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Pro Tools 8 Essential Training
Richard Downs

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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David Franz

David Franz

David Franz is a producer, engineer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and educator. He's the founder of Underground Sun, an artist development company and music studio based in Venice, CA. He writes, produces, and engineers music for a wide range of clients, and his music has been heard in primetime TV shows, multimillion-dollar movies, and advertisements for Fortune 500 companies. In addition to his lynda.com courses, he teaches production courses online at Berkleemusic, the continuing-education arm of Berklee College of Music. He is the author of Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools (the first book about using Pro Tools) and Recording and Producing in the Home Studio. Samples of David's music can be found at undergroundsun.com and davidfranz.com.
Course Title   Level   Duration   Released  
Pro Tools 8 New Features Intermediate 2h 17m 02/2009  {8}
Pro Tools 8 Essential Training Beginner 10h 30m 07/2009  {8}
Pro Tools 9 Essential Training Beginner 8h 23m 11/2010  {8}
Pro Tools 10 New Features Appropriate for all 33m 9s 11/2011  {8}
Pro Tools 10 Essential Training Beginner 8h 54m 01/2012  {8}
Pro Tools 11 New Features Beginner 33m 11s 06/2013  {8}

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