Prepare yourself to be a great producer when using Pro Tools in your studio. Pro Tools 9 for Music Production is the definitive guide to the software for new and professional users, providing you with all the vital skills you need to know. Covering both the Pro Tools HD and LE this book is extensively illustrated in color and packed with time saving hints and tips, it is a great reference to keep on hand as a constant source of information.

Detailed chapters on the user interface, the MIDI and scoring features, recording, editing, signal processing and mixing blend essential knowledge with tutorials and practical examples from actual recordings.

New and updated materials include:

*Pro Tools 9 software described in detail

*Details of the new functions and features of PT9

*Full color screen shots and equipment photos

Pro Tools 9 for Music Production is a vital source of reference, for the working professional or serious hobbyist looking for professional results.

Reviews

"Collins, an experienced studio musician and engineer, explains the Pro Tools 9 features every beginning engineer needs to understand and shares useful tips for recording multiple audio tracks and editing the recorded data quickly. The guide focuses on operations not fully explained in the help documents supplied by Avid and addresses the debate over how much compression to apply on individual tracks and the final mix. Color screenshots illustrate recommended settings for a Pro Tools HD system running on a Mac."--SciTech Book News

Contents

Chapter 1: Pro Tools - The World's Leading Digital Audio Workstation

Chapter 2: Using Pro Tools

Chapter 3: Time Operations, Tempo Operations, and Key Signatures

Chapter 4: Working with MIDI

Chapter 5: Recording

Chapter 6: Editing

Chapter 7: Mixing

Chapter 8: New Hardware & Software: PT9

On the website

Appendix A: Summing to Talk About!

Appendix B: Troubles with Dongles

Appendix D: Hardware Options for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered Systems

Appendix E: Pro Tools Hardware

Appendix F: Eleven Rack

Appendix G: Pro Tools HD New Hardware 2010

Appendix H: Pro Tools 8 Competition Analysis

Appendix I: Pro Tools 9 Laptop System

Appendix J: Powered Plug-ins

Author Bio

Mike Collins (Author) Mike Collins is a studio musician, recording engineer and producer with more than 30 years experience of making records. He has many credits on UK chart singles and albums, for radio and TV broadcasts, advertising jingles and movie scores. Mike was awarded a BSc Degree in Electroacoustics-with-Music from Salford University in 1979, became a Member of the Audio Engineering Society in 1980, and was awarded an MSc Degree in Music Information Technology, with Distinction, in 1989. After graduating, he spent 14 months working on transducer designs for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC), followed by a couple of 6...