Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 About Pro Tools -- What Is Pro Tools? -- How It Works -- Digital Audio Is Data, Representing Audio Waveforms -- MIDI Is Data, Representing Performance Events and Controller Data -- Multitrack Recording, Mixdown, and Mastering: An Overview -- Digital-Audio Basics -- Introduction: Analog Recording -- Sampling Theory Overview -- MIDI Basics -- MIDI File Formats -- Software-Based Virtual Instruments for MIDI -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Pro Tools Terms and Concepts -- Pro Tools Data and Files -- Session -- Audio File -- Region -- Track -- Playlist -- How Pro Tools Handles Audio -- Voice, Track Priority -- Channel -- Virtual Tracks Versus Physical Tracks -- Destructive Versus Non-destructive Editing -- Fade, Crossfade -- Mixing Concepts -- Grouping Tracks -- Busses -- Sends -- Aux Input Tracks -- Instrument Tracks -- Master Fader Tracks -- Plug-ins -- Inserts -- Bouncing to Disk -- Digidesign Technology -- DAE (Digidesign Audio Engine) -- TDM (Time-Division Multiplexing) -- ReWire (and the DigiReWire Plug-in) -- Elastic Audio (Versions 7.4 and Higher) -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Your System Configuration -- Basic Components -- Computer -- Monitor(s) -- Hard Drive(s) -- Peripheral Equipment -- Pro Tools Hardware Configurations -- Mbox 2 Family (Pro Tools 8 LE and a Digidesign Audio/MIDI Interface) -- Digi 003 and Digi 003 Rack (Pro Tools LE and an External FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface) -- M-Powered (Pro Tools M-Powered and an M-Audio Interface) -- Pro Tools

Your First Recording -- Importing Audio into Pro Tools -- Editing and Effects -- Editing -- Inserting Plug-in Effects -- Mixdown -- Mixing -- Bounce to Disk -- Summary -- Chapter 5 The Transport Window -- Transport Buttons -- Play/Stop -- Rewind/Fast Forward -- Return to Zero/Go to End -- Online -- Record -- Transport Window Fields -- Main/Sub Indicators for Current Location -- Play Selection: Start/End/Length Fields -- Pre-Roll/Post-Roll -- Transport Master -- Record Enable Status/Input Status -- MIDI Transport Controls -- Wait for Note -- Metronome Click -- Countoff -- MIDI Merge -- Conductor Track -- Current Meter -- Tempo -- Summary -- Chapter 6 The Edit Window -- Edit Tools: The Zoomer, Trimmer, Selector, Grabber, Smart Tool, Scrubber, and Pencil -- Zoomer -- Trimmer -- Selector -- Grabber -- Smart Tool -- Scrubber -- Pencil -- Edit Modes: Slip, Shuffle, Grid, and Spot -- Slip -- Shuffle -- Grid -- Spot -- Zoom Controls and Zoom Preset Buttons -- Zoom Toggle Icon -- Event Edit Area (Selection/Position Indicators) -- Edit Selection Indicators (Start/End/Length) -- Main/Sub Counters -- MIDI Note Attributes -- Edit Window Transport Buttons -- Other Edit Window Fields -- Tab to Transients -- Link Timeline and Edit Selection -- Link Track and Edit Selection -- Mirrored MIDI Editing -- Insertion Follows Playback -- Grid Display and Grid Value Display -- Nudge Value Display -- Cursor Location/Cursor Value -- Ruler View Selector -- Edit Window View Selector -- Linearity Display Mode Selector -- Commands Focus -- Regions List -- Using the Regions List's Local Menu -- Edit Groups List -- Tracks List -- Track View Selector for Track Data -- Audio -- Aux Input -- VCA Master (Pro Tools HD Only) -- Master Fader -- MIDI and Instrument Tracks -- Track Height Selector -- Playlist Selector (Audio and MIDI Tracks) -- Samples/Ticks Timebase Selector.

Track Color Indicators -- Timeline Display: Timebase Rulers and Marker Memory Locations -- Markers Ruler -- Tempo and Meter Rulers -- Key Signature Ruler -- Managing Multiple Takes -- Assembling a Comp Track -- Real-Time MIDI Properties on MIDI/Instrument Tracks -- More About Automation in Pro Tools -- Automation Modes -- Automation Window -- Automation and Controller Lanes -- Tempo Editor -- Summary -- Chapter 7 The Mix Window -- Mixer Strip Elements -- Audio Tracks -- Aux Inputs -- Master Faders -- MIDI Tracks -- Instrument Tracks -- Mix Window View Selector -- Output Windows -- Safe Button for Automation -- Linked Panners (Multichannel and Stereo Tracks Only) -- Inverse Pan (Multichannel and Stereo Tracks Only) -- Tracks List -- Mix Groups List -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Menu Selections: Highlights -- File Menu -- Save, Save As, Save Copy In, Revert to Saved -- Bounce to > Disk -- Bounce to > QuickTime Movie -- Import Submenu -- Edit Menu -- Cut/Copy/Paste/Clear Special -- Selection Submenu -- Duplicate, Repeat -- Shift -- Trim Region Submenu -- Separate Region Submenu/Heal Separation -- Strip Silence -- Consolidate -- Mute/Unmute -- Fades -- View Menu -- Narrow Mix Window -- Mix Window/Edit Window Submenus -- Rulers Submenu -- Region Submenu -- Track Number -- Transport Submenu -- Main Counter Submenu -- Track Menu -- New (Tracks) -- Group (Tracks) -- Split into Mono -- Make Inactive/Active -- Delete -- Write MIDI Real-Time Properties -- Input Only/Auto Input Monitoring -- Scroll to Track -- Clear All Clip Indicators -- Create Click Track -- Region Menu -- Edit Lock/Unlock -- Time Lock/Unlock -- Send to Back/Bring to Front -- Group/Ungroup/Ungroup All/Regroup -- Loop/Unloop -- Capture -- Identify Sync Point/Remove Sync Point -- Quantize to Grid -- Elastic Properties (Versions 7.4 and Higher) -- Conform to Tempo (Versions 7.4 and Higher).

Event Menu -- Time Operations Submenu: Change Meter, Insert Time, Cut Time, Move Song Start -- Tempo Operations Submenu -- Event Operations Submenu -- MIDI Event List -- MIDI Track Offsets -- MIDI Real-Time Properties -- Remove Duplicate Notes -- Add Key Change -- Beat Detective -- Identify Beat -- Renumber Bars -- All MIDI Notes Off: The Panic Button! -- AudioSuite Menu -- Options Menu -- Destructive Record -- Loop Record -- QuickPunch -- TrackPunch (HD Systems Only) -- Video Track Online -- Video Out FireWire (Mac Only) -- Scrub In Video Window -- Loop Playback -- Link Timeline and Edit Selection -- Link Track and Edit Selection -- Mirror MIDI Editing -- Automation Follows Edit -- Click/Countoff -- MIDI Thru -- Pre-Fader Metering -- Auto-Spot Regions -- Low-Latency Monitoring (Digi 002 Systems Only) -- Use Delay Compensation (HD Systems Only) -- Setup Menu -- Hardware (Setup) -- Playback Engine -- Disk Allocation -- Peripherals -- I/O -- Session -- Setup > MIDI Submenu -- Click/Countoff -- Preferences -- Window Menu -- Window Configurations -- Task Manager Window -- Workspace Browser Window -- Project Browser Window -- Catalog Browser Window -- Big Counter -- Automation Enable -- Memory Locations -- Video Universe -- Color Palette -- Undo History -- Disk Space and System Usage -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Plug-ins, Inserts, and Sends -- Signal Routing in Pro Tools -- Input Channels -- Audio and Aux Input Tracks -- Instrument Tracks -- Inserts -- Sends -- Busses -- Master Faders -- Output Channels -- Plug-in Architectures -- AudioSuite -- RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) -- TDM (Time-Division Multiplexing), TDM II -- Wrapped Plug-ins -- Plug-in Effects -- About Digital Signal Processing (DSP) -- Categories of Audio Effects -- Plug-ins Included with Pro Tools 8 -- Third-Party Plug-in Developers.

Tips for Using Sends (to External I/O, PT Busses, and Aux Inputs) -- ReWire -- Getting the Most Out of Available DSP -- Where to Place Plug-ins -- AudioSuite Effects Versus Real-Time Plug-ins -- Bouncing Effects into Tracks and Submixes -- Summary -- Chapter 10 MIDI -- A Technical Overview of MIDI -- MIDI Data -- MIDI Interface Options -- Digidesign MIDI I/O -- MIDI Setup -- Macintosh (Audio MIDI Setup) -- Windows -- External MIDI Devices -- Virtual Instruments -- Why Use Virtual Instruments Instead of External MIDI Gear? -- Virtual Instrument Programs (ReWire) -- Virtual Instrument Plug-ins for Pro Tools -- Recording into MIDI and Instrument Tracks -- MIDI Recording Modes -- Editing MIDI and Instrument Tracks in the Edit Window -- The MIDI Editor Window -- The Event Menu -- Time Operations -- Tempo Operations -- Event Operations -- MIDI Real-Time Properties -- Remove Duplicate Notes -- Beat Detective -- Identify Beat -- Renumber Bars -- All MIDI Notes Off -- Other Commands Relating to MIDI -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Synchronization -- Synchronization Defined -- SMPTE Time Code -- Synchronization Example with an External Video Deck -- SMPTE Time Code Formats: LTC, VITC, and MTC -- Frame Rates (30/29.97 Drop/Non-Drop, 25, 24 Frames per Second) -- MIDI Time Code (MTC) -- SMPTE Peripherals -- SMPTE/MIDI Interface (Trigger Sync) -- SMPTE/MIDI Interface Plus Separate Hardware Clock -- Synchronizers That Include Reference Sync -- Types of Synchronization -- Trigger Sync -- Continuous Resync -- Reference Sync -- Using QuickTime, Other Digital Video File Formats -- Summary -- Chapter 12 The Pro Tools Groove -- Combining MIDI and Audio -- Using "Assembled" Percussion Parts and Region Groups -- Looping Audio Regions -- The Event > Identify Beat Command -- The Region > Loop/Unloop Commands -- Using the Time Trimmer for Adjusting Durations.

Working with REX and ACID Files.