Lynda.com – Music Editing for TV and Film in Pro Tools (TUTORIAL)

By | January 8, 2026

 

Year: 2011
Producer: Lynda.com
Producer’s Website: http://www.lynda.com/Pro-Tools-9-tutorials/Music-Editing-for-TV-and-Film-in-Pro-Tools/89611-2.html
Author: Skye Lewin
Duration: 03:29:00
Type of Material Handout: Video Lesson
Language: English

  • 729.2 MB

Description: In “Music Editing for TV and Film in Pro Tools,” recording engineer Skye Lewin demonstrates audio editing techniques for trimming music to video using Pro Tools 9, including the basics of timecode, synchronizing a QuickTime movie with the Pro Tools timeline, aligning music to video, editing music, and licensing some editing techniques. The course also covers creating alternate edits, coordinated edits, and exporting QuickTime movies for presentation.

Content :
00.Introduction
Welcome 00m 52s
Using the exercise files 01m 32s
A word about the film and music used in this course 00m 25s
01. Getting Started
Creating a template session for working to picture 07m 29s
Importing a picture file 03m 17s
What is time code? 04m 17s
Syncing picture to Pro Tools 06m 58s
Importing audio files 03m 03s
02. Editing Audio and Maneuvering in Pro Tools
Using the Zoom and View commands 09m 54s
Utilizing the edit modes 07m 59s
Navigating with key commands 07m 57s
Creating and using sync points 03m 20s
Using the snap editing commands 05m 16s
Using memory locations 08m 12s
Customizing crossfades 05m 58s
03. Editing Music to Picture
Auditioning music to picture 10m 21s
Editing to acquire multiple sync points within the same “cue” 06m 02s
Editing to maintain or change the arc/build of the cue to fit the scene 15m 11s
Editing the start and end of the cue 09m 55s
Setting up for a 30-second condensed edit 04m 05s
First pass of a 30-second condensed edit 11m 17s
Improving the 30-second condensed edit 14m 41s
04. Creating Alternate Edits
Exploring alternate edits of the same song 08m 17s
Editing different songs to the same scene 18m 32s
05. Presenting the Edit
Mixing the edit 05m 26s
Bouncing down the edit 02m 47s
Compressing the QuickTime files 03m 12s
06. Conforming the Edit
Conforming the edit to picture if the scene has shifted 05m 27s
Conforming the edit if a shot’s length changes within the scene 06m 52s
07. Performing Special Edits
Removing profanities by reversing audio 02m 08s
Removing profanities with instrumentals 02m 36s
Keeping a song in sequence 01m 19s
Layering audio 01m 36s
Time stretching 02m 55s
08. Conclusion
Goodbye 00m 38s

Example files: present
Video format: MOV
Video: Advanced Video Codec (AVC), 960×540, 16:9, 15.000 fps, ~51.9 – 1137 kbps
Audio: Advanced Audio Codec (AAC), 48.0 kHz, ~96.0 – 128 kbps, 2 channels


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