Release Year: 2016
Manufacturer: Lynda.com
Manufacturer’s Website: www.lynda.com/Pro-Tools-tutorials/Pro-Tools-12-Essential-Training/385356-2.html
Author: Skye Lewin
Duration: 09:32:17
Type of Material Handout: Video Lesson
Language: English
- 2.32Â GB
Description: Pro Tools is the industry-standard software for music creation and post-production. Updated for version 12.3, this course covers the essential concepts and techniques necessary for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in Pro Tools.
Pro Tools is the industry-standard software for music and post-production. Updated for version 12.3, this course covers the essential concepts and techniques necessary for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in Pro Tools. Composer/producer Skye Lewin teaches you how to create music with virtual instruments and plugins, work with audio and video files, and make both basic edits and more advanced edits with tools like Elastic Time and Pitch. Plus, learn to create a musical score, write and edit automation, and mix with effects loops and more. Finally, discover how to bounce down a final master and export and archive your session. Whether you’re a producer, a sound engineer, or a hobbyist, this course can help you become proficient in Pro Tools 12.
Content
Introduction 11m 10s
Welcome 1m 23s
Choosing a Pro Tools version 2m 36s
Optimizing your computer for Pro Tools 2m 43s
Troubleshooting Pro Tools 1m 48s
Using the exercise files 2m 9s
A note about perpetual updates 31s
- Getting Started 37m 13s
Installing and authorizing Pro Tools 2m 34s
Connecting your audio hardware 3m 32s
Powering up and powering down 1m 36s
Setting the playback engine and hardware settings 3m 3s
Optimizing Pro Tools performance 5m 1s
Understanding Automatic Delay Compensation 2m 29s
Setting essential preferences 3m 21s
Creating a new session 5m 46s
Identifying elements in the session folder 4m 19s
Creating new tracks 5m 32s
2.Learning the Interface 53m 38s
Working in the Edit window 6m 32s
Exploring the Mix window 4m 8s
Using the Transport and Big Counter windows 4m 8s
Applying the Color Palette and window arrangements 2m 40s
Exploring the menus 3m 41s
Understanding samples and ticks 3m 38s
Viewing and manipulating tracks 6m 38s
Selecting inputs, outputs, and buses 3m 59s
Defining input and output settings 5m 23s
Understanding signal paths and gain stages 4m 44s
Using keyboard shortcuts and Keyboard Focus 8m 7s
- Importing 18m 55s
Using the Workspace browser 4m 55s
Importing audio 3m 58s
Importing MIDI data into your session 2m 31s
Importing session data 4m 57s
Importing tracks from an audio CD 2m 34s - Recording Audio 1h 6m
Creating a click track 6m 1s
Recording audio 5m 47s
Using audio playback controls and scrolling 5m 31s
Working with playback modes and Dynamic Transport 6m 23s
Overdubbing and recording modes 5m 56s
Recording with playlists and Loop Record 4m 47s
Punching and monitoring modes 4m 10s
Understanding latency 3m 51s
Creating a group 6m 40s
Using effects while recording 6m 40s
Creating a headphone mix 7m 39s
Assigning disk allocation 2m 42s - Using the Edit Tools 32m 27s
Understanding nondestructive editing with clips 5m 49s
Using the Selector and Grabber tools 5m 5s
Understanding the Trim and Scrubber tools 8m 22s
Changing the view with the Zoomer tool and zoom presets 6m 1s
Editing with the Pencil tool 4m 0s
Using the Smart tool 3m 10s -
Editing Audio 1h 26m
Understanding the edit modes 6m 29s
Editing and arranging clips 8m 10s
Using Undo 3m 20s
Applying fades and crossfades 11m 41s
Building a comp track using playlists 6m 34s
Locking and muting clips 2m 47s
Exploring special Edit window functions 10m 39s
Creating an audio loop 4m 47s
Editing a voice-over 11m 15s
Using Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch 8m 0s
Consolidating and exporting files 4m 9s
Using Track Commit with audio – NEW 6m 23s
Using Track Freeze with audio NEW 2m 11s -
Arranging a Session 24m 28s
Working with clip groups 7m 34s
Applying time, tempo, meter, key, and chord 4m 38s
Using memory locations 9m 23s
Saving and recalling window configurations 2m 53s -
Recording MIDI Data 30m 10s
Setting up MIDI on a Mac 2m 58s
Setting up MIDI on a PC 1m 31s
Configuring MIDI in Pro Tools 2m 29s
Recording MIDI data 4m 49s
Recording multiple MIDI tracks with a shared virtual instrument 2m 52s
Setting MIDI recording options 4m 28s
Using Step Input 4m 4s
Building a drum loop with MIDI Merge 2m 47s
Composing with virtual instruments 4m 12s -
Editing MIDI 47m 28s
Editing MIDI data with the edit tools 7m 44s
Working in the MIDI Editor window 6m 21s
Using the MIDI Event list 2m 28s
Applying event operations 7m 19s
Quantizing MIDI tracks 8m 36s
Using groove templates 5m 7s
Applying real-time properties 3m 22s
Using MIDI Learn 4m 24s
Using Track Commit with MIDI – NEW 1m 27s
1/15 Using Track Freeze with MIDI NEW 40s -
Scoring 16m 36s
Exploring the Score Editor 5m 3s
Using the Score Editor in your workflow 4m 11s
Setting up a score 4m 14s
Printing and exporting a score 3m 8s -
Automation 29m 43s
Writing and editing automation 6m 36s
Drawing automation with the Pencil tool 5m 15s
Editing automation with the Trim and Grabber tools 3m 13s
Cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing automation 4m 47s
Enabling and disabling automation 3m 30s
Automating plugins and virtual instruments 6m 22s -
Mixing and Mastering 1h 38m
Setting up a session for mixing 9m 26s
Creating an effects loop 9m 2s
Working with plugins in the mixer 3m 57s
Utilizing Automatic Delay Compensation while mixing 7m 9s
Using equalization 9m 54s
Applying compression and limiting 11m 56s
Adding delay 5m 47s
Using reverb 7m 0s
Using AudioSuite plugins 4m 32s
Bouncing to disk 7m 45s
Making an MP3 1m 57s
Using Track Bounce 1m 52s
Setting up a session for mastering 4m 10s
Exploring a simple mastering chain 11m 22s
Understanding dither and noise shaping 2m 41s -
Working with Video 10m 39s
Importing and viewing video files 5m 21s
Adding sound and music to video 2m 52s
Bouncing to QuickTime 2m 26s -
Archiving 6m 50s
Archiving and sharing a session 6m 50s
Conclusion 1m 8s
Next steps 1m 8s
Example files: present
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 15,000 fps, ~68.9 kbps
Audio: AAC, 48.0 kHz, 320 kbps, 2 channels
