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Learning path, lesson 8 of 8

Out the door

A song is finished when it leaves the building. Name it, export it, and it is a file you can play anywhere, send to anyone and release.

Try it in the studio Opens a new song with lessons 1 to 7 already done, so you start right here. Free, no account.

The lesson, step by step

In the studio each step is one sentence in a strip over the real controls. Its check lights when your song does what the step says; Show me opens the tool and points at the control.

  1. Give your song its own name: click "First song" at the top and type one.
  2. Export it from Finish as a WAV or MP3: a file that is yours to keep and share.

What you leave with

Not a badge and not a score: a song with a beat, chords, a bass, a hook, a verse and a chorus, mixed with headroom, as a file on your computer. The project stays open in the studio to change whenever you like, and the Finish sheet also exports stems and MIDI if you want to take it to another DAW.

What the studio checks

The song's name is something other than Untitled or First song, and the song was exported as audio (WAV, MP3 or stems) while the path was on.

Questions

WAV or MP3?

WAV is lossless, best for keeping and for releasing through a distributor. MP3 is small, best for sending to a friend.

Who owns the song?

You do. It is built from your own notes, the studio's instruments and license-free samples, so you can release it anywhere.

Do I need the AI to finish the lesson?

No. Every lesson is done by hand, with a check that reads your song. Gusta, the studio's AI, can make an example you can study, keep or undo, but that is optional and it uses tokens; the lessons themselves are free.

The whole path

Eight lessons of about ten minutes, each building part of the same song, ending with a finished file.

  1. A beat
  2. Hats and groove
  3. Chords from the key
  4. A bass that follows the chords
  5. A melody hook
  6. A verse and a chorus
  7. A clear mix
  8. Out the door

Learn it in the real studio

Gusta Music is a free browser studio: a timeline, a note editor, a mixer and an AI copilot that edits your song with you instead of generating one for you. The lessons run on top of it, and the song you make is yours.

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