"Practice your editing skills using the samples contained on the Session Disk"--Cover.
Includes index.
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Making a Home Demo -- Chapter 1 Getting Comfortable with Your Pro Tools System -- Display (Monitor) Resolution -- Get a Trackball -- Keyboard Shortcuts -- Cheat Sheets -- Function Key Labels -- What's Different in OS X? -- Dealing with the Dock (Mac OS X Only) -- A Word About Audio Drives -- Formatting Your Hard Drives -- Chapter 2 Starting a New Session from Scratch -- Trashing the Preferences -- Create a Shortcut to Pro Tools (Macintosh) -- Create a Shortcut to Pro Tools (Windows) -- Start Your Engines (Macintosh OS X) -- Start Your Engines (Macintosh OS 9) -- Start Your Engines (Windows) -- The New Session Dialog -- The Edit Window -- The Transport Window -- Creating New Tracks -- Relabeling the Inputs and Outputs -- Setting Preferences -- Saving Your Sessions -- Chapter 3 Tracking and Overdubbing -- Laying Down the Drum Track -- Using Monitor Modes During Overdubbing -- Pre-roll and Post-roll -- Latency Issues -- Overdubbing on the Rhythm Track -- The Selector, the Grabber, and the Trimmer -- Chapter 4 Basic Editing Techniques -- Auto-Punching on the Rhythm Track -- Mangling the Session -- Crossfading Basics -- Recording on the Lead Track -- Comping the Lead Tracks -- Consolidating Your Regions -- Cleaning Up the Session -- Chapter 5 The Pro Tools Virtual Mixer -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Having Fun with Plug-ins and Aux Sends -- Setting Up Aux Returns with D-Verb -- Creating Effects with Automation -- Finishing Your Mix -- Good Work ... Now Do it Again! -- Part II: The Doormats Session -- Chapter 6 Fixing the Drums -- Copy the Session Disc to Your Hard Drive (Macintosh) -- Copy the Session Disc to Your Hard Drive (Windows) -- Setting Preferences -- Preparing the Basic Tracks -- Setting Up for Drum Editing -- Trimming the Drum Entrance -- Aligning the Drums to the Click -- Fixing a Rushed Fill -- Fixing the Tom Track -- Consolidating the Drum Tracks -- Riding the Tom Track -- Chapter 7 Bass and Guitar Fixes -- Bass Fixes -- Guitar Fixes -- Finishing Touches -- Chapter 8 Audio Quality Issues -- A/D Conversion -- Jitter -- Clocking: LE vs. TDM -- Using a Master Clock -- Chapter 9 Using a Click in Grid Mode -- What Is Grid Mode? -- Using the Click Plug-in -- Generating a Click Using MIDI -- Recording the Click -- Part III: The Honeywagon Session -- Chapter 10 Working with Loops -- Time Compression / Expansion -- Fine-Tuning Your Loops -- Setting Up the Song Structure -- Beefing Up the Drums -- Chapter 11 Bring on the Band -- Setting Up a Cue Mix -- Doubling the Acoustic Guitar -- Edit the Shaker Track -- Finding Your Inner Synth -- Chapter 12 Working with Vocals -- Setting Up fpr Comping -- Comping with the One-Click Method -- Chapter 13 Advanced Mixing Techniques -- Listening for Phase Problems -- Importing an MP3 -- Manual Time Compression -- Stereo Ping-Pong Delay -- ti.
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Peter Buck of R.E.M. writes the book's foreword, and the author has worked with the likes of R.E.M., The Indigo Girls, Cowboy Junkies, and Widespread Panic. This title is written to a broad audience, perfect for beginning, intermediate, and advanced producers, sound engineers, and musicians. The CD-ROM will include sessions that will provide hands-on instruction for drum edits, guitar and bass fixes, multi-track song edits, and more.