Skip to content
CourseAsk.

11 Best Recording Courses Online

We compared 11 Recording courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $9.99 to $199.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Berklee College of Music and University of California, Irvine. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
11
Price range
$9.99 – $199.99
Providers
Coursera, Udemy, edX
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "recording" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Music Education for Teachers

    Offered by Berklee College of Music

    In the Music Education for Teachers specialization, you will explore ways of integrating popular music into your teaching. You'll begin by learning from two highly experienced teachers, Krystal Banfield, the Vice Preside...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Vowels of American English Pronunciation

    Offered by University of California, Irvine

    This is the second course of The Pronunciation of American English specialization. In this course, you will learn and practice all of the vowel sounds of American English, including pairs of vowels that may be easy to co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Produce & Write in Ableton Live: Write Music in Any Genre

    Offered by Skillshare

    By the end of this course with Future Skills, you will be able to write compelling harmony parts in Ableton Live, design rich layered arrangements across genres, and shape professional mixes using EQ, compression, and re...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Psychedelic Music production workshop with Cubase

    Write a Psychedelic Track Wih Cubase from A to Z:Level 1 part 1 included: Main structure of a track in Cubase. Create, open a new project. Choose BPM. Create Short cuts (key commands). Import samples.  Organize structure...

    $34.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    EXAMEN PRUEBA DE CERTIFICACION OFICIAL PRO TOOLS 101

    En este curso repasarás los principios básicos que te han permitido manejar de de la forma adecuada el software Pro Tools; desde el sistema inicial hasta la mezcla de productos sonoros. Si tu proyecto implica las grabaci...

    $19.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    What Does a Music Producer Do?

    Offered by GRAMMY GO

    Step into the dynamic world of music production with '"What Does a Music Producer Do?" This course is designed to help you cultivate your identity as a music producer, providing insights into the roles, responsibilities,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Introduction to the Music Business

    Offered by Berklee College of Music

    Learn the latest about the rapidly changing music industry from recording, publishing, and distribution to legal issues confronting music commerce.

    $59.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Complete Cubase Mastery - from Beginner to Pro in any Genre

    From your first tracks to advanced mixing plugins and beyond in Cubase 14, 13, 12, 11, or 10.From beginner to PRO in weeks.14+ hours easy to follow video content packed with insights and practical examplesLifetime-access...

    $199.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Registrare e Montare Audio con Audacity

    In questo corso ti insegno in modo facile e partendo da zero, ad usare Audacity, un software gratuito per modifica audio. Se sei appassionato di editing audio e vuoi imparare a utilizzare Audacity, un software gratuito e...

    $54.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera Certificate Grade C Lowest price here

    Google Meet: Getting Started

    Offered by Google Cloud

    This is a Google Cloud Self-Paced Lab. Use Google Meet to hold impromptu video meetings, virtual training classes around the world, remote interviews, and much more. You can complete this lab in 10-15 minutes or use the...

    $9.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Cubase Pro Technical Course

    This course dives into the entire interface of Cubase. It will take you from a beginner to an advanced user of Cubase in less than 4 hours! Learning how to navigate the interface of Cubase will open up a whole new avenue...

    $89.99
    listed price

Best Recording Courses Online compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Music Education for Teachers Coursera Berklee College of Music $49.00 View →
2 Vowels of American English Pronunciation Coursera University of California, Irvine $49.00 View →
3 Produce & Write in Ableton Live: Write Music in Any Genre Coursera Skillshare $49.00 View →
4 Psychedelic Music production workshop with Cubase Udemy $34.99 View →
5 EXAMEN PRUEBA DE CERTIFICACION OFICIAL PRO TOOLS 101 Udemy $19.99 View →
6 What Does a Music Producer Do? Coursera GRAMMY GO $49.00 View →
7 Introduction to the Music Business edX Berklee College of Music $59.00 View →
8 Complete Cubase Mastery - from Beginner to Pro in any Genre Udemy $199.99 View →
9 Registrare e Montare Audio con Audacity Udemy $54.99 View →
10 Google Meet: Getting Started Coursera Google Cloud $9.99 View →
11 Cubase Pro Technical Course Udemy $89.99 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 11 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $190.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Berklee College of Music and University of California, Irvine — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

Keep looking