70B ProTools 110

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Class Description

Pro Tools production concepts and techniques with Avid Certification training material. Recording, editing, routing audio and MIDI data. Managing Pro Tools sessions, using virtual instruments, plug-ins, loop recording, Elastic Audio, Beat Detective and music notation. Conform loops and beats to any tempo. Introduction to control surfaces, automation modes and signal path workflows. Practical applications with examples from professional recording artists including pop, rock, jazz and hip hop. Create tempo maps, meter changes and transpose key signatures. Required for Avid Pro Tools Operator Level Certification.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of 70A Pro Tools 101 is highly recommended.

Ch 1 Getting Started

1. About This Course
2. Ch01_02 - Working With IO Settings (V)
3. Ch01_03 - Configuring Pro Tools Hardware Settings (V)
4. Ch01_04 - Optimizing Pro Tools Performance (V)
5. Ch01_05 - Adding Tracks to Your Session (V)
6. Ch01_06 - Edit and Mix Window Display Options (V)
7. Track List Display Options
8. Ex1 Setting Up a Session

Ch 2 Managing Media Files

1. Ch02_01 - Pro Tools Software Capabilities (V)
2. Ch02_02 - Working with Digital Video (V)
3. Ch02_03 - Workspace Browsers (V)
4. Ch02_04 - Importing Files and Session Data (V)
5. Ch02_05 - Clip Groups (V)
6. Ex 2 Digital Video

Ch 3 Recording MIDI and Audio

1. Ch03_01 - Setting Up the Session (V)
2. Ch03_02 - Recording Selections (V)
3. Ch03_03 - Loop Recording Audio and MIDI (V)
4. Ch03_04 - Auditioning Loop Record Takes (V)
5. Ch03_05 - Recording MIDI Using Loop Playback with MIDI Merge (V)
6. Ex3 MIDI Recording

Ch 4 MIDI and Virtual Instruments

1. Ch04_01 - Understanding Track Timebases (V)
2. Ch04_02 - Virtual Instruments (V)
3. Ch04_03 - MIDI-Compatible Tracks and Track Views (V)
4. Ch04_04 - Auditioning and Playing Back MIDI
5. Ch04_05 - Editing MIDI Data (V)
6. Ex4 Virtual Instruments

Ch 5 Elastic Audio

1. Ch05_01 - Elastic Audio Basics (V)
2. Ch05_02 - Elastic Audio Track Views (V)
3. Ch05_03 - Warping Sound with Elastic Audio (V)
4. Ch05_04 - Using Elastic Audio to Tighten a Rhythmic Performance (V)
5. Ch05_05 - Using Elastic Audio to Experiment with Tempo (V)
6. Ch05_06 - Improving the Quality of Warped Audio (V)
7. Ch05_07 - Using Elastic Audio for Pitch Changes (V)
8. Ex5 Elastic Audio

Ch 6 Editing Fine Tuning

1. Ch06_01 - Smart Tool (V)
2. Ch06_02 - Creating Rhythmic Changes for Audio and MIDI Data (V)
3. Ch06_03 - MIDI Real-Time Properties (V)
4. Ch06_04 - Working with Fades (V)
5. Ex6 MIDI RealTimeProperties

Ch 7 Additional Editing

1. Ch07_01 - Track Color-Coding (V)
2. Ch07_02 - Clip Looping (V)
3. Ch07_03 - Editing on the Grid (V)
4. Ch07_04 - AudioSuite Overview (V)
5. Ch07_05 - Working with the Clip List (V)
6. Ex7 Clips and Grid

Ch 8 Mixing

1. Ch08_01 - Track Type Icons
2. Ch08_02 - Solo and Mute Status Indicators
3. Ch08_03 - Using Inserts for Effects Processing (V)
4. Ch08_04 - Using Sends and Returns for Effects Processing (V)
5. Ch08_05 - Working with Sends (V)
6. Ch08_06 - Using Native Plug-Ins (V)
7. Ch08_07 - Master Fader Tracks (V)
8. Ex 8 MusicFX

Ch 9 Automation

1. Ch09_01 - Understanding Automation
2. Ch09_02 - Automation Modes (V)
3. Ch09_03 - Working with Automation (V)
4. Ch09_04 - Graphical Editing of Automation Data (V)
5. Ch09_05 - Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Automation Data (V)
6. Ch09_06 - Removing Automation from a Track (V)
7. Ex9 Arranging Audio

Ch 10 Advanced Mixing

1. Ch10_01 - Working with Tracks Subsets (V)
2. Ch10_02 - Grouping Tracks (V)
3. Ch10_03 - Working with Groups (V)
4. Ch10_04 - Creating Final Media (V)
5. Ex10 Mixing Techniques

From Avid

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Manage large track counts and multiple channels of simultaneous inputs and outputs
• Create appropriate Pro Tools software and hardware settings
• Select appropriate settings in the Playback Engine dialog
• Set up and modify input/output (I/O) settings
• Assess and integrate virtual instruments and specialized plugins for specific music and
• Utilize advanced recording techniques to capture multiple record takes in succession
• Analyze Elastic Audio processors and methods to select appropriate options
• Utilize Elastic Audio techniques MIDI Real-Time Properties to achieve desired tempo and/or rhythmic effects and outcomes
• Apply clip-based editing techniques to audio and MIDI tracks
• Incorporate automated mixing techniques into a Pro Tools workflow for selective during a session post-production tasks automation
• Be ready to sit the associated certification exam