Synopses & Reviews
In this exciting new book learn the secret toolkits used to to develop a professional, radio-ready rock mix out of tracks recorded in a garage.
In Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit you will get hands on with a real Pro Tools session as you start arranging, EQing, compressing, bussing, effecting and automating a modern demo into a hard hitting, radio ready production. See the in depth use of micro-editing, Elastic Time, and Beat Detective across Drums, Bass, Guitars and Vocals, and learn how to use Multi-Compression, Reverbs and Delays to make your tracks really jump out of a mix. Finalize your production with pre-mastering tips to get a loud mix that will stand up to the competition.
As you go through you'll discover dozens of Pro Tools 9 features and shortcuts, as well as tricks that can be applied to any workstation.
With an interactive website including hi-definition video tutorials, you will also watch, listen, edit and mix alongside these award winning Pro Tools engineers.
This is a fantastic text showing you two engineers personal workflow for making a killer rock music mix. Take your Pro Tools skills to the next level with "Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit" today.
As you read along, you will discover dozens of Pro Tools 9 features and shortcuts, as well as tricks and techniques that can be applied to any workstation.
This book contains hundreds of pages and illustrations outlining every step of a modern mix including:
- Buss Mixing, Parallel Compression, and getting tight rhythm tracks
- Delay tricks and Vocal Automation for clarity and punch
- Techniques for Pre-Mastering the Final Mix
"Well recommended for those serious about software" - Lighting & Sound Jan 07 I have a lot of Pro Tools books, but none relate the examples and lessons to real-world record productions as well as Multi-Platinum Pro Tools by Nathan Adam and Brady Barnett. This book's main focus is on advanced editing and tuning processes that make Pro Tools the defacto standard for record making.-Barry Rudolph, New Toys, April 2007
Review
"Well recommended for those serious about software" - Lighting & Sound Jan 07 I have a lot of Pro Tools books, but none relate the examples and lessons to real-world record productions as well as Multi-Platinum Pro Tools by Nathan Adam and Brady Barnett. This book's main focus is on advanced editing and tuning processes that make Pro Tools the defacto standard for record making.-Barry Rudolph, New Toys, April 2007
Synopsis
In this exciting new book learn the secret toolkits used to to develop a professional, radio-ready rock mix out of tracks recorded in a garage.
In Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit you will get hands-on with a real Pro Tools session as you start arranging, EQing, compressing, bussing, effecting and automating a modern demo into a hard hitting, radio ready production. See the in-depth use of micro-editing, Elastic Time, and Beat Detective across Drums, Bass, Guitars and Vocals, and learn how to use Multi-Compression, Reverbs and Delays to make your tracks really jump out of a mix. Finalize your production with pre-mastering tips to get a loud mix that will stand up to the competition.
As you go through you'll discover dozens of Pro Tools 9 features and shortcuts, as well as tricks that can be applied to any workstation.
With an interactive website including hi-definition video tutorials, you will also watch, listen, edit and mix alongside these award winning Pro Tools engineers.
This is a fantastic text showing you two engineers personal workflow for making a killer rock music mix. Take your Pro Tools skills to the next level with Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit today.
This book contains hundreds of pages and illustrations outlining every step of a modern mix including:
- Buss Mixing, Parallel Compression, and getting tight rhythm tracks
- Delay tricks and Vocal Automation for clarity and punch
- Techniques for Pre-Mastering the Final Mix
Synopsis
Take your Pro Tools skills to the next level with "Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit" today.
About the Author
Nathan Adam is a professor of Audio Engineering at Belmont University. His work has extended to albums, tracks, TV and radio spots for artists including: Collin Raye, Debbie Boone, Neal McCoy, the Grascals, Jim Stafford, Larry Gatlin, Dusty Rogers Jr., Moe Bandy, Carrie Tillis, Les Brown Jr, and many others. He is currently co-owner of the Walnut House Recording &
Event Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Visit www.nathaneadam.com for news on current recording projects.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Pocketing, editing and tuning: The what, whys, and how’s of major-label Pro Tools editing Chapter 2 Adjusting your seat-belt: Setting up Pro Tools preferences for a streamlined edit session Chapter 3 Beginning the pocket: Building a song from the drums up Chapter 4 Using Beat Detective to save time, money, and headaches Chapter 5 Getting the bass player on time [en] and not just to rehearsal Chapter 6 Locking up the acoustic tracks Chapter 7 Electricity in the air Index