Pro Tools All-in-One For Dummies

Introduction 1 Book 1: Getting Started with Pro Tools 5 Chapter 1: Discovering What You Need 7 Chapter 2: Configuring Your Computer 33 Chapter 3: Choosing and Setting Up Your Hardware 49 Chapter 4: Examining Software Basics 59 Book 2: Understanding Recording Basics 79 Chapter 1: Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio 81 Chapter 2: Understanding Signal Flow 105 Chapter 3: Understanding the Pro Tools Windows 123 Chapter 4: Importing and Exporting Files 169 Book 3: Recording Live Audio and Acoustic Instruments 195 Chapter 1: Taking Care of Tracks 197 Chapter 2: Understanding Microphones 217 Chapter 3: Miking: Getting a Great Source Sound 245 Chapter 4: Preparing to Record 285 Chapter 5: Recording Audio 307 Book 4: Recording Electronic Instruments with MIDI 331 Chapter 1: Understanding Electronic Instruments and MIDI 333 Chapter 2: Preparing to Record MIDI 349 Chapter 3: Recording Electronic Instruments with MIDI 367 Book 5: Editing Your Performances (Audio and MIDI) 385 Chapter 1: Audio Editing Basics 387 Chapter 2: Selecting Material to Edit 411 Chapter 3: Getting into Editing 441 Chapter 4: Adding to Your Audio Editing Palette 471 Chapter 5: Editing MIDI Data 495 Chapter 6: Performing MIDI Operations 525 Book 6: Mixing 549 Chapter 1: Mixing Basics 551 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Mix 567 Chapter 3: Using Equalization 593 Chapter 4: Digging into Dynamics Processors 609 Chapter 5: Singling Out Signal Processors 631 Chapter 6: Automating Your Mix 641 Chapter 7: Making Your Mix 659 Book 7: Mastering 667 Chapter 1: Mastering Basics 669 Chapter 2: Mastering Your Music 677 Book 8: Getting Your Music to the Masses 691 Chapter 1: Putting Your Music on CD and Vinyl 693 Chapter 2: Getting Your Music on the Internet 707 Index 727