Description
Session 1 – Pro Tools Installation and Authorization
- Run the installers for Pro Tools, plugins, and iLok license manager
- Pro Tools Setup -set playback engine. Explore and make changes in the start screen. Create a new session
- Explore file menu
- Opening and saving sessions
Session 2 – Mix Window Overview
- Track strips, inserts, sends, mute, solo, arm, meters, faders, scribble strips
- Track show/hide button
- Track list table
- Groups list table
- Explanation of different track types
- Audio -mono/stereo
- Aux track -mono/stereo
- Master track
- Midi track
- Instrument track
- Click track
- Explore track menu
Session 3 – Recording Basics
- Creating an audio track
- Arming and disarming track
- Checking levels
- Recording the audio 2
- Playing back
- Adding and selecting a second track, exploring options menu, and inserting effects
- How to insert plug-ins
- Explain in detail the UI layout track and FX routing
- Route tracks to aux bus
- Insert FX on aux track
Session 4 – Midi and Instrument Tracks
- Midi basics explained
- Create an instrument track
- Instantiate an instrument plug-in
- Pick an instrument preset
- Record midi
- Explore event menu
- Change tempo
- Quantize
- Transpose
- Single note transposition
- Change velocity
- Change note lengths
Session 5 – Editing Basics
- Explore top portion of edit window, edit tool cluster, editing modes explained, counter display cluster, grid
nudge cluster, transport view cluster - Timeline navigation (bars, beats)
- Making selection in/out, start, end, and length fields markers
- Exploring edit menu
- Cut, copy, paste 3
- Zooming and nudging
- Explore remainder of edit window
- Composite playlist takes
Session 6 – Working with Imported Audio
- Importing audio
- Finding BPM of audio file
- Using elastic time and pitch
- Exploring audio suite menu
- Using audio suite plug-ins
Session 7 – Basic Automation
- Automation modes explained
- Automate volume/pan, mute/solo
- Plugin automation
- Exporting and bouncing -bounce to disk -commit -freeze -export
Session 8 – Flo Tools
- Installing and authorizing Keyboard Maestro
- Installing Flo Tools
- Flo Tools key commands
Session 9 – Workflow
- Session organization
- Grouping tracks
- Loading and saving track presets
- Loading and saving session templates
- Importing session data
Session 10 – Tweaking Pro Tools Prefs
- Miscellaneous, Q and A
- Tie up any loose ends