Pro Tools Explained®
Getting Started
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Tutorial 1
First Contact
9:43Learn about the fundamentals of the Pro Tools file structure, how to create a new session, and how to work with the QuickStart Dialogue Box.
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Tutorial 2
Audio & MIDI Hardware Setup
4:33Eli discusses how the Playback Engine settings effect system performance, and to use the MIDI Studio window to recognize connected MIDI devices.
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Tutorial 3
IO Setup
7:22Discover how to label and map your audio interface's physical inputs and outputs within Pro Tools 11, and how manage internal bus pathways.
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Tutorial 4
The Main Windows
4:18See the Main Pro Tools interface, including the Edit Window, Mix Window, Edit Window ToolBar, Transport Window, Plug-In Window, MIDI Editor, Score Editor, Event List, and Workspace Browser.
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Tutorial 5
Creating Tracks
7:02Learn how to create, name, select, move, and delete tracks.
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Tutorial 6
Importing Audio
6:34Eli shows how import options are set, how files are previewed at either original tempo or session tempo, and how the various drag and drop options work.
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Tutorial 7
Playback & Navigation
7:32Learn how to position the playback location in the timeline and control playback using various Transport functions.
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Tutorial 8
Additional Playback Functions
5:05Discover how to loop playback, use the scrolling options, and how to work with the Link Timeline and Edit Selection , and Insertion Follows Playback functions.
Recording
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Tutorial 9
Click Track Setup
6:22See how to create a click track, set the count off options, and work with the new Pro Tools 11 Click ll plug-in.
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Tutorial 10
Tempo, Meter & Counters
7:48Learn how to work with manual tempo mode, tap tempo, the conductor track, meter changes, and how to customize the ruler and counter displays.
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Tutorial 11
Track Anatomy
12:11Eli explores where the controls are and what all the fields do when viewing channel strips in the Mix Window, and tracks in the Edit Window.
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Tutorial 12
Simple MIDI Recording
4:54Learn how to work with the MIDI Input Device, MIDI Input Filter, and MIDI Thru settings as we record a basic MIDI track.
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Tutorial 13
Quantizing
5:14Learn how to correct the timing of MIDI performances and position notes either directly on, or near to, specific grid increments.
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Tutorial 14
MIDI Merge & Loop Record
0:00Watch as Eli shows how loop recording MIDI with MIDI merge enable work for building up compile parts, and how to use the Wait For Note function as an alternative to the Countoff.
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Tutorial 15
Loop Recording Multiple Takes
3:25Discover how the Loop Record mode is used with MIDI to record multiple takes over the same range.
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Tutorial 16
Punch-In Recording with Pre-Roll
6:54Explore how to use MIDI tracks in conjunction with Instrument Tracks, and how to punch in over a specified range using a predetermined amount of pre-roll before recording begins.
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Tutorial 17
Audio Recording
10:04Learn about the different record modes, shortcuts for record enabling tracks, input monitoring, and basic audio recording.
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Tutorial 18
Headphone Mix & Punch Prep
6:33Discover how bus routing is used and set up to route a parallel signal to an alternate set of physical outputs, and how to set preferences in advance of multi take audio loop and punch recording.
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Tutorial 19
Audio Punch-In Recording
4:16Watch as we record a live guitar player, and then punch on the fly using TrackPunch to correct a couple of problem areas.
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Tutorial 20
Audio Loop Recording
2:36Watch as a guitar solo is loop recorded several times over the same section in order to create alternate takes to choose from later.
Editing
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Tutorial 21
Edit Modes & Tools
9:49Explore the various edit modes and edit tool functions.
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Tutorial 22
Basic Clip Editing
0:00Discover some clip editing selection and editing tips and shortcuts, including nudging, trimming, and clip gain functions.
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Tutorial 23
Working with PlayLists
8:47Eli shows how alternate playlists are created and managed, and how to audition and assemble together clips from different playlists to create a composite take.
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Tutorial 24
Basic MIDI Editing
9:19Fasten your seat belt for a whirlwind tour of basic MIDI note creation and editing functions using the various Pencil (and Smart Tool) modes.
Mixing
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Tutorial 25
Working with Plug-Ins
4:46Discover how the Plug-In window is used to manage insert effects.
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Tutorial 26
Using Compression & EQ
7:53Explore how compressors are used to reduce the dynamic range of a track and then bring up the whole level, and how EQ plug-ins are used to boost or cut selected areas of the frequency spectrum so tracks blend better together.
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Tutorial 27
Working with Sends
5:48Eli explores how to set up an effects/return send routing along with the destination Aux track all in a single step, and learn about some useful send display and workflow functions.
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Tutorial 28
Metering
4:16Explore some of the new Pro Tools 11 metering options.
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Tutorial 29
Working with Automation
9:44Discover how to animate parameters so they change over time, either by drawing in values with the mouse, or by capturing the values generated by moving controls in real time.
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Tutorial 30
Mixdown
8:04Learn about preparing and setting up for final mix down, and how the various bounce to disc functions work.
DAW guru Eli Krantzberg takes you on a Pro Tools journey, showing you the basics, as well as more advanced Pro Tools features and functions, and makes getting on board with Pro Tools, fast and easy. If you're new to Pro Tools or want to learn more, this is the series for you.
Fully compatible with both Pro Tools Native and HD version 11 or 12, Eli begins with important basics such as creating your first session, setting up your Audio and MIDI hardware, detailed main window overviews and managing tracks.
Next, Eli goes deep into different recording topics such as Click Track Setup, the anatomy of a Track, MIDI and Audio recording, Loop and Punch-In Recording and more. Editing Audio and MIDI are next, and Eli leaves no stone unturned. Edit Modes and Tools are examined, as well as Clip Editing and working with Playlists.
Eli wraps up the series with a thorough chapter on Mixing. Working with Plug-Ins and Sends, using Compression and EQ, Metering and Automation are all revealed, and Eli even shows you how to Mixdown your song so you can burn a disc or make an MP3 for the web.
If you are starting out with Pro Tools, learn from someone who really knows the software, but more importantly, really knows how to teach it to you. Watch "Pro Tools Explained" today!
Reviews
Submitted 2 months ago
very helpful
im so excited
I am a: Beginner, Musician, Producer, Cubase, Pro Tools
Submitted 4 months ago
Refreshing
Great and quick resource specially during a project.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Submitted 4 months ago
Very very helpful
To understand how it works
I am a: Semi-Pro, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Submitted 4 months ago
All good.
I have purchased Groove 3 Videos now for some years and they never cease to amaze me. Keep up the good work.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Cakewalk Sonar
Submitted 4 months ago
Lots of detail.
A very detailed overview of Pro Tools which should give you all the information you need to get going.
Submitted 4 months ago
Great instructors.
So far, so good. The instructors are demonstrating the procedures at a very casual pace. They have a contagious, but good, sense of work flow to teach. From my perspective, they are good at what they do, and I thank them for taking the time to assist us beginners. Time is valuable and it something that should always be respected.
Submitted 7 months ago
great for a beginner or refresh knowledge
very clear instructions with good reviews of what you have learnt
I am a: Beginner, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Reason
Submitted 8 months ago
Helpful
Excellent, thanks
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase, Pro Tools
Submitted 11 months ago
This series of training videos are exceptionally good both in terms of quality and value for money.
I have gained many useful ways of working. I will be putting to use when I record and edit a CD for an ameteur bras band next week. I have already purchased a number of other videos from Grove3 that focus on particular elements of recording.
Submitted 1 year ago
Great series
Would recommend
I am a: Student, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase, Pro Tools
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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Logic Pro X 10.2 integrated Alchemy 2, one of the most powerful virtual instruments ever made. In this three-hour video training tutorial series, Eli Krantzberg teaches you how to become a Alchemy wizard and unleash all of its power on your music!
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Maestro 2 is Apogee's flexible and powerful OS X Mixer software solution that's included with all Apogee interfaces. Studio master Eli Krantzberg shows you everything you need to know about Maestro 2, as well as how to get the best performance out of your Apogee interface and improve your workflow.
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