Pro Tools Synth Guru

Are you new to Pro Tools and all of its awesome virtual synthesizers? Well Pro-Tools-Expert.com founder and synth guru Russ Hughes is going to take you on a spiritual journey of the synth kind. Learn tons of cool tips and tricks as well as production ideas from this outstanding collection of video tutorials.

Videos

• Setting up Tracks (06:23) - Making sure you have the right tracks for the right task in Pro Tools will make song creation far easier. Russ gets back to basics with selecting and setting up synth tracks.

• MIDI Basics (07:12) - Russ covers the important beginning steps on using MIDI in Pro Tools and shows the different ways to get your synth ideas down.

• Synth Templates (04:19) - Stop re-inventing the wheel and see how to get yourself some hot synth templates you can bring into sessions when you need them.

• Create Big Sounds (08:02) - Find out how to layer sounds, create splits, add effects and more in Xpand2 to create your own big synth sounds.

• Custom Arpeggiators (02:31) - You don't have to rely on the factory arpeggiators. Russ shows how easy it is to create your own to use in a song, save and use later.

• Make a Filthy Bass (04:23) - In this video Russ shows you how to use one MIDI CC controller mapped within Vacuum to make an awesome filthy bass sound.

• Monster Synth Bass (04:04) - Watch Russ unlock the power of Xpand2 to make giant, huge bass sounds, that will shake your room.

• Noise Sweeps (05:29) - At the center of all dance tracks are noise sweeps. Russ shows how you need nothing more than two of the FREE plug-ins that come with Pro Tools and his secret trick to make these cool sounds.

• Power Arpeggiators (05:21) - Find out just how powerful the arpeggiators in Xpand2. Russ shows you how to get inspired and create complex and powerful soundscapes.

• Synth Filter Sweeps (05:16) - Find out how to get that cool synth filter sweep sound on your synths and drums, that's at the heart of today's top pop and dance hits.

• Synth Kick Drum (03:54) - For some tracks sampled drums are just not enough. Russ reveals how to create your own synth kick drums that will add meat to your tracks.

• Using the Filter Gate (10:00) - Discover how to take lifeless synth sounds and resurrect them with gated filters. You'll never have a flat synth on your tracks again.