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 More computer ebooks Multimedia Pro Tools 7 Session Secrets: Professional Recipes for High-Octane Results
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 Chapter 1, “Recording and Microphones,” shows you how to prepare your Pro Tools system’s I/O setup for maximum efficiency while recording, including headphone mixes for multiple performers. The chapter explores a number of recording essentials like setting up a click track, dealing with phase, and punch techniques. Recipes are given for microphone techniques of common musical instruments.Chapter 2, “MIDI with Confidence,” outlines all of the new powerful MIDI features of Pro Tools 7, including Instrument tracks and Real-Time Properties. Power-user techniques are given to master MIDI in Pro Tools. The chapter also touches on integrating outside programs and machines via MMC and ReWire. Chapter 3, “Editing: Slip, Shuffle, and Spot Your Way Home,” gives in-depth approaches to using and understanding all of Pro Tools’s editing tools so you can take full advantage of all the powerful new editing features in version 7. In addition, this chapter will focus on looping recipes, hidden power-user editing commands, and getting the most out of the four different editing modes to enhance productivity and speed. Chapter 4, “The Way of the Insert: Inserts and FX,” describes how you can master inserts in Pro Tools and includes some awesome recipes for plug-ins and hardware-based FX. The chapter includes techniques on using Sound Replacer and Auto-Tune, side-chaining FX, printing FX, and more. Chapter 5, “Mixing in Pro Tools: Directing Audio Traffic,” explains how to use Pro Tools mixing functions to masterfully command your mix. You will learn automation recipes, panning techniques, complex routing options, and EQ and compression recipes. Chapter 6, “After the Bounce, or Life outside of Pro Tools,” expands on the endless possibilities of what to do after you have completed your mix in Pro Tools. The chapter shows you how to properly prepare for a mastering session or master yourself inside Pro Tools. The chapter also demystifies all of the different audio formats out there, as well as shows you how to properly encode MP3s and create podcasts. Chapter 7, “Postproduction and the World of Surround,” provides essential instructions on how to use your Pro Tools system for video and film postproduction and how to use it in a multichannel surround environment. This chapter delineates some working methods and techniques for postproducing with Pro Tools, including how to prep an audio session from a video project, syncing to external video decks, calibrating monitors, working with stems, and using postproduction editing tricks and 5.1 surround setups. Download free ebook for multimedia: Pro Tools 7 Session Secrets
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