Pro Tools Expert Certification Package I
For the audio enthusiast or professional seeking Operator Certification (prerequisite: Pro Tools 101)
Topics covered:
- Pro Tools 110
- Pro Tools 201
- Pro Tools 210 (choose 210M or 210P)
- Pro Tools 310 (choose 310M or 310P)
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)
In order to receive Expert certification in Pro Tools you must acheive a passing score on the Advanced Music 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
PACKAGE COMBINATIONS
Music Creation + Pro Tools Expert Certification I:
For the audio professional or serious audio production enthusiast seeking Expert Certification in Pro Tools
Music Creation + Songwriting and Production + Pro Tools Operator Expert Certification I:
For the songwriter/composer interested in music production and Expert Certification in Pro Tools