My partner was in the last few months of audio engineering school when he asked me to go to the bookstore and buy Pro Tools All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies. He was about to begin his practical study, and wanted to use the book as an easy study reference while he produced his final project. I didn’t know what to buy when I walked into the book box, so I went to the sales. man, and asked to be pointed in the right direction.
I’ve always been a fan of the For Dummies and Idiots Guide To series, and I was overwhelmed when I first read my new York City size collection of said reference books. Their walls were Their ranks. Everything was under the sun. After a fair amount of procrastination, I found what I was looking for and was surprised to find myself holding a 684 page $30 book on ProTools. We were poor college kids in the city and the price tag was big for our budget, but the cover flashed “Eight quick reference guides – One great price!” So I bought it. It was also what he wanted.
My partner was happy when I brought the book home, and his nose was buried in the dog shot and the rest of the pages. semester Several of his notes flew to the ground when I opened the book to write this review. While he chose Cubase as his audio software of choice, Pro Tools for Dummies didn’t sit on the reference shelf gathering dust.
In 8 separate books, book 1, Home Recording Basics, taught users how to set up their studio and the basics of a mixing board. He talked about microphone placement and understanding MIDI. Book 2, Getting Started Using Tools, is an introduction to audio programming. Book 3, Audio Recording, covers audio recording, tracking, and the elements of mixing. Book 4, Editing Audio, is the chapter of the book we have noted the most. It shows users, step-by-step, how to improve their audio recording in ProTools.
Book 5, Managing MIDI, was all about preparing, reciting, editing, and working with MIDI. Books 6 and 7, Mixing and Mastering in Pro Tools, prepare users for mixing and mastering. These 2 chapters went beyond technical support programs and spoke to the reader as an expert. He admonished them to put on the “craftsman’s hat” in this part of the work and to separate themselves from the studio of craftsmanship which they felt was their work. Book 8, party sources for selling music created with the program. My partner had a problem with the final 3 chapters of Pro Tools for Dummies. I bought the book as an audio engineer, not as an artist, and found this part of the book to be excluded. to his calling.
