Pro Tools Expert Certification Program I
For the audio enthusiast or professional seeking Expert Certification. Scroll down for pricing. Click here to register.
Topics covered:
- Pro Tools 101
- Pro Tools 110
- Pro Tools 201
- Pro Tools 210 (choose 210M or 210P)
- Pro Tools 310 (choose 310M or 310P)
File structure and navigation - Edit
tools and edit modes - Time scales, ruler views and MIDI controls
- How to create and manage tracks - How to locate, open and save
sessions - Making your first recording - How to import media into
your session - Making your first MIDI recording - Basic editing
techniques - Basic mixing techniques - How to manage and finalize
a session
Controlling Pro Tools - Managing sessions and tracks - Recording MIDI and audio - Working in a relative timescale - Editing MIDI - Editing audio - Automation Mixing
Pro Tools|HD overview - 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 mixdown
Pro Tools 210M Topics:
How to prepare a session - Tracking and overdubbing (use of QuickPunchTM)
- 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
worksurface in music production
Pro Tools 210P 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 inoperability (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
worksurface in post production
Pro Tools 310M Topics:
Configuration and troubleshooting - Tactile control of Pro Tools
(how to increase efficiency on worksurfaces) - Advanced recording
and importing audio (includes project interchange) - Advanced
editing (expert music editing techniques) Synchronization (detailed
common aspects of synchronization) - Advanced routing and mixing
(expert mixing concepts) - Advanced automation (Pro Tools expert
automation functionality) - Mixing with plug-ins - Music delivery
- Expert focus on ICON worksurfaces in music production
Pro Tools 310P Topics:
Configuration and workflow troubleshooting - Network and collaboration
workflows (using Pro Tools on a network) - Tactile control of
Pro Tools (how to increase efficiency on worksurfaces) - Recording
Foley with PRE - Conforming with Pro Tools (linear and non-linear
conforming) - Expert editing workflows - Advanced routing and
mixing (expert mixing concepts) - Advanced automation (Pro Tools
expert automation functionality) - Advanced layoff (speed correction)
- Expert focus on ICON worksurfaces in post production
Price: $4,495.00 (10% less than individual course prices) Click here to register.
In order to receive Expert certification in Pro Tools you must acheive a passing score on the Audio Production or Post Production Techniques exam. A minimum of three months hands-on experience with the system is recommended before attempting the exam. Exams are approximately 6 hours long and are administered once per quarter.
310 Exam Price: $500.00