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▪ Non-Linear Reverb. Applies special gated or reversed Reverb effectsto the audio signal, creating a synthetic, processed ambience.▪ Phaser. Applies the classic “whooshy,” “squishy” phaser sound to anaudio signal; the Rate control can be synchronized to the Pro Toolssession tempo in various rhythmic patterns.▪ Reverb. Applies reverberation to an audio signal to create a sense ofroom or space.▪ Spring Reverb. Applies the familiar analog spring reverb sound found inmany classic guitar amps and vintage audio gear.▪ Stereo Width. Creates a wider stereo presence for mono audio signals.▪ Talkbox. Adds voice-like resonances to audio signals.▪ Vintage Filter. Applies a modulating, resonant filter to the audio signal.The following AIR Creative Collection instrument plug-ins are included withPro Tools 11:▪ Boom. A virtual drum machine featuring a broad range of percussionsounds, paired with a simple, drum-machine-style pattern sequencer.▪ DB-33. A virtual organ with a focus on re-creating the sounds andcontrollability of classic tonewheel organs and rotating speaker cabinets.▪ Mini Grand. A virtual piano instrument with seven different acousticpiano sounds to suit a range of styles.▪ Structure Free. A sample player that brings the world of Structurecompatiblesample libraries to Pro Tools.▪ Vacuum. A virtual analog synthesizer focused on creating rich timbreswith a lot of sonic control and employing a new vacuum-tube synthesismethod.▪ Xpand! 2 . A virtual workstation synthesizer featuring multi-sampledinstruments, FM synthesis, wavetable synthesis, and virtual analogsynthesis.
IndexNumerics003 family, 19003 Rack, 19–20003 Rack+ Fire Wire-enabled interface, 19–20AAbsolute Grid mode, 165–166absolute locations, 112account, SoundCloud, 221A/D conversion, 15Add Key Signature button (Key Signature Ruler), 116Add Meter Change button (Meter Ruler), 114AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast Union)standard, 16AIFC (Audio Interchange File Compressed) file format, 99AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), 65, 98AIR Creative Collection plug-ins, 22, 293–294AIR Software Group, 13alias tones, 15Alt/Option key, 45, 52amplitudedigital audio basics, 14–15resolution, bit depth affects on, 15–16analog audio, recording and playing back, 15analog-to-digital conversion, 15Artist Series controllers, 12ASCII characters, 22audioadding to sessions, 71
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PRO TOOLS ® 101:AN INTRODUCTION TO
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This guide is copyrighted ©2013 by
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This book is dedicated to musicians
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Andy CookAvid Learning Partner Prog
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ContentsIntroductionPART IBackgroun
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Time Scales and RulersMain Time Sca
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Importing VideoEXERCISE 4 Importing
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EXERCISE 6 Configuring the Session
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Considerations for Bouncing AudioBo
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Connect Monitoring DevicesCreating
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IntroductionCongratulations on ente
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▪ Miking techniques▪ Mixer sign
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The Avid Learning Partner ProgramPr
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design, enabling authorized trainin
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PART IBackground InformationOVERVIE
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At its core, Pro Tools is a multi-t
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and modifying sound effects, music,
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Digidesign continued to develop sof
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By March 1995, Pro Tools was recogn
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In 2002, Pro Tools|HD systems were
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A VENUE system is built around one
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speed Ethernet control protocol to
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processors, run more plug-ins, and
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are synonymous—15,000 CPS is the
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Most professional digital recording
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Pro Tools System ConfigurationsThe
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Delete keyBackspace keyFile-Naming
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EXERCISE 1Pro Tools HardwareIn this
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❏ Standard Pro Tools software❏
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New features introduced in Pro Tool
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When audio is recorded into a Pro T
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Powering Up Your HardwareWhen start
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Tip: Mac users might want to create
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Source: Avid ® .The Pro Tools Soft
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and operations, and for adjusting v
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Source: Avid ® .Edit ToolsPro Tool
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Source: Avid ® .Pro Tools lets you
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Source: Avid ® .Customizing the To
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Figure 2.14 Moving controls in the
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Source: Avid ® .Record and Playbac
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functions of the MIDI controls are
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The Tile command arranges open wind
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Source: Avid ® .To use the Zoomer
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highlighted in the Edit window. In
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Tip: Dragging the Scrubber tool bet
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In Shuffle mode, clip movement is c
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Source: Avid ® .▪ Select the des
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Pro Tools provides two types of Rul
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▪ ALT-CLICK (Windows) or OPTION-C
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enable metronome playback is to set
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Review/Discussion Questions1. Name
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EXERCISE 2The Software InterfaceIn
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8. The signal routing controls labe
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22. The button labeled C in Figure
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LESSON 9EXERCISE 8LESSON 10EXERCISE
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Shortcut: Press CTRL+UP ARROW or DO
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A sample rate of 44.1 kHz, the indu
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Source: Avid ® .Using the dialog b
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Source: Avid ® .Track FormatWithin
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tracks to the Timeline and use mult
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Source: Avid ® .Shortcut: Press CT
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The edit cursor is a flashing line
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Page ScrollingTo scroll the Edit wi
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Locating a SessionWorkspace browser
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Source: Avid ® .Opening a SessionO
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9. Which tool can be used to set th
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Source: Avid ® .Tip: You may need
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2. Choose VIEW > MAIN COUNTER > BAR
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LESSON 4Making Your First Audio Rec
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Disk Usage WindowWith a session run
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Source: Avid ® .Tip: Additional de
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Source: Avid ® .When a track has b
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Source: Avid ® .Example: Suppose y
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4. Click the RECORD button in the T
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Source: Avid ® .Note that clips on
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▪ Right-click on the file or clip
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are cleared on the hard drive.Figur
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10. What types of clips are represe
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understand whether the file can be
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Professional format offers high-qua
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▪ Comments. The area along the bo
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5. If any audio files or clips are
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b. Choose the volume or folder that
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The files will be automatically con
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Source: Avid ® .4. Select the desi
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9. How would you go about importing
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2. Copy the following audio files i
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1. Choose FILE > SAVE to save the s
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audio file in that MIDI data does n
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3. Select either MIDI TRACK or INST
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Though MIDI tracks are typically ti
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also want to set the key signature
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Figure 6.7 The Tempo Change dialog
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Source: Avid ® .3. Click OK to ins
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To display the Instrument view, do
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keyboard could receive double MIDI
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To enable Input Quantize, do the fo
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Source: Avid ® .Tip: Stereo Instru
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Source: Avid ® and inMusic®.Using
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Source: Avid ® and inMusic®.Using
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3. Click PLAY in the Transport wind
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Source: Avid ® .Tip: When Zoom Tog
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Source: Avid ® .Figure 6.32 Toggli
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11. What kind of virtual instrument
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1. Click on the HORIZONTAL ZOOM IN
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Figure EX5.4 The Vacuum plug-in win
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3. Click the RECORD button in the T
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LESSON 7Selecting and NavigatingThi
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2. Drag up or down to change the he
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end, and length values for the Time
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2. Drag the TIMELINE SELECTION OUT
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5. Press RETURN or ENTER to confirm
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Source: Avid ® .Selecting Material
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OPTION+TAB (Mac). With each press o
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▪ To select from the current curs
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2. Choose the desired height from t
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Source: Avid ® .Using the Zoomer T
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Figure 7.23 Zoom Toggle buttonSourc
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Source: Avid ® .To store a zoom se
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Figure 7.27 The New Memory Location
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Source: Avid ® .Recalling a Marker
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4. Describe two ways to make an Edi
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• Tab to Transients• Link Timel
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5. Change the marker name from Loca
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To simplify your navigation and wor
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▪ Shuffle. This mode allows you t
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Spot mode allows you to specify a d
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you edit your session. The Grid set
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Tip: The Follow Main Time Scale opt
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Note: When you cut or clear a selec
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1. Make a selection of any length a
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Source: Avid ® .When you separate
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Source: Avid ® .Moving and Trimmin
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automatically snap to each other li
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Source: Avid ® .4. Click the curso
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move the selected clip or clips wit
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Tip: If you are using a laptop comp
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Source: Avid ® .3. Choose the desi
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is available, the crossfade will ap
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1. Choose SETUP > PREFERENCES and t
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Source: Avid ® .The following acti
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Source: Avid ® .Restoring from Ses
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11. How would you go about creating
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To remove silence before the drum p
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inside the clip and drag to the rig
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InputsThe term input refers to an a
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Source: Avid ® .Configuring the Mi
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To route a send to an external devi
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Source: Avid ® .3. Begin playback
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Pro Tools also allows you to view a
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Plug-ins can be used in mono, multi
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plug-in can be added to a track to
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Review/Discussion Questions1. What
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EXERCISE 8Arranging Audio and Creat
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Figure EX8.2 Setting the start time
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LESSON 10Finishing Your WorkThis le
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▪ It allows you to back up an ent
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out.) If the Audio Files option is
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Source: Gobbler ® .4. Select the d
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▪ Bounced material is automatical
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Source: Avid ® .8. Allow recording
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Source: Avid ® .4. Choose FILE > B
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respectively. This file format can
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Figure 10.10 The Bounce to Disk pro
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Tip: For more information on SoundC
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the track is posted.) You can also
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Source: Avid ® .6. Enter your user
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2. Select the desired files in iTun
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2. How is the Save Copy In command
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3. If needed, click on the MUTE but
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5. If any MIDI notes remain overhan
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OVERVIEWPART IIIHands-On ProjectsPa
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To complete these projects, you wil
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PROJECT 1Music Hands-On ProjectIn t
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c. Type Music Project PT11 in the t
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3. Press CTRL+= (Windows) or COMMAN
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Source: Avid ®4. Click OK to close
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Source: Avid ®Name and reposition
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Insert Xpand! 2 onto the Drums trac
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2. With the GRABBER tool, select th
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Source: Avid ®3. With the PENCIL t
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white, and the corresponding note w
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4. Close the Workspace browser to r
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Select the location to insert time
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Source: Avid ®6. Click the GRID bu
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2. Open the Memory Locations window
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Bus 1 (Verb). Therefore, all you wi
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Save Work in ProgressBefore continu
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It is often useful to create a scor
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Page 451 and 452: ▪ POW-r Dither. An advanced type
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Page 457 and 458: Eleven Rack, 18-19exercise, 25-26HD
Page 459 and 460: mixdown technique, 213Post Hands-On
Page 461 and 462: Mix window, 40-41Comments area (Imp
Page 463 and 464: Digidesigngrammy award, 9history of
Page 465 and 466: toolbar, customizing, 37-38editingC
Page 467 and 468: MIDI, 29organization, 28rendered, 3
Page 469 and 470: Hertz (Hz), 14Hide Views function,
Page 471 and 472: Key Change dialog box, 116key signa
Page 473 and 474: Controls, 119controlsCountoff contr
Page 475 and 476: description, 192displaying and hidi
Page 477 and 478: Session windows oriented for, 239-2
Page 479 and 480: Avid audio, 21Avid Channel Strip, 2
Page 481 and 482: importing media, 269-272knock sweet
Page 483 and 484: mixing exercise, 276-282powering up
Page 485 and 486: Reverse plug-in, 292Revert to Saved
Page 487 and 488: on selected tracks, 146Tab key, 147
Page 489 and 490: Transport window controls and displ
Page 491 and 492: Tap Tempo mode, 115Tempo field, 54T
Page 493 and 494: playback point, 71shortcuts, 68size
Page 495 and 496: WaveCache file, 28-29waveform, 14wi
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