Ideal Beginners Pro Tools 8 tutorial video. Narrated by a leading audio expert, this video based training CD covers Pro Tools 8 in a practical and easy to follow format.
Digidesign Pro Tools 8 Training Video
Here is an effective Digidesign Pro Tools 8 Training Video suitable for anyone who is serious about breaking into professional audio production. Written and narrated by seasoned audio engineer and instructor Adam Olson, the lessons will give you a straightforward introduction to the industry-standard software with an emphasis on practical skills and real world results.
With a professionally produced visual presentation, you get to learn Pro Tools by seeing techniques done one step at a time. No need to get lost a book’s wordy descriptions when you can pause, repeat and rewind the real thing right from your own computer.
Virtual Instruments Done Right
What’s great about the instruments included in Pro Tools 8 is that they’re not limited demo versions of a bigger package or just something inserted to fill a menu screen. They’re usable instruments in their own right. Developed by the Advanced Instrument Research team at Digidesign, they provide a host of creative options that you are sure to use.
The Mini Grand is a full acoustic grand piano that lets you choose among seven different “models,” which are cleverly presented in terms of mood. It has built-in reverb and eight velocity layers for every key, giving it a pretty good range for “touch” on the digital medium. The GUI on this instrument is particularly attractive, as well.
Another fan favorite will be Boom, which is essentially a retro-style drum machine, with a pattern sequencer and ten preset kits that you can choose from (and a whole host of recommended samples based on tempo). It’s a flexible tool for many different types of electronic composition, but also a quick and dirty way to put together some dance beats.
Also included is the DB-33, which is Digidesign’s take on a Hammond B3 organ. It’s got over seventy presets to get you started and some impressive acoustic emulation that give a realistic impression of rotary speakers and old fashioned tubes. What’s more is that you can take its Leslie-style cabinet emulation and apply it to non-organ tracks, which is a neat little bonus that they didn’t have to include.
With retro in mind, the Vacuum instrument is a full featured analog-style synth. It is a menu-free monster that offers up the functions of a classic synth. Oscillators and knobs onscreen put pitch and distortion and modulation effects just a couple turns away. The final virtual instrument is an update of Xpand!, called Xpand2. With a simplified interface and double the patches available before, there’s another gig of options ready for you to try.
The Digidesign Pro Tools 8 Training Video walks you through each of these instruments and shows you how to incorporate them into an efficient workflow. Not only does the training make it easy for you to learn how to use Pro Tools, but it also shows you how to customize your workstation so that it suits your particular needs. Other related blog posts can be seen here:
