any of them from the pre-categorized options, or send me and e-mail and let me know what do you want to learn, so I am able to design a Custom Music Technology Program for you, or help you to decide which is the best course for your educational needs.

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Music Technology Courses: (partial list)

- Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Learn Pro Tools 7, Digital Performer 5, Cubase 4, Nuendo 4, Logic Pro 7, Live 7, Garageband 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Sonar 7, Acid Pro 6, or any other host application of your choice.

- Music workstation:

Learn how to produce music with Reason.

- SampleWorkstations/Virtual Samplers:

Learn SampleTank 2, Kontakt 3, Kompakt, Intakt, etc.

- Virtual Instruments:

Learn any Virtual Instrument included in the Native Instrument Komplete 5 (Pro- 53, B4 Organ II, FM8, Absynth 4, Reaktor 5, Massive, Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano, Battery 3), IK Multimedia Sonic Synth 2, Miroslav Philarmonik, SampleMoog, and SampleTron, and/or East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Gold Bundle, etc.

- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Learn each of the 31 top-quality plug-ins included on the Waves Platinum Bundle. It contains everything from the Gold Bundle (audio processing essentials), plus the Renaissance Maxx (pro-level audio sweetening) and the Master Bundle (superior mastering tools). Also learn how to use T-RackS and CSR by IK Multimedia.

- Guitar/Bass Rig Modeling software:

Learn AmpliTube 2, AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix, Ampeg SVX, Guitar Rig, SansAmp,etc.

- Notation Software:

Learn Sibelius, Finale, and/or Notion. Also you can learn specific Guitar Notation Software for guitarists such as G7 and or Progression.

- Acoustic Room Correction (ARC)

Learn how to correct your room's acoustics through ARC.

- Programming:

+Graphical programming environment for music, audio, and multimedia.

Learn how to create your own software using a visual toolkit of objects via Max/MSP.

+Software synthesis:

Learn Csound programming language not only to model any commercial synthesizer or multi-effects processor but also to create some of the richest textures and uniquely beautiful timbres you have ever heard.