Sunday, 20 January 2013

Recording Studio Getting Started (3 of 3): Loops & Recording - Pro Tools® M-Powered™ Essential

Recording Studio Getting Started (3 of 3): Loops & Recording - Pro Tools® M-Powered™ Essential Tube. Duration : 5.13 Mins.


M-Audio Support: www.m-audio.com Lets bring in one of the Pro Tools Essential Loops to the Drums track. Go to the Window Menu and select Workspace. Click the search button, type Essential Loops, and press Enter. Double-click the Pro Tools Essential Loops folder. You can click the triangles to open the folders; and you can click the speaker icon to audition loops. Make sure this metronome icon is green so the loops will be matched to the tempo of your song. Find one you like and then drag and drop the file to the left of the Drums track in the Edit Window. Drop it on the far left so the audio begins at the start of the track AND on beat. You can easily make this loop repeat by duplicating it. The loop should already be selected; if not, come up here and select this hand tool, click an empty spot to make sure nothing is selected, and then click the loop to select it. Press Ctrl + D (or Cmd+D on a Mac) to duplicate the region. In Pro Tools you can use the spacebar to start and stop playback. Go ahead and audition the loop. Lets go prepare to record some audio. Switch back to the mixer by pressing Ctrl + = (or Cmd + = on Mac). Ive got a guitar hooked up to the ¼ guitar input on the Fast Track. Im going to click to record enable the rhythm guitar track. If you have a microphone hooked up and want to record your voice, or if you want to use a mic to record an acoustic guitar or guitar amplifier, click to record enable the Mono Audio track on the right. Play your guitar or sing ...

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