Watched the intro and the fourth section, on harmonization. Enjoyed it. To me, it’s the appropriate “information density” for this type of thing. For people who have yet to learn about things like diatonic harmony, my guess is that it’s easy enough to understand. Funnily enough, the part about using busses was probably harder to understand. It’s really useful when a tutorial isn’t too focused on a single DAW or plugin, which can feel more like a demo than a way to understand how things work. Having said this, there are some cool tuts on using Melodyne to create back vocals which don’t sound like demos. So, what makes this course different, in a way, is the balance between plugin features (with a bit of comparison) and the “art of tweaking the results”. What this course helped me understand is the benefit of a subtle approach to harmonization. I’ve mostly been experimenting with ways to rich and complex polyphony, say with voice leading or rotating chords. My dream would be to have an easy way to produce diverse types of harmonies from a capella groups to big bands. The best approach probably isn’t from plugins but from practice. On a podcast, someone made a comment about learning Bach chorales on a piano to really get four-part harmony. As a very inexperienced keyboard player, I find this quite challenging and not that immediately rewarding. There’s a Jordan Rudess course in the Ask Audio Academy which helped me a bit more. Wish there were one with Rudess (or somebody else) doing in with, say, GeoShred. My impression is that it’d be much easier to climb the learning curve quickly than having to use a keyboard.