Publisher Description

PRO TOOLS 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO PRO TOOLS 10 takes a comprehensive approach to learning the fundamentals of Pro Tools systems. Now updated for Pro Tools 10 software, this new edition from the definitive authority on Pro Tools covers everything you need to know to complete a Pro Tools project. Learn to build sessions that include multitrack recordings of live instruments, MIDI sequences, and virtual instruments. Through hands-on tutorials, develop essential techniques for recording, editing, and mixing. The included DVD-ROM offers tutorial files and videos, additional documentation, and Pro Tools sessions to accompany the projects in the text.

Author Biography

Frank D. Cook is a bass guitarist and longtime Pro Tools user. The owner of Insource Writing Solutions and NextPoint Training, Frank has worked in the technical publications and education industries for more than fifteen years. As a writer, editor, technical publications manager, and business owner, Frank has authored and contributed to hundreds of guides, manuals, reports, textbooks, and other publications for clients in a wide variety of industries. His writing and consulting company, Insource Writing Solutions, specializes in documentation for the digital audio industry. His training venture, NextPoint Training, focuses on advanced training in Pro Tools, VENUE, digital media, and related products and technologies. Frank also teaches Pro Tools courses as an adjunct professor at American River College in Sacramento, California.

Table of Contents

Part I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
1. Getting to Know Pro Tools.
2. Getting Inside Pro Tools.
Part II: WORKING WITH SESSIONS.
3. Creating Your First Session.
4. Making Your First Audio Recording.
5. Importing Media into Your Session.
6. Making Your First MIDI Recording.
7. Selecting and Navigating.
8. Basic Editing Techniques.
9. Basic Mixing Techniques.
10. Finishing Your Work.
Part III: HANDS-ON PROJECTS.
11. Prelude. Project Introduction and Setup.
12. Project 1. Music Hands-On Project.
13. Project 2. Post Hands-On Project.
14. Part IV: Course Completion.
15. Overview. Information for Course Completion.

Review

Part I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 1. Getting to Know Pro Tools. 2. Getting Inside Pro Tools. Part II: WORKING WITH SESSIONS. 3. Creating Your First Session. 4. Making Your First Audio Recording. 5. Importing Media into Your Session. 6. Making Your First MIDI Recording. 7. Selecting and Navigating. 8. Basic Editing Techniques. 9. Basic Mixing Techniques. 10. Finishing Your Work. Part III: HANDS-ON PROJECTS. 11. Prelude. Project Introduction and Setup. 12. Project 1. Music Hands-On Project. 13. Project 2. Post Hands-On Project. 14. Part IV: Course Completion. 15. Overview. Information for Course Completion.

Review Text

Part I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION.1. Getting to Know Pro Tools.2. Getting Inside Pro Tools.Part II: WORKING WITH SESSIONS.3. Creating Your First Session.4. Making Your First Audio Recording.5. Importing Media into Your Session.6. Making Your First MIDI Recording.7. Selecting and Navigating.8. Basic Editing Techniques.9. Basic Mixing Techniques.10. Finishing Your Work.Part III: HANDS-ON PROJECTS.11. Prelude. Project Introduction and Setup.12. Project 1. Music Hands-On Project.13. Project 2. Post Hands-On Project.14. Part IV: Course Completion.15. Overview. Information for Course Completion.

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