Avid Interactive Projects user guide

Interactive Projects Guide

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Welcome to the Interactive Projects Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

IP 1: Using Software Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

IP 2: Recording a Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

IP 3: Creating a Podcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

IP 4: Recording Electric Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

IP 5: Creating a Movie Soundtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

IP 6: Making a Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

IP 7: Exploring Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

IP 8: Recording an Acoustic Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

IP 9: Using Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IP 10: Starting from Scratch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Welcome to the Interactive Projects Guide

Welcome to the Interactive Projects Guide from

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Avid

. This guide gives you 10 workflows based
on the Interactive Projects video tutorials pro­vided with Avid Pro Tools

We recommend you watch the videos first to
learn about basic recording and mixing. Then if
needed, you can use the workflows in this guide
to accomplish basic recording and mixing on
your own.

Like the video tutorials, each workflow is in 10
easy steps that let you follow along at your own
pace.

The video tutorials can be accessed in
Pro Tools SE (choose “Tutorials” from the
Quick Start dialog). They’re also available
online at:
http://www.m-audio.com/ptseFAQ

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SE.

To use Pro Tools SE, a qualified version of
Adobe Flash Player must be installed.

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