Studio Services Include
Audio Recording
Voice Over Production
Mixing, Editing & Mastering
Music Video Production
Multimedia Development
TV & Radio Production
100 Seat Auditorium
ProTools Digidesign Training Location
Protools Courses: Digidesign Certified Training Location
Pro Tools 101
Introduction to Pro Tools covers basic Pro Tools principles, giving you what you need to complete a Pro Tools project, from initial set up to final mix down. The course has been dramatically reworked and updated for Pro Tools 7 software. Whether your project involves recording of live instruments, MIDI sequencing of software synthesizers, or audio looping, this course will give you the basic skills to succeed. Topics:
- Getting to know Pro Tools
- Getting inside Pro Tools
- Creating your first session
- Making your first audio recording
- Importing media
- Making your first MIDI recording
- Selecting and navigating
- Basic editing techniques
- Introduction to mixing
- Finishing your work
Pro Tools 201
Pro Tools Production Essentials covers the core concepts and skills needed to operate a Digidesign Pro Tools|HD system in a professional studio environment.Topics:
- Differences between Pro Tools workstations
- Introducing Pro Tools|HD
- Customizing Pro Tools to your session requirements
- Session management
- Selection techniques
- Editing techniques
- Using automation
- Mixing — In-depth plug-in usage
- Completing a session — Creating a final mix down
- Digidesign work surface supplement included
Pro Tools 201P
Post Production Techniques covers techniques for working with Pro Tools in a professional post production environment. Concepts and skills learned in 101, 110, and 201 are reinforced with practical post-specific examples. Topics:
- Synchronizing Pro Tools for audio post
- Linear video in Pro Tools
- Non-linear video in Pro Tools, including QuickTime video and Avid®-compatible media
- Video interoperability — Using Media Station|PT software
- Recording and editing ADR in Pro Tools
- Organizing a post session
- Editing multi-channel audio in a stereo environment
- Mixing to picture, including snapshot automation
- Digital picture integration with an emphasis on working with Avid media
- Layback and export options
- Using a Digidesign work surface in post production
Pro Tools 110
Essentials of Pro Tools provides a more detailed look at the Pro Tools system. This three-day course covers all the key concepts and skills needed to operate a Pro Tools system. The course provides the foundation for the later 200-series Pro Tools Music Production and Post Production courses.
- Getting started — Configuring your studio and session
- Controlling Pro Tools — What is an external controller?
- Managing sessions and tracks
- Recording MIDI and audio
- Loop recording and auditioning
- Understanding timescales
- Virtual instruments and plug-ins
- Editing MIDI
- Editing audio
- Understanding automation
- Mixing — Use of sends, returns, and plug-ins
Pro Tools 210M
Music Production Techniques covers techniques for working with Pro Tools systems in a professional music production environment. Concepts and skills learned in 101, 110, and 201 are reinforced with practical music-specific examples. Topics:
- Preparing a session
- Tracking and overdubbing – Use of QuickPunch™
- Virtual instruments
- MIDI composition
- Professional editing techniques
- Sampling in Pro Tools — Using software samplers
- Arranging and producing
- Mixing and automation in music production
- Synchronizing with an external recorder
- Mixing and DSP usage — Using sends, inserts, mix buses, and groups for music applications
- Synchronization basics for music applications
- Using a Digidesign work surface in music production
Certified Pro Tools Operator
A certified Pro Tools Operator can competently operate a Pro Tools|HD® system in a professional environment.
FAQ
How do I become a Pro Tools Operator?
- Complete all 100- and 200-level courses and course projects/exercises at an official Digidesign training partner facility
- Pass each course completion exam and pass the final Pro Tools Operator certification exam at an official Digidesign training partner facility
What kind of schools offer 200-level courses?
- Certified Training Locations
- Authorized Pro Schools
What areas can I specialize in?
- Music
- Post production
- or Both
How long is certification?
- Pro Tools Certification does not have a fixed duration. Instead, you are certified for a particular version of Pro Tools software. Certified Pro Tools Operators and Experts have an option to update their certification by taking the Pro Tools 220 update course and exam.
