Get up and running with Pro Tools. Learn all of the fundamentals you need to get started, from creating your first session to bouncing down a final mix.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Audio production with Pro Tools
- What you need to know
- Using the exercise files
- Pro Tools history and evolution
- Audio basics: The characteristics of sound
- Transducers: How sound is converted to an electrical signal
- Converting audio to digital format: Sample rate
- Converting audio to digital format: Bit depth
- Pro Tools software configurations
- Pro Tools hardware options
- Software installation
- Starting up a Pro Tools system
- The Pro Tools file structure
- The Pro Tools menu structure
- The main Pro Tools windows
- Edit tool functions
- Functions of the Smart Tool
- Modifiers and shortcuts
- Edit mode behaviors
- Timescales and rulers
- MIDI control features
- Using the dashboard
- Creating and configuring a Pro Tools file
- Working with tracks
- Understanding Folder Tracks
- Controlling playback
- Saving and closing Pro Tools files
- Locating and opening Pro Tools files
- Challenge: Creating a session
- Solution: Creating a session
- Verifying available space for recording
- Setting the session tempo
- Creating a click track
- Preparing to record
- Conducting an audio record pass
- Organizing after recording
- Challenge: Recording audio
- Solution: Recording audio
- Considerations for importing audio
- Using the import audio dialog box
- Importing audio with Workspace browsers
- Importing video
- Challenge: Importing media
- Solution: Importing media
- MIDI in Pro Tools
- Using virtual instruments
- Conducting a MIDI record pass
- Viewing and editing MIDI data
- Challenge: Using virtual instruments
- Solution: Using virtual instruments
- Timeline selections versus edit selections
- Working with Edit Selections
- Navigating and selecting with precision
- Changing your track display
- Adding markers to your session
- Using markers for quick navigation
- Working with markers
- Challenge: Adding markers
- Solution: Adding markers
- Editing with Shuffle mode
- Editing on the grid
- Editing clips
- Fine-tuning your edits
- Creating fade effects
- Challenge: Editing audio
- Solution: Editing audio
- Undoing a mistake
- Beyond the Undo command
- Challenge: Arranging media
- Solution: Arranging media
- Basic mixer terminology
- Routing signals in the mix window
- Challenge: Using effects
- Solution: Using effects
- Using basic automation
- Editing breakpoint automation
- Backing up your session
- Considerations for bouncing audio
- Creating a stereo mixdown
- Challenge: Creating an automated mix
- Solution: Creating an automated mix
- Next steps
Taught by
Frank D. Cook
