CourseMusic ProductionContemporaryBeginner

Part ofMusic Production

Recording and mixing in Pro Tools

Name: Recording and mixing in Pro Tools
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Duration2h 41m

Modules31

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (2h 41m)

- 01. Welcome to the course
  0:45
- 01. Section 1 overview
  0:25
- 02. Opening Pro Tools session & settings
  Free lesson
  4:37
- 03. IO Setup & audio interface
  8:12
- 04. Edit Window overview
  9:35
- 05. Zooming & track heights
  11:00
- 06. Track types & creating tracks
  9:47
- 07. Configuring a click track
  5:11
- 08. Making your first recording
  4:01
- 09. Recording configuration
  6:11
- 10. Punching in & out
  9:10
- 11. Playlists & loop recording
  4:28
- 12. Saving & backing up your work
  5:04
- 13. CHALLENGE #1: MAKE YOUR FIRST RECORDING
  0:27
- 01. Section 2 overview
  0:29
- 02. Editing Tools 1 & making selections
  7:49
- 03. Editing Tools 2 & rest of the tools
  0:45
- 04. Edit modes
  5:39
- 05. Plosives removal
  5:21
- 06. Breath editing
  6:22
- 07. Track comping
  5:50
- 08. ASSIGNMENT #1: COMPING IN PRO TOOLS
  0:31
- 01. Section 3 overview
  0:24
- 02. The mix window
  6:17
- 03. Starting your mix - cleaning up lower end
  5:17
- 04. Starting your mix - level balance
  8:51
- 05. Subtractive EQ
  6:53
- 06. Dynamic range processing
  9:46
- 07. AUX routing
  6:41
- 08. Bouncing
  4:58
- 09. Congratulations, but this is just the start!
  0:23

About this course

Want to record and mix your own music to a professional standard, or move toward working as an engineer or producer? This course gets you there in Pro Tools, the industry-standard DAW.

Ciaran Robinson takes you from the ground up - setting up a session, recording, editing and bouncing a finished mix - sharing the tips and shortcuts he has picked up over 25 years in the studio.

Setting up a Pro Tools session
Recording and tracking
Editing your takes
Bouncing a final mix

You'll need a copy of Pro Tools, a way to get audio into your computer (an audio interface or soundcard) and a decent microphone.

Who it's for

Total beginners opening Pro Tools for the first time
Self-taught producers filling gaps in their workflow
Musicians who want to record and mix their own tracks

What you'll learn

Set up a Pro Tools session from scratch
Record clean takes using punch-ins and playlists
Edit your audio and bounce a finished mix

What you'll need

A copy of Pro Tools on your computer
An audio interface and a decent microphone
A few minutes most days, regularity over long sessions

Meet the Guru

Ciaran Robinson

Ciarán Robinson is an audio engineer with over 25 years of experience across live engineering, mixing, recording, studio design and sound for film, TV and games. He is currently head of the Music Producer MA at Tileyard Education in London and has taught at contemporary music institutes including BIMM, SSR and SAE.

He has lectured in audio production for more than 20 years, building courses on Pro Tools, game audio, studio engineering and post-production, with former students going on to work with acts such as Coldplay and Biffy Clyro.

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Tileyard Education

Tileyard Education sits inside Tileyard, the world's largest professional music community at London's Kings Cross. Alongside 200+ resident music businesses and 160 private recording studios, it delivers postgraduate, short-course and bespoke programmes in music production, songwriting and music business — taught by working industry practitioners.

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