# Canonical tags — 7 top-level production categories
# Sub-topics grow organically during pipeline extraction
# Order follows the natural production learning arc:
# setup → theory → create sounds → structure → polish → deliver
categories:
  - name: Workflow
    description: Creative process, session management, productivity
    sub_topics: [daw setup, templates, creative process, collaboration, file management, resampling]

  - name: Music Theory
    description: Harmony, scales, chord progressions, and musical structure
    sub_topics: [harmony, chord progressions, scales, rhythm, time signatures, melody, counterpoint, song keys]

  - name: Sound Design
    description: Creating and shaping sounds from scratch or samples
    sub_topics: [bass, drums, kick, snare, hi-hat, percussion, pads, leads, fx, foley, vocals, textures]

  - name: Synthesis
    description: Methods of generating sound
    sub_topics: [fm, wavetable, granular, additive, subtractive, modular, physical modeling]

  - name: Arrangement
    description: Structuring a track from intro to outro
    sub_topics: [song structure, transitions, tension, energy flow, breakdowns, drops]

  - name: Mixing
    description: Balancing, processing, and spatializing elements
    sub_topics: [eq, compression, bus processing, reverb, delay, stereo imaging, gain staging, automation]

  - name: Mastering
    description: Final stage processing for release
    sub_topics: [limiting, stereo width, loudness, format delivery, referencing]

# Genre taxonomy (assigned to Creators, not techniques)
genres:
  - Bass music
  - Drum & bass
  - Dubstep
  - Halftime
  - House
  - Techno
  - IDM
  - Glitch
  - Downtempo
  - Neuro
  - Ambient
  - Experimental
  - Cinematic
