Lesson 8: Intro to Pro Tools - Posted on 2014-02-20 by Brian Mulvany

This week's lesson really changed my perspective of Pro Tools. Getting a glimpse into its history has helped me to appreciate why it is the industry standard, and how it set the bar for the competition that followed. At the studio I got to sit in on a rap vocal tracking session, where armed with just that nudge of extra observation, I couldn't help but notice a plethora of Pro Tools shortcuts and key commands being utilized in a streamlined fashion by my mentor. From this session alone, it was made apparent that there are a selection of key commands which are invaluable to an engineers workflow, affecting even the efficiency and productivity of the recording session itself. On that note, the key command quizzes that will be reappearing will definitely be helpful in this regard!