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Pro Tools 8 Essential Training

with David Franz

Pro Tools 8 Essential Training unveils the inner workings of the industry-standard software for music and post-production. Musician, producer, and educator David Franz demonstrates all the concepts and techniques necessary for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in Pro Tools 8. He teaches how to create music with virtual instruments and plug-ins, edit with elastic audio for time and pitch manipulation, create a musical score, and mix with effects loops. This course can help any music producer, sound engineer, or hobbyist become proficient in Pro Tools 8. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Exploring all facets of the Pro Tools interface
Setting up Pro Tools hardware and software properly
Recording and editing audio and MIDI
Comping a track using playlists
Importing data and working with video
Working with automation and controller lanes
Applying dither
Archiving a session for storage

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author: David Franz
subject: Audio, Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)
software: Pro Tools 8
level: Beginner

duration: 10h 30m
released: Jul 10, 2009

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Introduction 12m 54s

Welcome 1m 16s

Exploring the different versions of Pro Tools 2m 30s

Optimizing your computer before installing Pro Tools 3m 51s

Troubleshooting 3m 1s

Using the exercise files 2m 16s

1. Getting Started 23m 41s

Connecting your Pro Tools system 5m 8s

Powering up and powering down 58s

Optimizing Pro Tools performance 6m 55s

Setting essential preferences 3m 42s

Creating a Pro Tools session 3m 56s

Identifying elements in a session folder 3m 2s

2. Learning the Interface 47m 9s

Exploring the Edit window 4m 50s

Exploring the Mix window 2m 21s

Exploring the Transport and Big Counter windows 4m 0s

Using the Color palette and window arrangements 2m 55s

Investigating Pro Tools menus 4m 37s

Creating new tracks 4m 10s

Understanding samples and ticks 3m 36s

Viewing and manipulating tracks 5m 54s

Adjusting the I/O setup 7m 7s

Understanding signal paths and gain stages 3m 50s

Utilizing keyboard shortcuts and keyboard focus 3m 49s

3. Importing 30m 43s

Using DigiBase and the Workspace browser 5m 6s

Importing audio 5m 13s

Importing MIDI 3m 55s

Importing session data 6m 17s

Importing tracks from a CD 4m 18s

Importing video 2m 57s

Unmounting a hard drive 2m 57s

4. Recording Audio 1h 2m

Recording audio 5m 6s

Playing back audio 10m 31s

Creating a Click track 4m 53s

Overdubbing and using the record modes 9m 25s

Recording with playlists and the Loop Record mode 3m 6s

Punch recording and using the monitoring modes 5m 28s

Dealing with latency 4m 17s

Creating a group 4m 33s

Adding effects while recording 7m 41s

Creating a headphone (cue) mix 5m 34s

Assigning disk allocation 2m 13s

5. Editing Audio 1h 26m

Understanding nondestructive editing and region types 3m 31s

Using the Selector and Grabber tools 3m 29s

Using the Trimmer and Scrubber tools 6m 57s

Using the Zoomer tool and Zoom presets 5m 14s

Using the Pencil tool 3m 27s

Using the Smart tool 1m 26s

Understanding the edit modes 7m 54s

Arranging regions 8m 38s

Undoing an edit 2m 3s

Utilizing fades and crossfades 10m 29s

Building a comp track using playlists 5m 28s

Locking and muting regions 3m 36s

Special buttons in the Editing window 8m 16s

Creating an audio loop 5m 11s

Editing a voiceover 10m 59s

6. Arranging a Session 18m 43s

Working with region groups 5m 47s

Setting time, tempo, meter, key, and chord 5m 46s

Creating memory locations 7m 10s

7. Recording MIDI Data 35m 30s

Setting up MIDI on a Mac 4m 25s

Setting up MIDI on a PC 2m 50s

Setting up MIDI in Pro Tools 2m 46s

Recording MIDI data 5m 24s

Recording multiple MIDI tracks with one virtual instrument 2m 15s

Recording options for MIDI 6m 27s

Using step input 4m 45s

Making a drum loop with MIDI Merge 2m 51s

Composing with virtual instruments 3m 47s

8. Editing MIDI 48m 41s

Using the edit tools for editing MIDI data 8m 23s

Editing MIDI data with the MIDI Editor 7m 20s

Working with the MIDI event list 2m 41s

Editing MIDI data with event operations 8m 25s

Quantizing MIDI tracks 11m 31s

Creating and using groove templates 5m 59s

Utilizing real-time properties 4m 22s

9. Scoring 18m 51s

Exploring the Score Editor 5m 22s

Using the Score Editor 6m 33s

Setting up a score 4m 30s

Printing and exporting a score 2m 26s

10. Advanced Editing 19m 0s

Utilizing the Time Shift plug-in 7m 41s

Editing with Elastic Time 8m 30s

Editing with Elastic Pitch 2m 49s

11. Building with Virtual Instruments 48m 20s

Working with Boom 11m 23s

Working with Xpand2 7m 21s

Working with DB-33 6m 58s

Working with Vacuum 7m 55s

Working with Structure Free 7m 12s

Working with Mini Grand 3m 57s

Using Midi Learn 3m 34s

12. Automation 25m 55s

Writing and editing automation 6m 4s

Drawing automation with the Pencil tool 4m 56s

Editing automation with the Trimmer and Grabber tools 2m 9s

Cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing automation 4m 5s

Turning automation on and off 4m 25s

Automating plug-ins and virtual instruments 4m 16s

13. Mixing 1h 40m

Setting up a session for mixing 8m 0s

Setting up an effects loop 9m 18s

Working with plug-ins 3m 53s

Dealing with delay compensation 6m 51s

Applying EQ 9m 19s

Adding compression 11m 17s

Applying limiters 2m 57s

Using Gates and Expanders 4m 40s

Working with Side Chains 3m 35s

Working with De-Essers 3m 4s

Adding delay 7m 34s

Utilizing modulation effects 4m 43s

Adding reverb 7m 5s

Adding harmonic effects 5m 7s

Renting and purchasing plug-ins 2m 2s

Applying AudioSuite plug-ins 5m 19s

Bouncing down a mix 5m 50s

14. Mastering 25m 44s

Setting up a session for mastering 8m 56s

Using plug-ins for mastering 8m 47s

Applying Dither and Noise shaping 4m 5s

Bouncing down master recordings 3m 56s

15. Working with Video 19m 52s

Importing and displaying video files 4m 20s

Adding music, foley, ADR, and FX 12m 28s

Bouncing down video and audio together 3m 4s

16. Archiving 4m 50s

Archiving an entire session 4m 50s

Conclusion 31s

Goodbye 31s

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