Lesson 14 of 31Music ProductionBeginner

CHALLENGE #1: MAKE YOUR FIRST RECORDING

For your first challenges, record yourself into Pro Tools using a microphone and your sound card. Make sure you watch the video below, where Ciaran explains in more detail how this challenge works. Once you're ready, click on "next" to submit your work as an audio WAV file.

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31 lessons (2h 47m) · 1 free
    • 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

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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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