Pro Tools | First


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Pro Tools | First: Fundamentals of Audio Production introduces users to the power of Pro Tools software and marks the first steps toward developing core skills in audio production. The book covers the basic principles you’ll need to complete a Pro Tools | First project, from initial setup to final output, and it is designed for those who are new to professional audio production and also for experienced users who are unfamiliar with Pro Tools software. This book is laid-out to mirror the creative process of audio production—from set up, to the recording process, editing and mixing, and then creating the final files. Interspersed within each chapter are short hands-on tutorial exercises which give users a chance to explore the concepts and techniques being discussed and hear the results. For those interested in gaining official Avid certification, this book is also a valuable introduction for further learning and through the Avid Learning Series curriculum.




Pro Tools Fundamentals I


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Pro Tools 101


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Accompanying DVD-ROM contains media files for exercises and hands-on projects, videos and video tutorials.




Pro Tools 101


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Pro Tools 101


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Takes a comprehensive approach to learning the fundamentals of Pro Tools HD[registered], Pro Tools LE[registered], or Pro Tools M-Powered[trademark] systems. This title helps you learn to build sessions that include multitrack recordings of live instruments, MIDI sequences, software synthesizers, and virtual instruments.




Understanding Audio


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(Berklee Guide). Understanding Audio explores the fundamentals of audio and acoustics that impact every stage of the music recording process. Whether you are a musician setting up your first Pro Tools project studio, or you are a seasoned recording engineer or producer eager to find a reference that fills in the gaps in your understanding of audio, this book is for you. Understanding Audio will enable you to develop a thorough understanding of the underlying principles of sound, and take some of the mystery and guesswork out of how equipment setup affects the quality of your recordings. Projects at the end of each chapter will assist you in applying these principles to your own recording environment. Learn about: * Basic and advanced audio theory * Cables and studio wiring * Recording studio and console signal flow * Digital and analog audio * Studio and listening room acoustics * Psychoacoustics * "In the Studio" insights, relating audio principles to real recording situations




Digital Audio Editing


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Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest corrective editing like cutting, copying, and pasting to more complex creative editing, such as beat mapping and time-stretching. You’ll be able to avoid unnatural-sounding pitch correction and understand the potential pitfalls you face when restoring classic tracks. Author Simon Langford invites you to see editing with his wide-angle view, putting this skill into a broad context that will inform your choices even as you more skillfully manipulate sound. Focusing on techniques applicable to any digital audio workstation, it includes break-outs giving specific keystrokes and instruction in Avid’s Pro Tools, Apple’s Logic Pro, Steinberg’s Cubase, and PreSonus’s Studio One. The companion websites includes tutorials in all four software packages to help you immediately apply the broad skills from the book.




Pro Tools 110


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(Music Pro Guides). The Pro Tools 110 textbook expands upon the basic principles taught in the Pro Tools 101 book and introduces the core concepts and skills that users need to competently operate a mid-sized Pro Tools system. Newly updated for Pro Tools 2019 software, this 14th edition from Avid Master Instructor Frank D. Cook covers the in-depth Pro Tools operations, settings, working techniques, and shortcuts that will transform readers from beginning users to skilled and experienced practitioners. This book explores Pro Tools concepts and techniques that build upon readers' existing knowledge of the software. Each chapter is followed by an exercise that progresses step-by-step through specific Pro Tools functions and operations discussed in the preceding text. Pro Tools 110: Audio Fundamentals II with Pro Tools 2019 is the second of two textbooks designed to prepare students for the Avid Pro Tools Certified User exam. Download media includes: * Audio and video files for included exercises * Pro Tools session templates for exercises




Audio Production Basics with Pro Tools - First


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(Music Pro Guides). Learn the basics of recording, editing, and mixing audio using Pro Tools | First software, a free version of the industry-standard professional platform used by artists, producers, engineers, and mixers worldwide. Audio Production Basics with Pro Tools | First will guide you every step of the way. With this book and the included online media files, you'll get hands-on with Pro Tools and cover everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: * Basic Digital Audio Workstation operations and audio hardware options * Principles of sound production and microphone use * Essential Pro Tools concepts and operations * MIDI fundamentals for playing and recording virtual instruments * Multi-track recording * Mixing your project and outputting your final mixdown Pro Tools | First is free, easy, and fun. And everything you learn here will apply if you move on to more advanced versions of Pro Tools. Take the first step now, with Audio Production Basics with Pro Tools | First .




Pro Tools 101


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(Music Pro Guides). Pro Tools 101: Audio Fundamentals I with Pro Tools 2019 takes a comprehensive approach to teaching the fundamentals of using a Pro Tools system for audio production. Freshly updated for Pro Tools 2019 software, this 14th edition from Avid Master Instructor Frank D. Cook 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 exercises and projects, develop essential techniques for recording, editing, and mixing. The downloadable content provides media files and Pro Tools sessions to accompany the written exercises and supplemental projects in the text. Pro Tools 101: Audio Fundamentals I with Pro Tools 2019 is the first of two textbooks designed to prepare users for the Avid Pro Tools Certified User exam. The second textbook, Pro Tools 110: Audio Fundamentals II with Pro Tools 2019 , is also available through Hal Leonard. Downloadable content includes: * Media files for included exercises *Completed Pro Tools session files for exercises * Pro Tools session files and media for included supplemental projects