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Off Centre DJ School is downtown Toronto's most unique boutique DJ & Electronic music education facility. 2018 marks our 14th year!
Our mandate is simple: have fun with records and electronics! We strive to find new ways to teach and creatively express ourselves by playing with sound. At Off Centre we emphasize the roots of DJ culture: Vinyl, two turntables, and a mixer. Combined with modern software and most importantly studio artistry, the creative possibilities are endless. By focusing on turntables and production gear as instruments, performance and creation takes on a completely different shape. While the art of DJing, scratching, and producing has often been clouded by gimmicks, competition, and commercialism, we bring to the learning environment the school of thought that the DJ & Producer is a musician and the turntable an expansive instrument of personal expression. |
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Next Date: Sept 20th, 2018
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Next Date: Sept 18th, 2018
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Next Date: Sept 22nd, 2018
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Our DJ and/or Producer Certificate Programs are the most comprehensive and hands on path to becoming an electronic artist. Whether you're looking to learn the Art of DJing or develop your studio potential as a musician, you'll learn the skills, technical know how, and creative mind set to become a unique and well-rounded artist.
You can take our Full DJ and Full Producer programs separately, or combine the two disciplines with our flagship Full DJ / Producer Program. |
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Open House
Next Date: September 13th // Thursday, 7 - 8pm
Off Centre's open house is an informational session and opportunity for anyone who's thinking about taking courses, or just curious about what we do to come by, meet instructors, check out our space, and find out exactly what program is right for you. You'll have a chance to experience the intimately designed class setting and catch a glimpse of what you'll learn through conversation and sometimes an impressive demo or two from our seasoned team of professionals. This is also an opportunity to register for your courses in person if you prefer. More... |
Level 1: Intro to DJing
Next Date: Sept 19th - Oct 3rd // Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm
A comprehensive 9 hour introduction course covering all the basics of mixing, scratching, and use of equipment. Designed for the beginner with little to no experience on the turntables. The main focus of "Intro to DJing" is to develop hand skills, basic music theory, and experiment with different ways of playing with sound on your very own vinyl turntable setup. More... |
Ableton 1 - Intro to Producing
Next Date: Sept 29th & Oct 13th // Saturdays, 1 - 5pm
Release your studio and performance potential with our Intro to Ableton Course. Start making your own tracks by learning the basics of the software that has revolutionized electronic music creation and performance. Get comfortable navigating Live's unique interface, learn to trigger multiple tracks on the fly, and build your own song from scratch. At the end of this session you'll be on your way to making your 1st of many production pieces. More... |
Weekend DJ Workshop
Next Date: Sept 22nd // Saturday, 7:15 - 9:15pm
In our fully equipped, relaxed, and inspiring environment we guide you through two hours of fun filled exercises designed to maximize hands on time navigating the traditional two turntable and mixer setup. This workshop is a thorough introduction to the fundamental skills of DJing and will help you decide on the next step. More... |
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What is Sound Design? What is a Synthesizer? How can I design my own grimey bass sound!? We invited Stranjah to answer a few of these pressing questions in Part 1 (of 3) of our new tutorial series. Using Serum as a VST in Ableton we explore the essentials of Sound Design with arguably one of the best synths currently out there.
Serum is a wavetable synthesizer with high-quality sound, visuals and a creative workflow-oriented interface to make creating and altering sounds fun. You can create, import, edit, morph wavetables, and manipulate these on playback in real-time. Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel for more tips, trick and tutorials. |
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