Pro Tools LE and M-Powered: The complete guide

by Collins; Mike

• ISBN13: 9780240519999
• ISBN10: 024051999X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Pro Tools LE and M-Powered is an authoritative guide to Digidesign's entry-level hardware and software systems. Illustrated throughout with color screen grabs, the book starts by giving you useful overviews and advice about the hardware options available. Subsequent chapters are packed with easy-to-follow instructions, valuable hints and time-saving tips on how to use the software. Includes: * Full coverage of all new features in version 7 * Information on tempos, clicks and grooves * Two chapters on MIDI * Useful tutorials on using Reason, Live and SampleTank * Recommendations on backups and transfers * Guidance on the DV Toolkit for post production For troubleshooting technical problems, advice on purchasing decisions or inspiration for new ideas, keep this book by your side as a vital reference point. * Become an expert in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered and learn how to maintain a healthy computer system * Gain the skills you need quickly with step-by-step tutorials to help you master the tools and techniques of the software * Get creative with recording, mixing and editing projects and realise the full potential of your system

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
The Intro	p. xix
What's in a name?	p. xix
Who should use it?	p. xix
Affordable Pro Tools Systems	p. xx
Speakers, Headphones, and Microphones	p. xx
Home Studio Setups	p. xxi
Laptop Musicians	p. xxii
Mac or PC?	p. xxii
Pro Tools LE Software	p. xxiii
Pro Tools M-Powered Software	p. xxiii
Transfers	p. xxiv
Included Software	p. xxiv
Even more software	p. xxvi
What you don't get in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered	p. xxvii
What's in the book	p. xxviii
Hardware Options for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered Systems	p. 1
Digi 001	p. 1
Low Latency Monitoring on the Digi 001	p. 3
Monitoring latency and MIDI	p. 4
Digi 002 Rack	p. 5
Front panel	p. 6
Rear panel	p. 6
The Mbox	p. 7
The front panel	p. 8
The back panel	p. 9
Zero-latency monitoring	p. 9
Exploring the Mbox mix control	p. 10
Summary	p. 11
Mbox 2	p. 12
Front panel	p. 13
Rear panel	p. 14
M-Audio M-Powered Interfaces for Pro Tools	p. 14
FireWire vs USB	p. 14
FireWire Interfaces	p. 14
Ozonic	p. 15
FireWire 410 & FireWire 1814	p. 16
FireWire Audiophile	p. 17
FireWire Solo	p. 18
PCI Cards and Interfaces	p. 19
Audiophile 2496 & Audiophile 192	p. 19
Delta 1010	p. 21
Delta 1010 LT	p. 21
Delta 44	p. 22
Delta 66	p. 23
Latest Additions	p. 23
The Digi 002 and the Command / 8	p. 25
The Digi 002	p. 25
Rear panel	p. 26
The control surface	p. 27
Top section	p. 28
Middle section	p. 29
Home view	p. 29
Console View Selectors	p. 29
Insert/Send Position Selectors	p. 30
Channel Scribble Strips	p. 30
Display Scribble Strips and Display Mode switch	p. 30
More Buttons and Status Indicators	p. 31
Rotary Encoders	p. 31
Channel Select	p. 31
Channel View	p. 31
Multi-mono Plug-ins	p. 33
Lower Section	p. 34
Faders	p. 34
Transport Controls	p. 34
Navigation & Zoom	p. 34
Window Show/Hide and Playback Mode Switches	p. 35
Fader Flip & Master Faders	p. 35
Function/Utility Keys	p. 35
Keyboard Modifier Switches	p. 36
Digi 002 Modes	p. 36
Standalone Mode	p. 36
Hooking up external sources to the Digi 002 in Standalone mode	p. 37
Digidesign Command / 8 Control Surface	p. 38
Getting to know the Pro Tools LE Software	p. 41
Pro Tools LE Overview	p. 41
Track Priority and Voice Assignment	p. 42
The Mix Window	p. 43
Plug-ins	p. 43
Tracks	p. 44
Inserts	p. 44
Sends	p. 44
I/O Selectors	p. 45
The Edit Window	p. 47
The Edit Modes	p. 49
Zoom Buttons	p. 49
Choose Your Tool	p. 49
Repairing Waveforms using the Pencil Tool	p. 51
Location Indicators	p. 53
Edit window controls and displays	p. 53
Keyboard Focus	p. 54
The Rulers	p. 55
Scrolling Options	p. 56
Playback Cursor Locator	p. 56
The Transport Window	p. 57
Pro Tools LE Menus	p. 58
Pro Tools Menu	p. 58
File Menu	p. 59
Edit Menu	p. 60
View Menu	p. 61
Track Menu	p. 62
Region Menu	p. 63
Event Menu	p. 65
AudioSuite Menu	p. 66
Options Menu	p. 67
Setup Menu	p. 68
Window Menu	p. 69
Help Menu	p. 69
Browser, browser, browser...	p. 69
The Task Window	p. 71
The Relink Window	p. 71
Drag and Drop Features	p. 73
What this chapter has covered	p. 74
Getting Started	p. 75
Installing the software	p. 75
Restoring the default Preferences	p. 77
Opening a New Session	p. 78
Choosing File Types	p. 78
Choosing Sample Rates and Bit Depths	p. 78
Saving your Session	p. 80
What gets saved	p. 81
Why you should use an external hard drive	p. 82
Allocating Hard Disk Space	p. 83
Round Robin Disk Allocation	p. 86
Record Allocation	p. 87
Setting up the inputs and outputs	p. 88
Setting up your first new session with Audio and MIDI tracks, Auxiliary inputs and Master faders	p. 91
Importing MIDI and Audio	p. 97
Using the Workspace Browser to import audio using drag & drop	p. 100
Importing Loops & Samples	p. 101
Transferring audio into Pro Tools from CD, DAT or other digital sources	p. 101
Importing video	p. 103
Importing Audio from Video	p. 104
What this chapter has covered	p. 105
Tempos & Grooves	p. 107
Setting up Tempo, Meter and Click	p. 107
Setting the Meter	p. 107
Setting Tempos	p. 108
Manual tempo mode	p. 108
Tempo events	p. 109
Building tempo maps	p. 110
Tempo Operations	p. 110
Using the Click	p. 112
Adjusting Tempos	p. 114
Adjusting the Session tempo to the tempo of imported (or recorded) audio	p. 115
Adjusting the tempo of imported (or recorded) audio to the session tempo	p. 119
What is Beat Detective?	p. 122
So why not use Beat Detective?	p. 122
OK, let's use Beat Detective!	p. 123
Beat Detective Features	p. 123
Using Beat Detective to adjust the Session tempo to the tempo of an imported audio file	p. 124
Using Beat Detective to adjust the tempo of an imported audio file to the Session tempo	p. 126
Using REX and ACID Files	p. 129
To Import a REX or ACID File	p. 130
What this chapter has explained	p. 132
Recording MIDI and using Virtual Instruments	p. 133
MIDI Setup	p. 133
MIDI Studio...	p. 134
MIDI Beat Clock...	p. 136
MIDI Input Filter...	p. 137
MIDI Input Devices...	p. 138
Getting Started	p. 139
Setting up to Record MIDI onto a track	p. 140
Recording onto a MIDI or Instrument track	p. 142
Loop recording MIDI	p. 144
Playing back a MIDI or Instrument track	p. 146
Assigning Multiple MIDI Output Assignments	p. 147
Using Virtual Instruments	p. 147
Using Instrument Tracks	p. 148
Using Reason, Live, and SampleTank	p. 150
ReWire	p. 151
Troubleshooting	p. 152
Looping Playback when using ReWire	p. 153
Propellerhead Reason	p. 153
Overview	p. 153
Recording Reason synths	p. 154
Setting up the Reason Synthesizers	p. 155
Routing MIDI from Pro Tools to Reason	p. 162
Recording from Reason into Pro Tools	p. 163
Developing and recording material using Ableton Live	p. 164
Overview	p. 164
Using Ableton Live with Pro Tools	p. 165
Recording from Ableton Live into Pro Tools	p. 167
IK Multimedia SampleTank 2	p. 169
Overview	p. 169
Adding sampled material using SampleTank	p. 171
Recording from SampleTank into Pro Tools	p. 171
Making tracks inactive to conserve processing resources	p. 172
Recording virtual instruments as Audio	p. 173
What this chapter has explained	p. 174
Editing MIDI	p. 175
Editing Basics	p. 175
Bars, Beats and Clock 'Ticks'	p. 175
Graphic Editing	p. 176
Event List Editing	p. 178
Remove Duplicate Notes	p. 179
Stuck Notes	p. 179
Useful Keyboard Commands	p. 180
Special Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear Commands	p. 180
Marquee Zooming	p. 181
Keyboard Zoom Commands	p. 182
Individual Vertical Zoom	p. 182
The MIDI Operations Windows	p. 183
Grid/Groove Quantize	p. 183
Grid Quantize	p. 184
Groove Quantize	p. 184
Input Quantize	p. 186
Restore Performance	p. 186
Flatten Performance	p. 187
Change Velocity	p. 187
Change Duration	p. 188
Transpose	p. 190
Select and Split Notes	p. 190
Step Input	p. 193
MIDI Real-Time Properties	p. 193
How to compensate for monitoring latency when using external MIDI devices	p. 194
How to compensate for triggering delays when using external MIDI devices	p. 196
Quick Start Editing Session	p. 198
Programming Beats	p. 198
Manually correcting mistakes	p. 199
MIDI Loop Recording	p. 200
MIDI Drum-machine style recording	p. 201
Repeating Patterns	p. 202
Mirrored Edits	p. 202
What you have learned	p. 204
Recording Audio	p. 205
Preparing to Record	p. 205
Monitoring Levels vs Input Gain Levels	p. 205
Auto Input vs Input Only Monitoring	p. 206
Latency	p. 207
Using an external mixer	p. 207
Zero Latency Monitoring	p. 207
Low Latency Monitoring	p. 207
Record Enabling	p. 208
Record Safe Mode	p. 208
Other Record Modes	p. 209
Recording through plug-ins	p. 209
Your first Audio Recording	p. 210
First Fixes	p. 213
Recording over an existing region	p. 213
First Edits	p. 214
Separating and Moving Regions	p. 215
Recording multiple 'takes'	p. 218
Punch Recording	p. 221
Loop Recording	p. 222
Selecting Takes	p. 224
QuickPunch	p. 225
Saving your Sessions	p. 226
Tidying up your Sessions	p. 226
What you have learned	p. 228
Editing Audio	p. 229
Overview	p. 229
Basic Editing	p. 230
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear Commands	p. 230
Special Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear Commands	p. 231
Making an Edit Selection using the Edit Selection Indicators	p. 231
Working with Multiple Tracks	p. 233
Master Views	p. 234
Other Track Views	p. 234
The Edit modes	p. 234
Slip Mode	p. 235
Shuffle Mode	p. 235
Spot Mode	p. 236
Grid Mode	p. 239
Making Timeline Selections	p. 242
Linked Timeline and Edit Selections	p. 243
Unlinked Timeline and Edit Selections	p. 244
The Playback and Edit Markers	p. 246
Linked Track and Edit Selections	p. 247
Finding your way around the Edit window	p. 248
Track View Toggle	p. 249
Zoom Toggle	p. 249
Getting used to Zooming around	p. 250
Continuous Zooming	p. 251
Looped Playback	p. 252
Scrolling Options	p. 253
Timeline Insertion Follows Playback	p. 253
Useful Shortcuts	p. 254
Finding the ends of the selection	p. 255
Working with Regions	p. 255
Sync Points	p. 258
Nudging Regions	p. 260
Useful Region Editing Commands	p. 261
Shift Region	p. 261
Duplicate Region	p. 262
Repeat Region	p. 262
Lock Region	p. 262
Mute Region	p. 263
Quantize to Grid	p. 263
Region Groups	p. 263
Region Looping	p. 267
Editing Looped Regions	p. 269
Stripping Silence from regions	p. 271
Inserting Silence	p. 275
Consolidating Regions	p. 276
Compacting Audio Files	p. 276
What you have learned	p. 278
Mixing	p. 279
Overview	p. 279
Monitoring	p. 280
Monitoring Levels	p. 281
Metering	p. 281
Fat Meters	p. 284
Master Fader Tracks	p. 284
Multiple Output Assignments	p. 285
Making Tracks Inactive	p. 286
Grouping Tracks	p. 287
Track Output Windows	p. 288
Using Auxiliary Tracks	p. 289
Using Sends	p. 291
Automating Sends	p. 294
Returns	p. 294
Send and Return Submixing for Effects Processing	p. 295
Automation	p. 296
Creating Automation	p. 297
Automation Write Modes	p. 300
Automation Playlists	p. 301
Editing Automation Data	p. 302
Thinning Automation	p. 303
Creating Automation using the mouse	p. 305
The Final Mix	p. 306
Mixdown	p. 308
Recording to a Stereo Mastering Recorder	p. 309
Bounce to Disk	p. 310
Recording to Tracks	p. 312
When to Use Dither	p. 313
What you have learned	p. 314
Backups and Transfers	p. 315
Backups	p. 315
Transfers	p. 316
Preparing Pro Tools Sessions for Transfer	p. 316
Types of Transfers	p. 318
Moving Pro Tools Sessions between Systems	p. 318
Mac/PC Compatibility	p. 318
Transferring Files between Different Computer Platforms	p. 319
Moving between Pro Tools [vertical bar] HD and Pro Tools LE or M-Powered systems	p. 320
Transferring Pro Tools 7 Sessions to earlier versions	p. 322
Working with offline media	p. 322
Transferring Projects between applications	p. 323
The Hard Way: Using a MIDI file and separate audio files	p. 323
The Easy Way: Using MIDI and OMF, AES31, or AAF files	p. 324
Preparing Projects for Transfer	p. 325
Checklist	p. 326
OMF and AAF	p. 326
Exporting AAF and OMF from Pro Tools	p. 327
Importing AAF and OMF files into Pro Tools	p. 330
Using the Import Session Data command to import an OMF file	p. 330
Opening an OMF file into a new Pro Tools session	p. 332
DV Toolkit for LE	p. 335
DV Toolkit	p. 335
DV Toolkit 2	p. 335
DigiTranslator	p. 335
Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction	p. 337
Synchro Arts VocALign Project	p. 338
DV Toolkit Time Code Features	p. 339
Timebase Rulers	p. 339
Scrubber Tool for scrubbing a Movie track	p. 339
Custom Shuttle Lock Speed	p. 339
Time Code Mapping Options	p. 340
Use Subframes Option	p. 340
Session Setup Window	p. 341
Time Code rates and Feet+Frame rates	p. 341
Pull Up and Pull Down	p. 342
Time Code Setup Commands	p. 343
Redefine Current Time Code Position	p. 343
Redefine Current Feet+Frames Position	p. 344
Redefine External Time Code Offset	p. 344
More Info	p. 345
Books	p. 345
Other books by the Author	p. 345
Other books about Pro Tools	p. 345
Mixing Techniques	p. 346
Music Production Techniques	p. 346
MIDI Recording Techniques and Theory	p. 347
DVDs	p. 347
Magazines	p. 347
Websites	p. 348
Index	p. 349
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