Section 1: Pro Tools Intro
1 Pro Tools Systems
2 System Differences
3 Dedicated Audio Drives
4 What is a Session?
5 What are Regions?
6 Regions vs Files
7 Creating a New Session
8 Pro Tools File Structure
9 Opening a Existing Session
10 Playing Back a Session
11 Saving Your Work
12 Using "Save Copy In"
13 Closing a Session
14 Enabling Autosave
15 Creating a Track
16 Moving a Track
17 Duplicating a Track
18 Deleting a Track
Section 2: Exploring The Interface
19 Edit Window Overview
20 The Track Area
21 Show/Hide & Edit Groups
22 The Region Bin
23 Customizing the Edit Window
24 Switching Between Tools
25 Timeline Ruler Views
26 Main Counter & Sub Counter
27 Navigating a Session
28 The Transport Window
29 Using the Big Counter
30 Automation Enable Window
31 Memory Locations Window
32 The QuickTime Window
33 Mix Window Overview
34 Customizing the Mix Window
35 Using Custom Colours
36 Monitoring Your System
Section 3: Importing & Playing
37 Customizing Your I/O Setup
38 Importing CD Audio
39 Importing to the Audio Bin
40 Importing Session Data
41 Setting the Output Volume
42 Setting the Output Pan
43 The Floating Channel Strip
44 Removing vs Deleting Audio
45 Using the Selector Tool
46 Using the Scrub Tool
47 Muting and Soloing Tracks
Section 4: Getting Into Editing
48 What is Non-Destructive Editing?
49 Using the Trim Tool
50 Using the Selector Tool
51 Using the Grabber Tool
52 Zooming In and Out
53 Slip Mode
54 Grid Mode
55 Shuffle Mode
56 Spot Mode
57 Switching Edit Modes
58 Creating a Region
59 Separating a Region
60 Auto-Naming a Region
61 Healing Separated Regions
62 Using Tab to Transient
63 Renaming Regions
64 What are Playlists?
65 Creating Multiple Playlists
66 Duplicating Regions
67 Cut, Copy, Paste
68 How Regions Overlap
69 "Send to Back" Feature
Section 5: Recording
70 Getting Signal Into Your Session
71 Buffer Size & Latency
72 Setting Recording Levels
73 Setting Up a Click Track
74 Making a Recording
75 Automated Punching In and Out
76 Using QuickPunch Recording
77 Loop Recording
78 Destructive Recording
79 Input Monitoring
Section 6: Selecting & Fading
80 Advanced Selection Techniques
81 Link Timeline and Edit Selection
82 Separate Region at Transients
83 Using the Smart Tool
84 Creating a Fade In
85 Creating a Fade Out
86 Creating a Crossfade
87 Deleting Fades
88 Muting a Region
Section 7: Editing MIDI
89 Setting Up AMS
90 Setting Up Your MIDI Input
91 Creating a MIDI Track
92 Creating an Aux Track
93 Software Instrument Tracks
94 Using Reason with Rewire
95 MIDI vs Audio Volume
96 Recording a MIDI Track
97 Editing MIDI Regions
98 Editing MIDI Note Data
99 Editing Non-Note Data
100 MIDI Data in the Event List
101 Quantizing MIDI
102 Using Input Quantize
103 Changing Velocity
104 Changing Duration
105 Transposing MIDI
106 Using Select/Split Notes
107 Step Recording
108 Tempo Operations
109 MIDI Real-Time Properties
110 Importing & Exporting MIDI
111 MIDI Panic Mode
Section 8: Mixing & Effects
112 What Makes a Good Mix?
113 Basic Mixer Signal Flow
114 Setting Levels and Panning
115 Using Fader Grouping
116 Real-Time Automation
117 Automation Modes
118 Non Realtime Automation
119 Editing Automation
120 RTAS vs AudioSuite
121 VST Plug-ins
122 Inserting EQ
123 Inserting Compression
124 Inserting Reverb
125 Inserting Delay
126 Bussing Using Aux Tracks
127 Using Plug-in Presets
128 Saving Plug-in Presets
129 Moving Plug-ins Between Tracks
130 Copying Plug-ins Between Tracks
131 Deleting a Plug-in From a Track
132 Applying Plug-in Automation
Section 9: Advanced Editing Techniques
133 Using a Aux Track to Record on the Way in
134 The Zoom Toggle Function
135 The Identify Beat Function
136 Sample vs. Tick-Based Audio Tracks
137 Using Region Groups
138 Using Strip Silence
139 Consolidating Regions
Section 10: Outputting Your Song
140 What Is Mastering?
141 Creating a Master Fader
142 Using Plug-ins on Master Faders
143 Using a Limiter
144 Creating a Fade Out
145 Bouncing to Disk