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Sweaty Ear · Post by **Sweaty Ear** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:47 pm

Hello all.

Surely this topic has come up before but I'm looking to learn recording, mixing, mastering and other things involved with audio production and wanted to get other people's opinions on the best audio production online school. Was looking into HOFA's online course because they say it competes with a normal university degree and after completion you're eligible to earn your bacheler's degree in a year but the reviews don't seem that great. Any thoughts on this or other schools you might know of?

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:15 am

I saw a guy from HOFA going through some pro-tracks years ago. He obviously (to me) didn't know what he was talking about. He had great confidence in himself.

Mixing With Mike.

You might want to tell people if this is something you are doing for self improvement or if you are trying to get a job.

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Sat Jan 31, 2026 3:39 pm

What would you like to learn? Depending on your preferences, maybe engineering or more like electronic music production there is quite a lot. From SAE to Sinee.com or 343 Labs, which are also the first results on Google.

Sweaty Ear · Post by **Sweaty Ear** » Sat Jan 31, 2026 9:33 pm

Thanks for the responses. The priority is to be able to produce my songs in a way that competes with professional/radio/streaming service songs so learning whatever it takes to get there is of interest. Right now I'm almost finished with a masterclass but found a lot of holes in my knowledge and would like to plug them asap so I'm thinking a full on course from beginning to end would be helpful. And it must be online. The Mixing With Mike courses seem close to what I'm looking for and if you have other suggestions, insights or experiences to share they'd definitely be appreciated.

Wouldn't mind working in a studio or something. I'm a performer though. Thinking engineering might be more the pathway. The problem has usually been getting the sound in my head on the recording as well as making the recording sound expensive.

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:18 am

Well, it would also depend on the DAW you are using and exact Genre you might prefer. As for Sinee & 343 Labs, they both seem mainly Ableton & Techno oriented. Could both fit, in this case... so maybe worth to check out. As you will have to put in quite a pile of money, me would suggest to first check out some of their free resources, streams etc. - before finally jumping in.

There is also this guy, offering a completely free course.

https://www.mixxinacademy.com/courses/M ... ertificate

alienmachine · Post by **alienmachine** » Sun Feb 01, 2026 4:45 pm

Check Andrew Zeleno's course:

I took the course once and I'm buying the lessons again. This course is invaluable and it changed my life as a producer.

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Sun Feb 01, 2026 5:16 pm

In The Mix is a good channel on YouTube if you use FL Studio and you want to learn more it or how to EQ, sidechain, use compressors, even mastering.

https://www.youtube.com/@inthemix

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:18 am

For a long time I didn't like Streaky's personality but he has some great insights on YouTube. I would imagine that his courrses are full to the brim with great information.

https://streakyaudio.com/

Sweaty Ear · Post by **Sweaty Ear** » Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:54 pm

great suggestions. some i've seen/heard of and some not. taking the time to look at them all though.

Some-Comfort-6003 · Post by **Some-Comfort-6003** » Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:52 pm

So many great tutorials on youtube for free and i started with vital as my first synth and just tried to reproduce songs i like in fl studio. Best way to learn is to cover songs you like, Nirvana was originally a cover band of creedence clearwater revival cover band till they learned how to really play

Sweaty Ear · Post by **Sweaty Ear** » Mon Apr 06, 2026 11:54 pm

not opposed to doing that as it does teach you a lot but how do you learn for example what each type of compression sounds like or different saturations sound like, etc. to know how and when to use them to duplicate the sounds?

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Mon Apr 06, 2026 11:56 pm

Sweaty Ear wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 11:54 pm not opposed to doing that as it does teach you a lot but how do you learn for example what each type of compression sounds like or different saturations sound like, etc. to know how and when to use them to duplicate the sounds?

Trial and error my friend.

Best Online School for Audio Production