Going Pro with Pro Tools 8

Going Pro with Pro Tools 8 is a powerful guidebook for those who are ready to jump to the next level with Pro Tools and would like some expert tips, tricks, and advice to help them truly master the program. Do you already know how to record MIDI and audio in Pro Tools? Do you know its basic tools and terminology? Do you think and work in musical terms, such as bars and beats? Great, then you're ready to "go pro" with Pro Tools! The book's goal is to get you working quickly and using the newest and best features in Pro Tools 8 at a professional level without wasting your time. It provides solutions to common pitfalls (and ways to avoid them) while providing workflow techniques that will speed up your productivity and help you develop your own relationship with this extraordinary audio production system.

Ready to take your Pro Tools skills to the next level? "Going Pro with Pro Tools 8" is an expert-level book that addresses the needs of the professional Pro Tools user. The book picks up where the manual leaves off, guiding you through advanced editing, recording, and production techniques specific to Pro Tools 8, with many expert tips and tricks along the way. Topics that have been greatly enhanced in this new version of Pro Tools that are featured include customizations, layout, MIDI/electronic workflows, built-in synths and effects, and much more.

Matt Donner has been using Pro Tools since before Digidesign owned it. Over the course of his career, Donner has seen Pro Tools develop into the amazing audio production tool it is today. He has used Pro Tools on Sundance feature films as well as hundreds of records. Currently one of the only Certified Pro Tools instructors in San Francisco, Donner teaches hundreds of students annually at the school he co-created, Pyramind (www.pyramind.com). He released a solo album in 2002 called Donner, Party of One (www.cdbaby.com/donner).