Pro Tools 7 for Macintosh and Windows : Visual QuickStart Guide

by Roback, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780321348982
• ISBN10: 0321348982
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Need to learn Pro Tools fast? Try aVisual QuickStart! This best-selling referencers"s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with the industry-standard digital audio production software in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Pro Tools, acclaimed songwriter, musician, and producer Steven Roback uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you everything thatrs"s new in Pro Tools 7. Filled with loads of visual aids and straightforward explanations, this books uses pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do. You'll learn how to use dual-processor computers and Pro Tools to record, edit, and mix sophisticated, multi-track arrangements. Along the way, you'll learn the basics of automation, MIDI sequencing, and file management in Pro Tools and find extensive coverage of all the program's new features: the newly streamlined interface, extensive new MIDI features and functionality, file-management system, effects plug-ins, additional hardware support, and more!

Author Biography

Veteran journalist Steven Roback specializes in digital audio, video, and multimedia technologies. He wrote the previous versions of this guide including Pro Tools 6 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Table of Contents

Setting up your Pro Tools LE system	p. 3
Software basics	p. 11
The mix and edit windows	p. 29
Starting a new session	p. 63
Working with tracks	p. 87
Getting ready to record	p. 117
Recording and playing back audio	p. 137
File management basics	p. 161
Managing audio files with DigiBase	p. 183
Editing basics	p. 221
Selecting regions	p. 257
Working with regions	p. 271
Advanced editing	p. 313
Mixing basics	p. 341
Adding effects to a mix	p. 365
Automating a mix	p. 399
Mixdown and mastering	p. 417
Recording MIDI	p. 427
Editing MIDI	p. 459
Pro tools for digital video	p. 483
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