Get Started Fast with Pro Tools First - Start Creating A Song
In this series of free video tutorials produced by Avid, you will learn how to get started with Pro Tools First, the free version of Pro Tools. Before you start this series make sure you have downloaded and installed Pro Tools First and also have an audio interface connected.
In this first video, you learnt how to use templates to get you going quickly. Templates are common in a wide range of applications, including desktop publishing, web site design, and audio recording and production.
In the second video, you learnt how to build a new Pro Tools session from scratch as well as understand the background of how Pro Tools works.
Start Creating A Song
See how to start with a drum loop from Xpand and another instance of Xpand assigned to 4 MIDI tracks for Bass, Piano, Organ and Synth parts.
Next, using an audio track you can learn how to record an acoustic guitar part. Using that as a reference, watch how to then add the bass, piano, organ and synth parts and then use Quantise, see how you can get everything in time.
Learn how you can use Grid and Slip modes to move clips around the session, then see how you can duplicate clips or use clip looping to achieve a similar result.
Watch to see how to move and delete clips to create a basic arrangement and create markers or memory locations to help you navigate around the session quickly.
Pro Tools First Features
- Record up to 16 audio tracks, either one at a time through your computer’s audio input, or up to four inputs simultaneously using a USB audio interface.
- Choose from a selection of session templates, which provide pre-loaded instrument tracks, and start creating a song in a variety of music genres, including EDM, rock, pop, jazz, and hip-hop.
- Comes with over 20 plug-ins including Xpand!2 music synthesizer, D-Verb & Mod Delay III
- Visit the new in-app Marketplace and discover a world of affordable plug-ins that make creating and enhancing sounds quick and easy—with prices starting at about a cup of frozen coffee.
- Pro Tools | First saves sessions in the cloud, enabling you to work on your music practically anywhere.
- Comes with an introductory amount of free cloud storage, enabling you to save and sync up to three projects at a time, so you can always pick up where you last left off—on any Mac or PC with Pro Tools First installed.