Overview
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Illuminates the process of recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in Pro Tools, the industry-standard software for music and postproduction.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Exploring the different versions of Pro Tools
- Optimizing your computer before installing Pro Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Using the exercise files
- Installing and authorizing Pro Tools
- Connecting your Pro Tools system
- Powering up and powering down
- Choosing the Playback Engine and Hardware settings
- Optimizing Pro Tools' performance
- Utilizing Automatic Delay Compensation (ADC)
- Setting essential preferences
- Creating a Pro Tools session
- Identifying elements in a session folder
- Creating new tracks
- Exploring the Edit window
- Exploring the Mix window
- Exploring the Transport and Big Counter windows
- Using the Color palette and window arrangements
- Investigating the menus
- Understanding samples and ticks
- Viewing and manipulating tracks
- Selecting inputs, outputs, and busses
- Selecting an I/O settings file
- Understanding signal paths and gain stages
- Utilizing keyboard shortcuts and Keyboard Focus
- Using DigiBase and the Workspace browser
- Importing audio
- Importing MIDI
- Importing session data
- Importing tracks from a CD
- Importing video
- Recording audio
- Playing back audio and Edit window scrolling
- Creating a click track
- Overdubbing and using the record modes
- Recording with playlists and Loop Record
- Punch recording and using the monitoring modes
- Dealing with latency and ADC
- Creating a group
- Adding effects while recording
- Creating a headphone (cue) mix
- Assigning disk allocation
- Understanding nondestructive editing and region types
- Using the Selector and Grabber tools
- Using the Trim and Scrubber tools
- Using the Zoomer tool and zoom presets
- Using the Pencil tool
- Using the Smart tool
- Understanding the Edit modes
- Arranging clips
- Undoing an edit
- Utilizing fades and crossfades
- Building a comp track using playlists
- Locking and muting clips
- Special Edit window buttons
- Creating an audio loop
- Editing a voiceover
- Using Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch
- Working with clip groups
- Using time, tempo, meter, key, and chord
- Creating memory locations
- Setting up MIDI on a Mac
- Setting up MIDI on a PC
- Setting up MIDI in Pro Tools
- Recording MIDI data
- Recording multiple MIDI tracks with one virtual instrument
- Recording options for MIDI
- Using Step Input
- Making a drum loop with MIDI Merge
- Composing with virtual instruments
- Using the edit tools for editing MIDI data
- Editing MIDI data in the MIDI Editor
- Working with the MIDI Event List
- Editing MIDI data with Event Operations
- Quantizing MIDI tracks
- Creating and using Groove Templates
- Utilizing real-time properties
- Using MIDI Learn
- Exploring the Score Editor
- Using the Score Editor
- Setting up a score
- Printing and exporting a score
- Writing and editing automation
- Drawing automation with the Pencil tool
- Editing automation with the Trim and Grabber tools
- Cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing automation
- Turning automation on and off
- Automating plug-ins and virtual instruments
- Setting up a session for mixing
- Setting up an effects loop
- Working with plug-ins
- Utilizing ADC while mixing
- Applying EQ
- Adding compression and limiting
- Using delay effects
- Applying AudioSuite plug-ins
- Adding reverb to your mix
- Bouncing down a mix
- Making an MP3 for iTunes and SoundCloud
- Setting up a session for mastering
- Mastering a session
- Bouncing down master recordings with Dither and Noise Shaping
- Importing and displaying video files
- Adding music, foley, ADR, and FX
- Bouncing down video and audio together
- Archiving an entire session
- Further recommendations
