Setting up your pro tools le system - Software basics - The mix and edit Windows - Recording in Pro Tools : starting a new session - Working with tracks - Getting ready to record - Recording and playing back audio - Audio file management : file management basics - Managing audio files with digibase - Editing audio : editing basics - Working with regions - Advanced editing - Mixing audio : mixing basics - Adding effects to a mix - Automating a mix - Mixdown and mastering - Recording MIDI - Editing MIDI - Getting the most from pro Tools : pro Tools for digital video - Optimizing performance.

Pro Tools for Music Production is a definitive guide to the system for new and professional users. Extensively illustrated in colour and packed with time saving hints and tips, you will want to keep to hand as a constant source of information. The book takes a real-world approach and shows how to build the right system to suit your needs. Detailed chapters on recording, editing and mixing blend essential knowledge with tutorials and practical examples from actual recordings. The second edition features a wealth of new and updated material, including: · Pro Tools HD systems explained · Pro Tools 6.1 software (and up to version 6.2.3) · Mac OSX installation and troubleshooting · A new chapter on MIDI · Additional and expanded tutorials · More on Identify Beat, Beat Detective and tempo maps · Extra coverage of plug-ins and virtual instruments · How to use Propellerheads Reason and Ableton Live with Pro Tools · What you need to know about the new file management capabilities · How to transfer projects between Pro Tools and other MIDI and audio software, and between Pro Tools TDM on the Mac and Pro Tools LE on the PC Pro Tools for Music Production is a vital source of reference to keep by your side, whether you are a working professional or a serious hobbyist looking for professional results.

Sure, you can import and mix a track in Pro Tools. You can work with MIDI and you know your way around the Edit window. The UI is as familiar as your most broken-in pair of jeans. We get it—you don’t need another button-pushing guide starting from the ground floor. Get uniquely in-depth coverage instead with In the Box Music Production: Advanced Tools and Techniques for Pro Tools. Author Mike Collins splits the book into three distinct sections covering how you use Pro Tools now—whether you’re working with the synths and samplers or loops and beats of a dance or hip-hop project, the soaring vocals of the next pop sensation, or the lush layers of an instrumental world music track. Use Pro Tools to its full potential with advice on studio techniques and full exploration of its internal capabilities. Learn to leverage Pro Tools and make it work for you with this guide that is fully grounded in real-world applications and process. This book assumes that the user has some music production experience and has worked through the basics in Pro Tools.

Need to learn Pro Tools fast? Try a Visual QuickStart! This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with the industry-standard digital audio production software in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Pro Tools, acclaimed songwriter, musician, and producer Steven Roback uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you everything that’s new in Pro Tools 7. Filled with loads of visual aids and straightforward explanations, this books uses pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do. You'll learn how to use dual-processor computers and Pro Tools to record, edit, and mix sophisticated, multi-track arrangements. Along the way, you'll learn the basics of automation, MIDI sequencing, and file management in Pro Tools and find extensive coverage of all the program's new features: the newly streamlined interface, extensive new MIDI features and functionality, file-management system, effects plug-ins, additional hardware support, and more!

Shows musicians and home recording enthusiasts how to get up and running with Pro Tools, the leading software for professional music recording Features minibooks on recording basics, PC and recording hardware, MIDI, editing, mixing, mastering, synchronization, and advanced Pro Tools use Offers information on the hot-selling Digi002, Digi001, and Mbox packages for home recording buffs Provides more complete information than other books, including basic tips on the recording process Written by a professional musician who has been a touring and studio drummer as well as a sound and recording engineer

Readers can learn the secret toolkits used to to develop a professional, radio-ready rock mix out of tracks recorded in a garage. The authors provide a real hands-on Pro Tools session for readers to start arranging, EQ-ing, compressing, bussing, effecting, and automating a modern demo into a hard-hitting, radio-ready production.

(Berklee Press). Get the most out of Digidesign's Pro Tools software with this comprehensive home studio guide that will show you how to create the highest quality recordings by honing your production skills and engineering techniques. With a complete explanation of the entire production process, you'll find out everything you need to know to make your music projects stand out from the rest. You'll learn how to: mix and master recordings like the pros; run a recording session and produce great songs; set up your home studio and improve its efficiency; set up mics to capture superior sounds; master the intricacies of Pro Tools with keystroke shortcuts and technical instruction; record real-sounding MIDI tracks; and much more. Ideal for producers, engineers, songwriters and artists. The Second Edition is fully updated for the new features of Pro Tools 6.X software and all Digidesign home studio hardware products. A new chapter on Digital Audio Editing was added to the book, and new hands-on projects have been added in every chapter. Additionally, there are new, more advanced Pro Tools sessions with audio examples that explain many in-demand Pro Tools techniques.

A complete Pro Tools reference - from recording to mixing to mastering Pro Tools has long been the recording industry's leading solution for capturing, mixing, and outputting audio. While it was once a tool known and used exclusively by engineers in pro studios, it is now readily available to anyone wishing to create their own recording. This updated edition of Pro Tools All-in-One For Dummies covers the features you’ll encounter in both Pro Tools | First as well as the versions designed for next-level recording. It guides you through the very basics of recording, capturing both live and digital instruments, how to sweeten your sound in mixing, and how to tweak and output your final master. Now get ready to make some beautiful sounds! Get up to speed with recording basics Pick the Pro Tools version that works for you Record acoustic audio Get to know MIDI Discover how to set compression and EQ Sweeten your final product with mastering Create a final file you can stream online Assuming no past experience with audio recording, this book shares the basics of recording and how to capture both live and digital instruments using Pro Tools.