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Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows

By : Edouard Camou
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Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows

By: Edouard Camou

Overview of this book

Pro Tools HD is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. It is the leading audio software when it comes to professional audio work. Working effectively with audio and producing professional music with Pro Tools HD is not an easy task. Beginning with what the software is about, we will take you all the way through to the steps required to efficiently record your audio. You will discover how to improve the workflow of Pro Tools software and receive innovative tips to enable flawless editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television post-production. Packed with concise and clear instructions on using Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows, this book starts with different possible hardware and software combinations to help you understand the strengths and limitations of each, before taking you through powerful editing and advanced mixing techniques. When it comes to choosing a ProTools HD system there are different technologies available and therefore, many ways to use the system optimally so, you will learn about some digital audio concepts for better software optimisation. You will then learn editing using Beat detective, as well as covering excellent workflow and routing concepts to take full advantage of ProTools mixing capabilities, integrating both hardware analogue units with your favorite plugins. Finally, you will see how you can export your project safer, faster and better. This guide shows you the framework to enable you to take your usage of ProTools to the next level by explaining and discussing new and advanced features to achieve industry standard techniques.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

About the Reviewers

Roey Izhaki is the author of Mixing Audio. He has been involved with mixing since the early 90s. He is an academic lecturer in the field of audio engineering and gives mixing seminars across Europe at various schools and exhibitions. He is currently lecturing at the Audio Engineering department at SAE Institute, London.

Marco Sonzini, 28, is an Italian-born audio engineer and a Pro Tools operator. He approached the music world at age 7, studying classical guitar at Conservatorio Nicolini in Piacenza throughout middle school and high school. He graduated with a degree in Science and Technology of Music Communication at the University of Milan, then he moved to Los Angeles, completing his degree with honors in the Audio Engineering program at the Los Angeles Recording School, where he also became a Pro Tools 210M and 210P Certified Operator.