Pro Tools 8 Jump Start

Pro Tools 8 is a very complex audio machine, do you know how to get it running? This jump start series presented by Pro Tools power user Antony Livoti will show you the new user, how to launch Pro Tools, all the way to making your first file for CD or MP3 player in less than an hour!

Videos

• Launch & Create Session (01:59) - Learn to launch Pro Tools 8 and quickly create a new session from scratch.

• Setup & Record Audio (07:22) - See how to optimize screen real estate when getting ready to record, create audio tracks, name them, set inputs and outputs, record enable tracks, properly set levels, create a click track, set the tempo and record and playback a track.

• Setup & Record Virtual Instruments (08:22) - Watch how to create virtual instruments tracks, choose and load a virtual instrument plug-in, browse plug-in presets, record enable instrument tracks and record and playback a drum and piano track. Also see how to quantize the drums so they are in perfect time.

• Editing Audio (06:35) - Learn to zoom in and out and scroll horizontally in the Edit Window. See how to resize tracks, navigate the timeline, use Grid and Slip edit modes and use the main edit tools to resize, move, delete, copy and paste audio regions.

• Editing MIDI (02:43) - Learn what MIDI is and discover the MIDI editor window where you'll see how to shorten and lengthen individual MIDI notes, delete, copy and paste them as well as how to set their velocities.

• Quick Mix (17:25) - Watch as Antony takes a rough multi-track song and mixes it before your eyes and ears. See how to create and use a Master Fader, EQ plug-in, route to Reverbs and Delays, blend tracks and more.

• Making CD & MP3 Files (10:01) - See how to make a mix tighter and louder by using EQ, Compression and Limiting plug-ins, select an area to bounce to disk and how to make a stereo file for CD and MP3 players and or the internet.