Pro Tools Tips & Tricks-Vol 1

Kenny Gioia is a Multi-Platinum producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with many top name acts. This insightful collection of videos shown in Pro Tools 7 and compatible with version 8 and 9, peek over Kenny's shoulder and shows you the techniques he uses daily to make truly professional productions.

Editing

• Beat Detective Collection Mode (06:31) - Learn to use the Beat Detective Collection Mode on Multi Tracked Drums to quickly and easily tighten them up and make the performance groove.

• Kick Drum Replacement (06:51) - See how to easily replace and or enhance the Kick Drum track in your songs and sessions.

• Snare Drum Replacement (08:59) - Learn how to replace and or enhance the Snare Drum track in your songs and sessions with other samples.

• Tom Replacement (05:44) - Learn how to realistically replace and or enhance the Toms in your songs and sessions.

• Conforming a Click to a Drummer (04:04) - Learn how to make a click track follow a drummer’s performance and timing.

• Stuttering Guitars (05:19) - See how to create a cool Stuttering effect for guitars, keyboards, drums or any other instrument.

• Beat Detective with No Click (06:12) - Learn how to easily quantize a drummer or track that wasn’t originally recorded to a Click Track and make it groove.

• Using Beat Detective on Bass (09:36) - Using Beat Detective on bass instruments can be hard as their attacks are usually to weak to get good triggers… Kenny shows you the fix.

• Scratching in Pro Tools (04:32) - See how to recreate the classic DJ Scratching Effect on any vocal, drum, guitar, or other track in Pro Tools.

• Quantizing & Conform Loops (05:39) - Discover how to use Beat Detective to Quantize any loop to any tempo you choose and make it groove.

• Flexible Drum Loop Time (04:39) - Learn to make a standard drum loop fit any tempo and even adjust for tempo changes in your song.

• Making Grooves with Rex Files (06:45) - Learn to simply and quickly assemble REX Files into cool grooves and outline your song.

• Splitting Drum Loops (04:39) - See how to break up a drum loop and adjust its levels and add effects to its individual elements.

• Replacing Drum Loop Sounds (05:44) - Learn the steps to easily replace the elements in a drum loop such as its kicks and snares with better samples.

• Recording Background Vocals (04:18) - Discover the trick to easily record and manage background vocals in your songs by utilizing smart tracking techniques.

• Comping Vocals (06:13) - Learn the art of recording multiple takes of vocals and turning them all into the one Perfect Take.

• Relative Grid Mode (06:55) - Learn helpful ways to use Pro Tool’s Relative Grid Mode when editing large sections of songs and more.

Mixing

• Using Mono Delays (05:51) - Learn to creatively use Mono Delays in your productions. Discover how to make them change over time and introduce a filter type effect.

• Ping Pong Delay (03:33) - Learn to create an authentic Ping Pong Delay in your sessions. See how a real engineer reproduces the analog outboard gear effect in Pro Tools.

• Cymbal Compression (03:57) - Learn the tricks to make sizzling cymbals in your songs and sessions.

• Parallel Compression (04:09) - See how to create the Punch that’s heard on today’s recordings and productions in your songs and sessions.

• Kick Tone Enhancement (04:24) - Learn to create a fat, huge sounding bass drum in your songs and sessions by using the Pro Tools Signal Generator plug-in.

• Auto-Tune Graphic Mode (05:41) - Auto-Tunes advanced Graphic Mode is explained and demystified by showing it being used on an actual out of tune vocal track.

• Automating Eq & Pan (06:44) - See the steps on how to quickly automate EQ and Panning to create cool filter effects and sonic movement in your mixes.

• Wah-Wah Effect (02:51) - You will throw away your Wah-Wah pedals after seeing how you can easily create the best sounding and most responsive Wah-Wah effect in Pro Tools.

• De-Essing Vocals (04:29) - Learn a great way to reduce sibilance in your vocal tracks with laser sharp precision.

• Sidechain Gating (04:56) - Learn this tried and true studio technique to create dynamic effects and track enhancements.

• Sidechain Compression (03:06) - Discover how to create a more effective natural sounding compressor with this insightful studio trick.

• Using Extra Bank of Sends (04:56) - Learn some cool techniques for utilizing the extra bank of sends included with version 7.x of Pro Tools.

• Sidechain Gating Drums (07:39) - See how to make a highly accurate Drum Gate effect without the typical drum misfires.

• Sidechain Gating Triggered (08:46) - Know the advanced way to better trigger a Gate in your Pro Tools sessions.

• Trim Mode Trick (02:07) - See how to use Trim Automation to quickly and easily adjust settings such as volume.

• Six Ways to use Trim Mode (10:19) - Learn six slick, time saving ways to adjust the overall gain of the tracks in your songs and sessions.

• Relative Trim Mode (07:41) - Learn some cool techniques for Relative Trim Mode.

• Reverse Effects (10:06) - See how to recreate the classic backwards reverb effect easily in Pro Tools and align it perfectly with your tracks.

• Using Indigo as a Vocoder (03:49) - Learn to get the best results from the Indigo TDM Synth plug-in when used as a Vocoder. These tips can be applied to LE and M-Powered systems too!

Utility

• Making a Click Track (03:23) - Discover how to make polyrhythmic - zero latency click track that will even follow the tempo changes in your songs and sessions.

• Talent Dimming (02:57) - This handy studio utility trick shows you how to automatically control your talent’s level in between takes.

• Advanced Markers (20:18) - The definitive tutorial for learning how to creatively use Markers in Pro Tools. This info will greatly enhance your track management, session navigation, recording sessions and more.

• Talkback Ducking (03:51) - Learn this cool studio utility trick to automatically lower and raise your talkback mic level when the music starts and stops.