EML Schedule 2025 - 2026

Lessons at the NUS Electronic Music Lab are open to students of NUS (National University of Singapore). All sessions are on Saturday afternoons unless otherwise stated.

NUS Week

Date

Lesson

1

16 Aug 2025

Open Class

2

23 Aug 2025

Orientation

1.Setup hardware/software

2.Demo performance types

3. Present schedule

4. Assign mentors

3

30 Aug 2025

Beats, melodies, layers

1.How songs consist of beats, melodies, layers
2.Programming beats in Session View

3.Programming melodies and layers in Session View

4.Basic music theory for starting electronic music: bars, beats, semiquavers, scales, transposition

4

6 Sep 2025

Loops and Clips

1.Difference between MIDI and Audio clips

2.Launching Beat loops and music loops in Session View

3.Clip editing

5

13 Sep 2025

Arranging the Song

1.Turning beats, melodies, loops into a song

2.Structures: Song – verse, chorus, bridge; Dance – build, drop, break

6

20 Sep 2025

Sampling

1.Why sample? Originality

2.Basic editing in Simpler

3.Loading samples into Drum Rack

Recess Week

27 Sep 2025

Checkpoint with Mentors

1.Check on progress

2.Refine pieces for PLUG IN

7

4 Oct 2025

Mid-terms week, no intensive training

8

11 Oct 2025

Audio effects

1.How effects set mood
2.Introduction to Filter, Delay, Beat Repeat, EQ3, Redux, Reverb

3.Simple automation

9

18 Oct 2025

No Session

10

25 Oct 2025

Audio Recording

1.Recording guitar (line)

2.Recording kalimba (mic)

3.Recording vocal (mic)

11

Fri 31 Oct 2025

Sat 1 Nov 2025

EML 40 Show (by Seniors)

Preparation for Plug In (for new members)

12

8 Nov 2025

PLUG IN SHOWCASE

Internal showcase by new members of the music that they have created

13

10- 14 Nov 2025

Very near exams, no lessons or events

Reading Week II and Exams

 

15 Nov – 6 Dec 2025

(no activities during this period)

Vacation

7 Dec 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

 

Semester 2

 

 

1

17 Jan 2026

Live sound reinforcement

1.How to set up live PA system for electronic music

2.Sound mixing and balancing

3.Troubleshooting live PA problems

2

24 Jan 2026

Mixing and Mastering

1.Techniques of balancing

2.EQ in mixing

3.Basic ‘mastering’ and online tools

3

31 Jan 2026

Further Music Theory

1.Chord progressions

2.Scales and modes

3.Using Circle of Fifths to match loops

4

7 Feb 2026

Sound design with Synths

1.Why design? Originality

2.How to customize instrument sounds – ADSR Envelope, Filter, Waveform

 

1 Feb – 13 April 2025

NUS Arts Festival season

5

9 – 13 Feb 2026

Rehearsals

6

16 – 20 Feb 2026

Rehearsals

Recess Week

21 Feb – 1 Mar 2026

NAF Show

7

2 – 7 Mar 2026

Mid-terms week, avoid scheduling intensive training

8

14 Mar 2026

Further Audio Effects

1.Send and Return channels

2.Introduction to Grain Delay, Saturator, Phaser Flanger, Auto Shift

9

21 Mar 2026

Hari Raya Puasa

10

28 Mar 2026

Further Sampling with Field Recordings

1.Field recording

2.Audio effects and sampling

11

30 Mar – 3 Apr 2026

Well-Being weekend:

2- 5 April 2026 no rehearsals or training

12

11 Apr 2026

Music business, copyright

1.Introduction to business models and contracts

2.Copyright and how it applies to electronic music

13

13 – 17 Apr 2026

Very near exams, no training or events

Reading Week II and Exams

 

18 Apr – 9 May 2026

(no activities during this period)

Vacation

10 May – 2 Aug 2026

 



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