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  1. How to Quantize Audio in Pro Tools Using Beat Detective and Elastic Audio

    How to Quantize Audio in Pro Tools Using Beat Detective and Elastic Audio

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in October 2008. ...

  2. Quick Tip: 4 Pro Tools Functions You Need to Know

    Quick Tip: 4 Pro Tools Functions You Need to Know

    Tutorial Beginner

    Plugin 'Automation enable' shortcut, 'Tab to transient', 'Quick Punch record' and 'inserts are post Master fader' are four fundamental functions within Pro...

  3. Using Sibelius with Pro Tools in a Production Workflow

    Using Sibelius with Pro Tools in a Production Workflow

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Sibelius is one of the industry standard tools for composing and transcribing music, while Pro Tools is one of the industry standard digital audio...

  4. Using Playlists to Organise a Multitrack Session

    Using Playlists to Organise a Multitrack Session

    Tutorial Beginner

    Playlists can be an extremely useful tool when you need to record multiple takes on track. It helps you to manage your tracks and keep your session...

  5. Quick Tip: Using Markers to Show/Hide Tracks in Pro Tools

    Quick Tip: Using Markers to Show/Hide Tracks in Pro Tools

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Navigating around big Pro Tools sessions can be a nightmare at times, yet many of us don't utilise the power that the simple marker offers. Not only can...

  6. Quick Tip: 4 Steps to Elastic Audio in Pro Tools

    Quick Tip: 4 Steps to Elastic Audio in Pro Tools

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Elastic Audio is one of those things that can often get us into more trouble than we bargained for. Recently I was asked to bolster a sequenced drum line...

  7. 11 Essential Pro Tools Tutorials

    11 Essential Pro Tools Tutorials

    Tutorial Beginner

    Digidesign's Pro Tools is a powerful and popular digital audio workstation - a family of products ranging from software that suits the home hobbyist right up...

  8. Discover Pro Tools LE

    Discover Pro Tools LE

    Tutorial Beginner

    We continue our series on Digital Audio Workstations, or DAWs, which allow musicians to record, edit and play back their music. This week we look at...

  9. 8 Practical Pro Tools Shortcuts

    8 Practical Pro Tools Shortcuts

    Tutorial Beginner

    A crucial part of knowing Pro Tools is being able to navigate a session quickly and efficiently. When time is expensive and tempers are short, the session...

  10. Pro Tools, OMFs, and the Audio Post Workflow

    Pro Tools, OMFs, and the Audio Post Workflow

    Tutorial Intermediate

    There are as many systems as ways to tackle workflow in audio post production, but thanks to industry conventions and Digidesign's long track record, Pro...

  11. Creating Comp Tracks in Pro Tools 8

    Creating Comp Tracks in Pro Tools 8

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Until version 8, Pro Tools didn’t offer any effective comping tools to its users. Now, that’s changed, and you can throw out the old convoluted comping...

  12. How to Group Tracks in Pro Tools 8

    How to Group Tracks in Pro Tools 8

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Dealing with sessions that are fairly track-heavy can be a difficult process — even a song with as few as ten tracks gets a little tough to manage. Grouping...