Pro Tools - The Beginner'S Guide

Learn what you need to know to get started in Pro Tools

What you'll learn
How to get started with Pro Tools
Setup session for recording
Navigate the Pro Tools preferences
Customize your session workflow
Requirements
Know how to install software on your computer
Description
Get familiar with the most popular DAW in audio production. Pro Tools has been at the forefront of audio production for many years and there is a reason why. This software gives you many ways to customize your workflow and produce audio the way that works best for you. I'm going to show you how set and adjust your Pro Tools sessions for a more optimized production workflow. These are the basic fundamental skills that you will need to know to operate Pro Tools and produce professional audio tracks. These videos are designed to accelerate your understanding of the Pro Tools software and streamline your workflow so that you can truly be a professional with your audio production software. This course is about setting up and customizing your Pro Tools software. These course videos will show you how to prepare for recording and mixing. Once you have a good grasp on how to navigate and use Pro Tools to fit your workflow, you will be able to efficiently use your time to craft your own sound. I will not be covering any recording or mixing techniques in this course. This course is strictly about the operation of the software and not common practice of the techniques used with audio recording, mixing or mastering. I will be discussing some hypothetical practices for different features of the software in these situations, but I will not be demonstrating these engineering techniques. This course is just to get a firm understanding of the features of Pro Tools software. Please check out my other courses for audio production techniques for recording, mixing, and mastering.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Choose your version of Pro Tools to download

Lecture 3 Start Up Dashboard

Lecture 4 Optimizing your Hard Drives and File Management at Start Up

Lecture 5 24 bit vs. 32 bit

Section 2: Getting Started in Pro Tools

Lecture 6 Setting up the Playback Engine

Lecture 7 Creating New Tracks

Lecture 8 Basic Folder Tracks

Lecture 9 Routing Folder Tracks

Lecture 10 Color Coding your tracks

Lecture 11 Setting up your I/O

Lecture 12 Setting up groups

Section 3: Learning the OPTIONS menu

Lecture 13 Adjusting the scroll feature

Lecture 14 Selecting your solo options

Section 4: Pro Tools tips to make your life easier

Lecture 15 Using the Smart Tool

Lecture 16 Track Presets

Lecture 17 Shine On Audio Community

Beginner Pro Tools users that want to know all the basics