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Digidesign Pro Tools 8 Tutorials

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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
Introduction to Pro Tools 8 (02:37)
Course Outline (03:41)
New in Pro Tools 8 (04:31)
New Session
Session Templates (02:24)
Session Options (04:49)
Session Folder (05:38)
Save As (02:29)
Navigating
Navigating (02:42)
Score & Edit (02:23)
Transport (04:03)
Tabbing & Locating (03:19)
Link Timeline & Edit Selection (02:56)
Memory Locations pt. 1 (03:43)
Memory Locations pt. 2 (04:01)
Window Configurations (03:38)
Edit Window Views (02:44)
Mixer Window Views (02:45)
View Menu (06:45)
Zooming & Presets (02:09)
Track Types
Audio (05:19)
Auxiliary (03:01)
Master (04:16)
VCA (HD Only) (03:48)
MIDI (05:08)
Instrument (04:41)
Video (03:09)
Setup Menu
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)
I/O Setup
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)
Edit Modes
Shuffle (02:33)
Slip (01:33)
Spot (04:31)
Grid (03:20)
SSS+G (01:56)
Tools
Zoomer (02:14)
Trimmer (06:25)
Selector (02:40)
Grabber (02:19)
Smart (04:14)
Scrubber (02:18)
Pencil (05:17)
Routing
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)
Working With Audio
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)
Recording Audio (Tracking)
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)
Record Modes
QuickPunch Record (02:43)
Track Punch (HD Only) (03:28)
Destructive Record (02:59)
Destructive Punch (HD Only) (04:37)
Editing Part I
Selecting Regions (04:02)
Cutting Regions (03:55)
Separating (04:08)
Strip Silence (05:03)
Undo History (02:51)
Locking Regions (01:37)
Loop Recording
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)
Editing Part II
Nudging (03:49)
Fades (06:11)
Fade Folder (01:03)
Region Groups (04:08)
Separating Region Groups (01:06)
Exporting Region Groups (01:23)
Preferences
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)
Track Time Scale
Ticks vs. Samples pt. 1 (03:56)
Ticks vs. Samples pt. 2 (03:30)
Linear Sample/Tick Display (02:16)
Automation Drift (01:19)
Beat Detective
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)
Elastic Audio
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)
Automation
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)
Automation HD
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)
Plug-Ins
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)
Mixing
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)
Working With MIDI
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)
MIDI Editor
Views (01:44)
Tools (00:51)
Editing pt. 1 (03:49)
Editing pt. 2 (04:14)
Score
Entering Notes (05:34)
Score Settings (02:05)
Tools (05:33)
Printing (01:15)
Miscellaneous
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)
Troubleshooting
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)
Wrap Up
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)
Conclusion
Final Thoughts (01:51)
Appreciation (01:20)
About the Author (01:02)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Digidesign Pro Tools 8
Author: Adam Olson
SKU: 34006
ISBN: 1-935320-52-1
Duration: 13.5 hrs / 222 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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