Pro Tools 101: Introduction to Pro Tools

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Overview
Pro Tools 101 covers basic Pro Tools principles, giving you what you need to complete a Pro Tools project, from initial set up to final mixdown. The course has been dramatically reworked and updated for Pro Tools 8 software. Whether your project involves recording of live instruments, MIDI sequencing of software synthesizers, or audio looping, this course will give you the basic skills to succeed.

Topics include

  • Getting to know Pro Tools (Record, Edit, Mix, Process, and Deliver Audio)
  • Getting inside Pro Tools
  • Creating your first session
  • Making your first audio recording
  • Importing media and techniques, including setting levels
  • Making your first MIDI recording
  • Basic editing techniques
  • Introduction to mixing
  • Finishing your work

Course Length
Two days

Prerequisites
Most Pro Tools enthusiasts today have at least a passing familiarity with operating a computer. If you consider yourself a computer novice however, you might want to review some basics before the beginning of this course. You will need to know how to complete such tasks as:

  • Starting up the computer
  • Using the mouse, standard menus and keyboard commands for standard operating system commands
  • Locating, moving and renaming files and folders
  • Opening, saving and closing files

This course focuses on using Pro Tools in a digital audio recording and production environment. The work requires a basic understanding of recording techniques, processes and equipment such as the following:

  • Miking techniques
  • Mixer signal flow
  • Audio monitoring equipment
  • MIDI devices