Provides information on using Pro Tools to create great-sounding mixes, covering such topics as equalization, special effects, automation, stereo enhancement, and dynamics.
This book/CD-ROM package explains how to create audio mixes using Digidesign's DAW Pro Tools. The book begins with basics of essential processors and works up to advanced signal routing and sonic manipulation. Coverage progresses from equalization and dynamics through special effects, automation, stereo enhancement, and managing mix resources. Each chapter is accompanied by a Pro Tools session on the CD-ROM. A companion web site contains files for download. The book is for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered users at the intermediate to advanced level. Smithers is department chair of workstations at Full Sail University, one of the largest digital audio workstation labs in the world. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Completely updated for Pro Tools 8, Mixing in Pro Tools: Skill Pack will help you boost your understanding of the art and craft of creating great-sounding mixes using Digidesign's industry-standard DAW Pro Tools. Starting with the basics of essential processors and working up to advanced signal routing and sophisticated sonic manipulation, this book will help you to produce polished professional-sounding mixes. As you work with the sample sessions on the included CD-ROM and the hands-on tutorials in the book, you will develop your ears as you expand your knowledge. Unlike other books with companion discs, the source files on your Skill Pack CD-ROM are an essential part of this book's tutorials--they are not there as mere examples; they are the building blocks from which you'll construct the projects. The result is a fully integrated learning experience--you'll learn by applying the skills you've been taught through real-life experience.
Completely updated for Pro Tools? 8, Mixing in Pro Tools: Skill Pack will help you boost your understanding of the art and craft of creating great-sounding mixes using Digidesign s industry-standard DAW Pro Tools. Starting with the basics of essential processors and working up to advanced signal routing and sophisticated sonic manipulation, this book will help you to produce polished professional-sounding mixes. As you work with the sample sessions on the included CD-ROM and the hands-on tutorials in the book, you will develop your ears as you expand your knowledge. Unlike other books with companion discs, the source files on your Skill Pack CD-ROM are an essential part of this book s tutorials they are not there as mere examples; they are the building blocks from which you ll construct the projects. The result is a fully integrated learning experience you ll learn by applying the skills you ve been taught through real-life experience.
