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Pro Tools 8 New Features

Pro Tools 8 New Features

with David Franz

 


Pro Tools 8 New Features helps music producers, sound engineers, and hobbyists unleash the creative possibilities at their fingertips. Musician, producer, and educator David Franz teaches the skills needed to master the new Pro Tools 8 interface, and reveals techniques for making the most of Digidesign’s new virtual instruments and effects. That’s just a small taste of the new features covered here—David explores all the latest improvements to the audio industry’s standard software. Exercise files accompany this course.
Topics include:
  • Exploring the new virtual instruments and effects
  • Learning the new menu and toolbar items
  • Editing MIDI data with the new MIDI Editor window
  • Creating a comp with the new playlist features
  • Using Elastic Pitch for pitch alteration
  • Working with the new automation and controller lanes
  • Customizing the Edit Window toolbar
  • Changing the look of Pro Tools with the Color palette
  • Utilizing the 30+ new session templates
  • Creating a musical score with the new Score Editor window

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author
David Franz
subject
Audio, Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)
software
Pro Tools 8
level
Intermediate
duration
2h 17m
released
Feb 11, 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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