8-WEEK MASTERCLASS

I will never discredit other courses when it comes to music production. Each educational institution provides a different experience that may be a better fit for your style. In fact, I took a mixing and mastering class with Dubspot and man, I learned a lot. That said, I have a unique perspective on the industry because I am an artist first, and a teacher second.

In my opinion, this has allowed me to acquire some fairly unique insights and techniques in the production realm that similar learning institutions simply will not be able to provide. Plus, for all the content I provide, there is no better price in the market.

We are able to price the Masterclass at such an affordable rate (a lot of prominent schools charge 5, 10 or even 15 times as much) because we don't spread out our lessons at a snails pace - we move fast. The Hyperbits Masterclass is a demanding educational solution to fill a void in the music production landscape that simply did not exist before it's creation.

If you are an absolute beginner and have never opened a DAW before (or even know what a DAW is), this course is most likely not for you.

However, anyone who has spent some considerable time making music in Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Bitwig, Reason, or Cubase, you are most likely ready to partake in the Masterclass. Everyone progresses at different speeds and rates, but it is highly recommended that you have at least 6-12 months of music production experience before taking this class.

Just to be clear – you do NOT need all of the following synths and plugins, but we'll be using synths like:

Serum, Sylenth, Massive, Nexus 2, Spire, Omnisphere, Trilian, and some of the Output Sounds stuff. The most important synth from this list will be Serum, hands down.

We'll also be using mixing and effects plugins like the Sound Toys Bundle, Fabfilter Bundle, Waves Bundle, Izotope Ozone 8, Valhalla Reverbs, as well as a several free or ridiculously cheap plugins.

Once classes start, you’ll be given a complete guide to all of our favorite and recommended plugins, as well as super cheap plugins or host-DAW alternatives.

Please note, we cannot provide proof of enrollment for you to get the student discounts for plugins until classes start!

The main goal of this class is to make commercially viable, professional sounding music. You can expect to push creative boundaries, increase your output, create cleaner, edgier, and more analogue sounding mixes, louder masters with more dynamics, and overall, progress on your artistic journey while connecting with hundreds of other passionate, like-minded students.

The content of this course is not DAW specific. Serik (Hyperbits) will primarily be using Logic, while Masterclass co-instructor, Zach (Syence) uses Ableton, but most of the ideas discussed in the class will be applicable to any DAW on the market.

Yes! We absolutely LOVE working with clients and former students on their music, whether mastering, stem mastering or full-on mixdowns. Head over to our Services page to see if we can help progress your next single, remix, EP or album. For inquiries please get in touch via the Contact page.

All live classes will be recorded and available to watch within 24-hours after each session. You can also catch up by asking additional questions during office hours or posting in the Facebook group.

Alternatively, if you know in advance that you are missing a live session, simply submit your questions to the instructors and they will cover it in class so you can see your answers covered live in the recordings. Don’t forget - you have lifetime access to both the live recordings as well as the recorded lessons from each week.

As a small team of producers, we are doing our absolute best to keep up with demand. The current plan is to run the Masterclass twice per year. For 2018, sessions will start in April & October.

Students will have the option to select one of two time slots for the live-group sessions: Tuesdays @ 12PM PST or Wednesdays @ 5PM PST. Office hours will vary, but will start Mondays @ 12PM PST & Thursdays @ 5PM PST to accommodate different time zones. Don’t forget – all classes are recorded and made available to you in the member site just incase you can’t attend.

You have lifetime access to ALL recorded content AND lifetime updates. That’s right – we don’t take away your access to the course, at any point in time. You literally have access to the course material forever: recorded lessons, live-group sessions, offices, etc. Plus, as we update the course with new material, you'll get those updates as well.

Here is a breakdown of the minimum time commitment necessary for the Masterclass (keep in mind, you will have lifetime access to the material, so you can always return to the recorded lessons or the live sessions down the road...)

- Recorded lessons: 2-3 hrs a week
- Live sessions: 2 hrs a week
- Office hours: 2 hrs a week (these are very much optional)
- Practice + homework: 2-5 hours (huge range here, really up to you how much you want to be doing)

So overall, I would recommend at least being able to commit about 5 hours of live classroom time + another 3-5 hours for homework, office hours and personal practice. Again, this is a fairly wide range, but a total of 8-10 hours is the most accurate response I could possibly give.

Just a note, this class isn't meant to overwhelm anyone - there is a ton of valuable information - but it's a very cool and supportive class that is really quite malleable to your needs. We’ll keep you accountable (and hopefully motivated and inspired), but there are no penalties for not keeping up or falling slightly behind. Again, that is why we give life-time access to the material! 🙂

The entire 8-Week Masterclass is meant for intermediate to advanced producers, but the advanced tier is meant for EXTREMELY focused, career driven producers looking for some additional 1 on 1 attention.

This advanced tier is NOT specifically meant for the most technically proficient producers, but rather, passionate artists looking for next level guidance, accountability, networking and peer/instructor feedback, the kind of feedback we can only provide for 6 students only.

Advanced-tier group classes will run Thursday mornings & evenings, Pacific time. You will have the choice to attend a class either at 12PM or 6PM Pacific.

1on1 sessions throughout the Masterclass for Advanced Tier students will be scheduled at the start of the entire course on Thursdays. We will accommodate time slots based on your schedule and offer an array of morning and afternoon time slots.

As we mentioned, the advanced-tier is focused on additional guidance, accountability, networking and peer/instructor feedback where we will be diving deep into your personal application of sound design, arrangement, processing chains, mixing and mastering.

For a more detailed and specific run-down of the advanced-tier schedule, please check out this PDF.