Digital Music Doctor Pro Tools 8 - Know It All Tutorial DVD
DigiDesign Pro Tools tutorials give you a complete guide to making music with Pro Tools. The Quick Start section provides an overview of the features and functions in this leading music software programs. The Mixing and Mastering section demonstrates complete session examples of both audio mixing and mastering, including explanations of the most commonly used audio plug-ins. The Loops and Remix section explains the Elastic Audio function and also walks through creating a hip-hop remix. The MIDI section demonstrates how to work with virtual instruments, hardware synthesizers and Rewire as well as the use of the MIDI Editor and Score Editor. The Tools and Techniques section covers Recording and the Pro Tools Creative Collection virtual instruments.

The Pro Tools 8 tutorials are 3 hours and 36 minutes of Adobe Flash videos in data DVD format:

Quick start Pro Tools tutorials:


Introduction:

The introduction to DigiDesign Pro Tools provides an overview of the training:

Welcome

Course Overview

Navigation


What's new:

Discusses what's new in Pro Tools 8 compared with previous versions:

AIR Virtual Instruments

Score Editor

Elastic Pitch

Loops

FX Plug-ins

MIDI Editor

Comping

Templates


Edit window:

Discusses one of the main windows, the Edit Window:

Regions

Tracks

Transport

Timebase Rulers

Memory Locations

Zoom Tools

Buses

Aux Inputs


Mix window:

Reviews the features and functions of the Mix Window:

Input/Output

Sends

Inserts

Automation

Groups

Master Fader


Sessions:

Explains Sessions through the following topics:

Audio Interfaces

Playback Engine

Playback Buffers

Video

Session Data

File Management

Colors

Control Surfaces

Templates

Keyboard Shortcuts

Preferences

Sample Rate

Bit Depth

Window Configurations


Audio Editing:

A basic introduction to the Editing functions available:

Trimmer

Selector

Grabber

Fades

Smart Tool

Edit Modes

Scrubber

Pencil Tool


Mixing and mastering Pro Tools tutorials:


Mixing I and II:

Uses an example session to demonstrate the principles of audio mixing:

Panning

EQ

Compression

Sends

Reverb

AudioSuite

Automation

Inserts

Bounce to Disc

Dynamic Voice Allocation

Dither


Mastering I and II:

Explains the basic principles of mastering using the iZotope Ozone mastering suite:

Stereo Imaging

Reverb

Compression

Loudness Maximizing


Loops and remix tutorials:


Overview:

An Overview oriented towards Loops and Remixing:

Elastic Audio

Acid & Rex Files

Analysis View

Warp View

Quantizing

Grooves

Elastic Pitch

Swing


Remix examples:

Uses a Pro Tools session to demonstrate the following:

Elastic Audio Properties

Elastic Audio Settings

Region Groups

Tempo Ruler


MIDI tutorials:


Virtual instruments:

The Virtual Instruments tutorial discusses the following topics:

MIDI Background

Xpand!

VST/RTAS Adapter

Reason

Rewire

Multitimbral

Multichannel

Native Instruments


Hardware synths:

The Hardware Synths section discusses the following topics:

MIDI Ports

MIDI Studio Setup

Track Input

Patch Maps

Cherry Picker

MIDI Thru


MIDI edit:

The MIDI editing tutorials demonstrate the MIDI editing functions available:

MIDI Editor

MIDI Preferences

Score Editor

Mirrored MIDI Editing

Velocity

MIDI Controllers

MIDI Event List

Real-Time Properties

Event Operations

Humanize

Quantize


Tools and techniques Pro Tools tutorials:


Recording:

This section covers both Audio and MIDI Recording:

Buffer Size

Metronome

Step Recording
Multi-take Recording

Guitar Amp Sim

MIDI Recording

Comping

Root Media Folder


Creative Collection I and II:

discuss the following features of Creative Collection:

DB-33

Leslie FX

Vacuum

Boom

Mini Grand

Xpand!2

Structure Free