Pro Tools All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Product Description

When you add Pro Tools to your home recording studio, you have the software used to create hit records. Throw in Pro Tools All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Second Edition and you get the insight you need to capture your sounds, edit your tracks, create a mix, and master your songs for the world to hear. Add a generous helping of your own talent and you have the perfect recipe for music stardom.

This fantastic eight-books-in-one package introduces you to Pro Tools audio- and MIDI-recording software and clues you in on basic multitrack recording techniques. You'll get wise to Pro Tools' many features and functions and find out how top recording studios use them to create the biggest hits on the planet. This do-it-now handbook also gets you up to speed on the essential audio-engineering skills you need to make ultra-high-quality recordings. Discover how to:

* Navigate the Pro Tools windows and menus
* Save hours of experimenting and spend more time recording
* Master microphone placement and other home recording basics
* Edit errors out of your tracks
* Equalize (EQ) tracks and add effects
* Work with midi instruments
* Blend your sounds into a stunning final mix
* Assemble and release an album

Don't spend big bucks and many months taking classes in audio engineering and Pro Tools. Get eight quick-reference guides for one great price with Pro Tools All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Second Edition and start recording your breakthrough album right away!
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #38336 in Books
* Published on: 2008-03-17
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 720 pages

REditorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
8 books in 1 — from miking to mixing to mastering

Your one-stop guide to the software and hardware that make music magic

When you add Pro Tools to your home recording studio, you have the software used to create hit records. When you add this book to your bookshelf, you get the insight you need to capture your sounds, edit your tracks, create a mix, and master your songs for the world to hear. Add in your talent and you're on your way to music stardom.

Discover how to:

*

Navigate the Pro Tools windows and menus
*

Master microphone choice and placement
*

Edit the errors out of your tracks
*

Blend sounds into a final mix
*

Work with MIDI instruments and sounds

About the Author
Jeff Strong, the author of Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies, is President of the REI Institute, which is a MusicMedicine research organization and therapy provider. Jeff graduated from the Percussion Institute of Technology at the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles in 1983, and has worked in or owned a recording studio since 1985. Every week, he records dozens of custom CDs with Pro Tools for his clients. He has also released 12 commercially available therapeutic CDs, 4 of which can be purchased at www.reiinstitute.com. An eight-CD set focusing on shifting the brain is also available beginning Fall 2008 through Sounds True (www.soundstrue.com). Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 2nd Edition is his ninth book.
Customer Reviews

Easy to read, Easy to use5
Like all the other books in this series, this one gives you the need to know information for Pro Tools. It's easy to read and understand. Better than all the others.

True all-in-one5
I am finding this book is living up to its name - 8 books in 1. I have other ProTools reference guides, but I am finding this is the first place I start when looking for a solution to a problem. For pros, it won't replace the Digitools training, but for serious amateurs like myself it is well worth the price.

What you need to start4
Hi There,

just to share with you that this book gives what is announced:

learn how to use protools for people that are starting.

moreover I was surprised to see a lot of additional chapter covering things such as home studio, effects, mics...

It also provides very good sections around mixing and mastering.

I recommend this book :-)

cheers