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Course Description
Pro Tools® 8 is the most advanced audio creation and production software. It features a gorgeous new interface, dozens of new virtual instruments and plug-ins, exciting new scoring and MIDI features, amazing new workflows, deeper controller integration, and much, much more. With it’s rich feature set the end user is able do anything from tracking a band to adding sound effects to motion pictures. In this course you will be guided through setting up your system, tracking, editing, mixing, burning your project to a CD and much, much more. This course covers Pro Tools LE & HD feature sets as well as Pro Tools add-ons. The author takes users through Beat Detective & Elastic Audio and explains common misconceptions and problems found when using this complex yet powerful software. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
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Welcome
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| Introduction to Pro Tools 8 | (02:37) | T | |
| Course Outline | (03:41) | T | |
| New in Pro Tools 8 | (04:31) | T | |
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New Session
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| Session Templates | (02:24) | T | |
| Session Options | (04:49) | T | |
| Session Folder | (05:38) | T | |
| Save As | (02:29) | T | |
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Navigating
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| Navigating | (02:42) | T | |
| Score & Edit | (02:23) | T | |
| Transport | (04:03) | T | |
| Tabbing & Locating | (03:19) | T | |
| Link Timeline & Edit Selection | (02:56) | T | |
| Memory Locations pt. 1 | (03:43) | T | |
| Memory Locations pt. 2 | (04:01) | T | |
| Window Configurations | (03:38) | T | |
| Edit Window Views | (02:44) | T | |
| Mixer Window Views | (02:45) | T | |
| View Menu | (06:45) | T | |
| Zooming & Presets | (02:09) | T | |
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Track Types
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| Audio | (05:19) | ||
| Auxiliary | (03:01) | ||
| Master | (04:16) | ||
| VCA (HD Only) | (03:48) | ||
| MIDI | (05:08) | ||
| Instrument | (04:41) | ||
| Video | (03:09) | ||
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Setup Menu
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| Hardware LE | (02:26) | ||
| Hardware HD | (03:49) | ||
| Playback Engine pt. 1 | (04:53) | ||
| Playback Engine pt. 2 | (03:17) | ||
| Disk Allocation | (04:38) | ||
| Peripherals pt. 1 | (05:11) | ||
| Peripherals pt. 2 | (04:32) | ||
| Video Sync Offset | (01:20) | ||
| Session pt. 1 | (03:34) | ||
| Session pt. 2 | (05:04) | ||
| MIDI | (04:10) | ||
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I/O Setup
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| I/O Hardware Change | (01:18) | ||
| I/O Setup pt. 1 | (03:17) | ||
| I/O Setup pt. 2 | (05:03) | ||
| Busses | (02:13) | ||
| Inserts | (02:19) | ||
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Edit Modes
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| Shuffle | (02:33) | ||
| Slip | (01:33) | ||
| Spot | (04:31) | ||
| Grid | (03:20) | ||
| SSS+G | (01:56) | ||
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Tools
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| Zoomer | (02:14) | ||
| Trimmer | (06:25) | ||
| Selector | (02:40) | ||
| Grabber | (02:19) | ||
| Smart | (04:14) | ||
| Scrubber | (02:18) | ||
| Pencil | (05:17) | ||
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Routing
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| Rewire pt. 1 | (06:06) | ||
| Rewire pt. 2 | (04:11) | ||
| Bussing pt. 1 | (02:59) | ||
| Bussing pt. 2 | (05:36) | ||
| Sends | (04:39) | ||
| Panning | (03:19) | ||
| Inserts | (01:58) | ||
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Working With Audio
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| Importing Audio pt. 1 | (02:58) | ||
| Importing Audio pt. 2 | (02:14) | ||
| Region List pt. 1 | (04:30) | ||
| Region List pt. 2 | (03:13) | ||
| Region List pt. 3 | (04:50) | ||
| Offline Flies | (03:29) | ||
| Task Manager | (01:56) | ||
| Remove Unused Media | (02:24) | ||
| Workspace Browser | (05:18) | ||
| Project Browser | (02:00) | ||
| Volume Browser | (01:04) | ||
| Catalogs Browser | (03:05) | ||
| Rex & Acid Files | (03:24) | ||
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Recording Audio (Tracking)
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| Setting Up Click | (02:47) | ||
| Click Routing | (04:00) | ||
| Tempo Track | (04:49) | ||
| Setting Up Sends | (05:45) | ||
| Mix Knob | (03:07) | ||
| Low Latency Monitoring | (00:54) | ||
| I/O Compensation (HD Only) | (01:22) | ||
| Input & Auto-Input | (04:27) | ||
| Auto Punch | (03:27) | ||
| Pre-Roll & Post-Roll | (04:49) | ||
| Playlists | (04:42) | ||
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Record Modes
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| QuickPunch Record | (02:43) | ||
| Track Punch (HD Only) | (03:28) | ||
| Destructive Record | (02:59) | ||
| Destructive Punch (HD Only) | (04:37) | ||
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Editing Part I
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| Selecting Regions | (04:02) | ||
| Cutting Regions | (03:55) | ||
| Separating | (04:08) | ||
| Strip Silence | (05:03) | ||
| Undo History | (02:51) | ||
| Locking Regions | (01:37) | ||
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Loop Recording
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| Loop Recording | (06:28) | ||
| Loop Record Playlist | (02:24) | ||
| Rating Regions | (01:49) | ||
| Comping a Take pt. 1 | (02:26) | ||
| Comping a Take pt. 2 | (02:19) | ||
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Editing Part II
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| Nudging | (03:49) | ||
| Fades | (06:11) | ||
| Fade Folder | (01:03) | ||
| Region Groups | (04:08) | ||
| Separating Region Groups | (01:06) | ||
| Exporting Region Groups | (01:23) | ||
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Preferences
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| Preferences pt. 1 | (05:43) | ||
| Preferences pt. 2 | (04:21) | ||
| Preferences pt. 3 | (02:43) | ||
| Preferences pt. 4 | (02:51) | ||
| Preferences pt. 5 | (04:27) | ||
| Preferences pt. 6 | (05:17) | ||
| Preferences pt. 7.1 | (03:29) | ||
| Preferences pt. 7.2 | (04:26) | ||
| Preferences pt. 8 | (01:59) | ||
| Preferences HD vs. LE | (03:26) | ||
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Track Time Scale
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| Ticks vs. Samples pt. 1 | (03:56) | ||
| Ticks vs. Samples pt. 2 | (03:30) | ||
| Linear Sample/Tick Display | (02:16) | ||
| Automation Drift | (01:19) | ||
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Beat Detective
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| Dynamic Transport | (02:31) | ||
| Bar|Beat Marker Generation pt. 1 | (05:15) | ||
| Bar|Beat Marker Generation pt. 2 | (03:08) | ||
| Groove Template Extraction | (04:17) | ||
| Region Separation | (03:04) | ||
| Region Conform | (04:23) | ||
| Edit Smoothing | (03:03) | ||
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Elastic Audio
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| Audition Path | (00:50) | ||
| Elastic Preference | (02:04) | ||
| Polyphonic-Varispeed | (05:52) | ||
| X-Form | (02:56) | ||
| Comparison | (04:26) | ||
| Analysis View | (02:49) | ||
| Warp View | (03:41) | ||
| Elastic Pitch | (02:26) | ||
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Automation
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| Automation | (02:31) | ||
| Off / Read & Write | (02:16) | ||
| Touch & Latch | (03:03) | ||
| Automation Lanes | (00:52) | ||
| Automation Thinning | (02:51) | ||
| Suspend Automation | (02:41) | ||
| Groups pt. 1 | (04:25) | ||
| Groups pt. 2 | (03:47) | ||
| Groups pt. 3 | (04:59) | ||
| Groups pt. 4 | (03:49) | ||
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Automation HD
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| Touch/Latch | (02:07) | ||
| Trim | (02:35) | ||
| Trim Preferences | (02:15) | ||
| Manual Write | (03:31) | ||
| Write On Stop | (02:33) | ||
| Auto Join | (03:07) | ||
| Auto Match | (01:32) | ||
| Latch Prime | (02:19) | ||
| Preview | (02:35) | ||
| Capture | (03:06) | ||
| AutoGlide Time | (01:39) | ||
| Copy to Send | (02:50) | ||
| "Snapshot" Write To | (03:31) | ||
| "Snapshot" Trim To | (02:40) | ||
| "Snapshot" Glide To | (04:11) | ||
| VCAs | (04:32) | ||
| Coalesce Trim Automation | (05:27) | ||
| Coalesce VCA Groups | (01:53) | ||
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Plug-Ins
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| RTAS | (02:19) | ||
| AudioSuite | (03:23) | ||
| AudioSuite Only | (06:30) | ||
| Gate | (04:24) | ||
| Compressor | (05:37) | ||
| EQ | (04:10) | ||
| Delay | (05:43) | ||
| Reverb | (04:52) | ||
| Dither | (04:52) | ||
| Multi-Mono | (03:04) | ||
| Miscellaneous | (02:34) | ||
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Mixing
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| Latency & Nudge | (03:31) | ||
| Using External Hardware | (02:50) | ||
| H/W Insert Delay (HD Only) | (07:21) | ||
| Delay Compensation (HD Only) | (07:30) | ||
| System Usage & Disk Space | (03:35) | ||
| MIDI Track Offsets | (07:09) | ||
| External MIDI Hardware | (04:26) | ||
| Side-Chain Input | (01:00) | ||
| Side-Chain Gate | (02:22) | ||
| Side-Chain Compressor | (03:27) | ||
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Working With MIDI
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| MIDI Basics | (05:11) | ||
| Learn CC | (03:00) | ||
| Loop Record | (04:30) | ||
| Real-Time Properties | (03:09) | ||
| Real-Time Properties Floating | (02:31) | ||
| Soft Synths vs. Hardware | (02:35) | ||
| Step Input | (03:49) | ||
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MIDI Editor
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| Views | (01:44) | ||
| Tools | (00:51) | ||
| Editing pt. 1 | (03:49) | ||
| Editing pt. 2 | (04:14) | ||
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Score
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| Entering Notes | (05:34) | ||
| Score Settings | (02:05) | ||
| Tools | (05:33) | ||
| Printing | (01:15) | ||
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Miscellaneous
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| Voices | (07:42) | ||
| Voice Borrowing | (03:43) | ||
| Prime Hard Drive for Playback & Record | (02:01) | ||
| Half Speed PB & Record | (06:24) | ||
| Aliasing | (02:20) | ||
| Color Palette | (05:57) | ||
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Troubleshooting
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| iLok | (04:08) | ||
| Offline Media | (07:05) | ||
| No MIDI & Audio Mac | (06:15) | ||
| No MIDI & Audio Windows | (03:28) | ||
| Plug-in Manager | (04:17) | ||
| Finding He|p | (03:41) | ||
| Transport Wont Play Right Away | (01:27) | ||
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Wrap Up
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| Bounce Settings | (05:21) | ||
| Internal Layback | (04:34) | ||
| Auxiliary Bouncing | (02:17) | ||
| Burning a CD | (03:37) | ||
| Transfer to Other DAW's | (04:40) | ||
| Save Session In | (04:03) | ||
| Consolidate Selection | (03:20) | ||
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Conclusion
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| Final Thoughts | (01:51) | ||
| Appreciation | (01:20) | ||
| About the Author | (01:02) | ||
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| Course: | Digidesign Pro Tools 8 |
| Author: | Adam Olson |
| SKU: | 34006 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-52-1 |
| Release Date: | 2009-07-17 |
| Duration: | 13.5 hrs / 222 tutorials |
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| Captions: | Available on CD and Online University |
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