Avid Pro Tools 12 Fundamentals

Record, Edit and Mix Dialogue; Music and Sound Effects

What you'll learn
Once you have completed this training course, you will be fully capable of using Pro Tools 12 to compose, record, edit, and mix music and audio
Learn the tools and techniques needed to work within this digital audio workstation
Requirements
Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons
No prior experience with Pro Tools is required
Description
In this Avid Pro Tools 12 Fundamentals training course, expert author Joe Godfrey teaches you the tools and techniques needed to work within this digital audio workstation. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no prior experience with Pro Tools is required. 
You will start by learning about basic editing in the timeline, then jump into learning how to customize Pro Tools. From there, Joe will teach you how to record and edit a voice track, edit music tracks, and use elastic audio. This video tutorial also covers MIDI in Pro Tools, tracking instruments, sound design, and working with video. Finally, you will learn about mixing and automation, including automating volume, printing effects and stems, and archiving your sessions. 
Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will be fully capable of using Pro Tools 12 to compose, record, edit, and mix music and audio. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction To Pro Tools 12

Lecture 1 Important - Download These First - Working Files

Lecture 2 Who Uses Pro Tools?

Lecture 3 About The Author

Lecture 4 About The Course

Lecture 5 New In Pro Tools 12

Lecture 6 Installing And Authorizing Pro Tools

Lecture 7 Application Manager And Hardware Options

Lecture 8 Playback Engine Options

Lecture 9 Signal Flow In Pro Tools

Lecture 10 Digital Audio 101

Section 2: Basic Editing In The Timeline

Lecture 11 Creating A Session

Lecture 12 Importing Audio

Lecture 13 Tracks And Track Information

Lecture 14 Clips And Clip Edits

Lecture 15 Smart Tools And Edit Modes

Lecture 16 Counters, Grid And Nudge

Lecture 17 Trim, Clip Volume And Duplicate

Lecture 18 Consolidate And Export

Section 3: Customizing Pro Tools

Lecture 19 Customizing Pro Tools

Lecture 20 Options For Saving Sessions

Lecture 21 Pro Tools Preferences - Part 1

Lecture 22 Pro Tools Preferences - Part 2

Lecture 23 Window Layouts And Scroll Options

Lecture 24 Sorting In The Clip Bin

Lecture 25 Clearing And Deleting Files

Lecture 26 Showing And Hiding Tracks

Lecture 27 Track And Clip Colors

Lecture 28 Session Parameters

Lecture 29 New Workspace Browser

Section 4: Recording And Editing A Voice Track

Lecture 30 Setting Mic Input Levels

Lecture 31 Setting Up A Cue

Lecture 32 The 1-2-3 System

Lecture 33 The Separation Grabber

Lecture 34 Music In The Cue

Lecture 35 FX In The Cue

Lecture 36 Breathless

Lecture 37 The TCE Trimmer

Section 5: Editing Music Tracks

Lecture 38 Editing Library Music

Lecture 39 Using Identify Beat

Lecture 40 Slicing Music Using The Grid

Lecture 41 Splices And Crossfades

Lecture 42 Fade And Crossfade Options

Lecture 43 Changing Tempo Of Library Music Tracks

Lecture 44 Setting Triggers In Beat Detective

Lecture 45 Conforming Triggers In Beat Detective

Section 6: Elastic Audio

Lecture 46 Elastic Audio For A Voice Track

Lecture 47 Elastic Audio For Music

Lecture 48 Pitch Adjustments Using Elastic Audio

Section 7: MIDI In Pro Tools

Lecture 49 Connecting A MIDI Keyboard

Lecture 50 Editing MIDI Notes

Lecture 51 XPand!2 - Virtual Instrument Library

Lecture 52 Recording And Editing MIDI

Lecture 53 MIDI Merge And Wait For Note

Lecture 54 Play It Slow, Hear It Fast

Lecture 55 MIDI Step Load

Lecture 56 Performance Transpositions Using Xpand!2

Lecture 57 Virtual Instruments

Lecture 58 MIDI Import And Export

Section 8: Tracking Instruments

Lecture 59 Adding Rhythm Guitar

Lecture 60 Arranging Using The Timeline

Lecture 61 Guitar Amp Simulators

Lecture 62 Loop Record And Playlists

Lecture 63 Comping A Playlist

Lecture 64 Quick Punch

Lecture 65 Dynamic Transport

Lecture 66 Half Speed Recording

Section 9: Sound Design

Lecture 67 Sound Design

Lecture 68 Dialog Phone EFX

Lecture 69 Creating New SFX With Plug-Ins

Lecture 70 Using Plugins To Process SFX

Lecture 71 Timing Music To SFX

Lecture 72 Tuning SFX To Music

Lecture 73 Exploring The Structure Interface

Lecture 74 Putting Structure To Work

Section 10: Working With Video

Lecture 75 Importing The Movie

Lecture 76 Spotting The Movie

Lecture 77 Setting The Tempo Of The Music

Lecture 78 Using Spot Mode For Precise Placement

Lecture 79 Building An Alternative Version In The Timeline

Lecture 80 Bouncing The Movie

Section 11: Mixing And Automation

Lecture 81 The Philosophy Of Mixing

Lecture 82 EQ And Volume

Lecture 83 Busses, Sends, Auxes And Inserts

Lecture 84 Panning, Marker Locations And The Universe

Lecture 85 Automating Volume, Pan And Send Levels

Lecture 86 Automating Plugin Parameters

Lecture 87 Compression And Customing Templates

Lecture 88 Printing Effects And Stems

Lecture 89 Archiving Your Session

Section 12: Conclusion

Lecture 90 Wrap Up

This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no prior experience with Pro Tools is required,Ideal for new Avid Pro Tools 12 users