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1. 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 3 Y INSERTS AE TIS ITT II III ITT TT 7 Reaper track controls look like this oF ee es a mD Je eTo change track size Click the or signs below the vertical scroll bar on the far right border of the window Renaming Right click and choose Track Manager or Shift Cmd M and rename there eDeleting Click the track and hit delete Record Enable Click the red bulls eye in the top left of track controls Solo Mute see above The view automation menu is accessible by clicking the envelopes button left of input 1 eYou may also hit v to see the volume envelope p for panning eTo add a dot to the line click your cursor where you want the dot right click and choose Create new point move with cursor LILLI ILLIS LIIS TIAI CURSORS TOOLS eCommand 1 Zoom Tool magnifying glass I find it easier to hit Command bracket to zoom in Command to zoom out and never use this Command 2 Trim Tool arrows if you click this more than once there are other versions If you drag the end of a sound file with the trim tool it will hide extend the audio and play back accordingly You can always drag it back later if you need to change it If you type Command 2 again it will toggle forward to the TCE version with a little clock over the arrows dragging the edge of the sound file will change the length of the file creatin2. active tap Length ttime T J 00 ms Length musian E 10 notes feedback mas Loos ter E J 70000 te ose lt e eesctce E oes Stereo width 1 00 vn 0 ee 0 2 1 0 CPU 0 0 spls BOUNCING DOWN condensing your mix or any tracks into one file e Be sure to select exactly the time frame you want recorded to disk Be sure that the appropriate solo buttons are engaged if you don t want all the tracks to bounce down When that is complete click File Bounce to Disk or Command Option B MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 10 Bounce Bounce Source Bit nOtpt1 2 Str gt Bit nOtptl2 rH File Type AIFF Format Mono summed req Bit Depth 24 Bit eq Sample Rate 44 1 kHz eq Conversion Quality Tweak Head Slowest Use Squeezer _ Enforce Avid Compatibility Conversion Options Convert During Bounce Convert After Bounce v Import After Bounce _ Add To iTunes Library _ Share with SoundCloud C Bounce If you re bouncing a file down to be used in your session use the above settings If you re bouncing your final mix down to a stereo file you ll want to choose these Bounce Bounce Source Bit nOtpt1 2 Str gt Blt nOtptl2 B File Type AIFF rH Format Interleaved rH Bit Depth 24 Bit B Sample Rate 44 1 kHz r Conversion Quality Tweak Head Slowest Use Squeezer _ Enfo
3. 00 Reverse right click Reverse Items as New Take Pitch Shift click the FX button in the track control menu choose ReaPitch Time Compression Expansion Hold Opt and drag edge of file to desired length LISTALLA LAIA PIA TT TT DSP INSERTS aka PLUG INS affect an entire track The inserts show up on the left side of each track red box If you don t see them click the icon outlined in orange and make sure Inserts A E is checked p L INSERTS AE 7 Bottle blow tc 2 S ala Click one of those grey rectangles below Inserts A E and choose plug in to see a list of categories containing various effects Be sure to choose a mono effect if you re working with a mono track REVERB Click an insert plug in reverb D Verb and this window should appear MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 7 factory default gt BYPASS TS COMPARE SAFE Native ali 15 10 kHz Change the parameters of the reverb as you wish To hear a preview solo your affected track and playback the region you want to hear You may also choose not to solo the track to hear the effect with the rest of the mix but it will be important to solo that track to bounce the file down with reverb added When bouncing down reverb or delay the effect will often extend the sound beyond the end boundary of the file itself Listen carefully to where the sound s
4. Audio Files J Clip Groups J Session File Backups tutorial ptx J Video Files WaveCache wfm MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 1 TIPPETT er 7 Reaper opens a new session automatically when you open it Or try File New Project Cmd N ge G eee re vee te eeeres The edit window will open and look like this If it disappears for any reason try hitting Command GROUPS You can close the extra transport window that appears with playback functions shown above under the Window menu PPE I Reaper edit window looks like this _ reaper tutorial modified REAPER v4 32 Licensed for personal small business use 1 1 00 0 00 000 EPITTITTILIP IT ILI TTI MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial ADD TRACKS eGo to Track New or Shift Command N we ll make 8 new mono tracks New Tracks Create 8 new Mono Audio Track D in Samples 4 Cancel Create eChoose the settings above Type Shift Command N and add a Master Fader while you re atit We ll use it later New Tracks Create 1 new Stereo B Master Fader B in Samples re Track format LILI II ILILILILIL A Reaper Go to Track New or Cmd T a new track will appear FEET IETE PITTA ETAT LT WORKING WITH TRACKS eTo change the vertical track size click the tiny arrow button to the left of the track name eRenaming Dou
5. Grid SLIP You ll usually want to work in Slip mode where you can move items along the time scale in infinitesimal increments GRID This snaps all sound files data points to a grid determined by what you set the increment to be Just left of the playback controls you ll see the word Grid lit up in green Click the down arrow right of the numbers to change the spacing of the grid lines eee ee sewers megs Reaper has an auto snap button top left of window that toggles on grid and off slip VLIL ILILILILIL IIT LT MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 6 DSP AUDIO SUITE affect one sound file eTo apply an effect to a single sound file select a file with the Hand Tool and go to Audio Suite Other Normalize Other Reverse Pitch Shift Pitch Shift Other Time Compression Expansion also can be done with Trim Tool showing clock drag edge of file to desired length Click the preview button little speaker icon in red below or Render to save the new processed file USE IN PLAYLIST entire selection GAIN COARSE FINE RATIO CROSSFADE EES U MINPITCH ME ACCURACY D SOUND RHYTHM TIME CORRECTION X nore TT DETUNE ERE LeveL EES DIGIRACK PITCH SHIFT Bypass turns off the effect this also appears on plug ins inserts FEIT ITIL ILITI Normalize right click Item Processing Normalize or Shift Cmd N only does 1
6. N Using ProTools 10 with directions for Reaper too The Hub 301 Swan Hall The support staff at the Hub are not trained in ProTools so you may have to use the help files user manual from time to time If you are stuck send me an email When you arrive at the computer lab you ll need to exchange your student ID for an iLok USB key Plug that into the computer and open ProTools If the iLok is not plugged in you ll get an error message since the required license is stored on the iLok I recommend using keyboard shortcuts whenever possible You can access a list of them from the main course website START A NEW SESSION The quick start box should open if not go to File New Session to see the window below Quick Start _ Create Session from Template Create Blank Session Open Session Session Parameters Audio File Type Sample Rate AIFF B 44 1 kHz B Bit Depth 1 0 Settings Last Used 16 Bit B 24 Bit C 32 Bit Float _ Interleaved M Show Quick Start dialog when Pro Tools starts Cancel ax Enter these settings and click OK If you re using a PC choose BWF WAV instead since AIFF is a Mac only file type Save as Enter your file name Where Choose your USB drive When you create a session it creates an entire folder this one is called tutorial and subfolders shown below to keep your files organized J
7. ater you may bypass the plug in instead so it doesn t affect the audio files on your track Audio 4 lt factory default gt BYPASS Medium Delay Ii TS COMPARE SAFE Native tempo E mer E JLo ALA E GROOVE BM e MOD DELAY 1 ye T T ee MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 9 In Reaper the plug ins are accessible by clicking FX on the left side of the track You will then see an empty window with Add and Remove at the bottom Click Add and you will see a Default Preset VST ReaDelay Cockos VST ReaEQ Cockos VST ReaFir FFT EQ Dynamics Processor Cockos VST ReaGate Cockos VST Realnsert Cockos Instruments VST ReaNINJAM Cockos Cockos VST ReaPitch Cockos Recently used VST ReaStream Cockos 8ch FX Chains VST ReaSurround Cockos Y My Folders VST ReaTune Cockos Favorites VST ReaVerb Cockos VST ReaVerbate Cockos v4 VST ReaVocode Cockos v Fier EZE For delay choose ReaDelay for reverb ReaVerberate Adjust your settings as desired solo the track select it and however much extra time beyond it that the sound continues and render to save your new effected sound file eTo bypass the effect uncheck the box in the upper right corner of the effect o O A VST ReaVerbate Cockos iis paa x 7 ican I Thi aa I ai e ReaDelay Wet Dry iJ M Enabled _ Solo
8. ble click Audio 1 and enter new track name if you want Usually makes more sense when each track is dedicated to an instrument so I almost never do this Deleting Right click Conrol click on a Mac and choose delete Record Enable Click the red button with the white circle Solo S button that turns yellow when engaged only that track will play back Mute M button that turns orange when engaged mutes that track eTo unmute or unsolo all tracks at once hold down Option while you click the S or M Holding Option also works with other buttons to apply to all tracks like to see all the volume curves at once or all the panning or to set all tracks to a particular size Be careful not to hold Command and click as that will freeze it on or off looks greyed out if engaged The view automation menu is currently showing waveform if you click it you can change it to volume mute and pan You will see a line appear to allow you to manipulate the parameters eTo add a dot to the line use the Hand Tool and click the mouse on the line Hold and drag to move a point Control click right click to erase a point eTo draw a line use the Pencil Tool avoid freehand since that creates so many points it can crash the computer when you try to play it back Volume the lower the line the lower the volume 0 dB is about 2 3 of the way up Panning the bottom is hard R the top hard L the middle is centered MUS421
9. d then click and hold on a name in the clips window to hear it Drag clips onto any track Mono files will only go on mono tracks stereo on stereo or will split into two mono tracks If you want only one half of the stereo track you can click the little arrow left of the clip name in the library and it will expand to show both the L and R eTo rename a file double click it with the Hand FTI PTI TITS TPT TT Reaper Import audio Place cursor where you would like the file to appear and choose Insert Media file Clip window in PT Media Explorer in Reaper To view choose View Media Explorer Optt Cmd X Rename double click IILI ILLALLA PLAYBACK eTo play back your mix hit the Spacebar eTo stop playback hit the Spacebar Normally the cursor will return to the start of the playback eTo move cursor to beginning of file hit the Return key If you want the cursor to move to where you stopped useful when editing go to Setup Preferences Operation tab Timeline Insertion Play Start Marker Follows Playback check the box it s first in top left corner under Transport ILLL IIIA TALLIA Playback start in Reaper is also Spacebar It will stop and start from the same place if you hit Spacebar again To stop pause during playback hit Return eTo move cursor to beginning of file hit w IAS LILIN TALAL LLII LTI THE CANVAS eIn the top left corner of the edit window there is a grid of four words Shuffle Spot Slip
10. g time compression or expansion MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 4 Command 3 Cursor Tool shaded sound wave this allows you to highlight anything as you would in Word You can click the starting point and Shift click the ending point of a selection as well as drag over portions If you want to select just one track click in just one track If you want to select 2 tracks click once in each holding shift down and then set final boundary by clicking there If you want to select all tracks click the slightly darker grey top border This tool is great for creating fades on either end of your sound file to avoid clicks Click on the location you want to zoom in on before doing so to keep it on screen Command 4 Hand Tool this allows you to select and move entire sound files at once as blocks If you hold Option and drag a sound file onto a new track a copy will be created Command 5 Scrub Tool this will allow you to click and drag your mouse over a sound file to hear a preview Playback follows your speed mouse location Command 6 Pencil Tool as mentioned before the first setting is freehand which can use too much CPU so Command 6 twice to get to the straight line pencil tool Click and drag to draw lines Click to add a point Command click to erase a point Most useful for drawing volume pan automation envelopes Command 7 Smart Too
11. l changes the cursor to different tools depending on where you place it ona sound file Trim Cursor and Hand will all be selected as will the border around them IMPORTING AUDIO FILES eTo import audio go to File Import Aud io or Shiftt Commandt Open Import Audio a 383 b m E lablsounds B Q DEVICES 0 Name _ Date Modified v v N kirsten voiness g 24 Track Saam 9 17 06 F iDisk 23 Track ped 9 17 06 2 Track 22 ai kirvo e 2 9 17 06 Type Bit Depth Length Sample Rate Size Channels Clips in Current File Clips to Import Add All gt Cor Co py All gt Removeall Remove Start x x A Apply SRC Yr Source sample rate End TDS me T Destination sample rate 44100 Length 7 OQ bia Quality Tweak Head Slo New Folder Cancel Done _ SO _ 7 O eFind your files in the browser window Clicking them will move them down into the Clips in Current File window You must then click Convert to move them to the Clips to Import window Then click Done MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial E It will ask whether you want your tracks to go to new tracks or the Clips window choose the Clips window which is the far right column aka the library if it s hidden click the arrow with the line in the bottom R corner eTo preview a sound hold down the Option key the cursor will change to a speaker an
12. puts all the files in one folder eee TTT ZIPPING YOUR SESSION Find the folder associated with your ProTools Logic or Reaper session it will have the same name as your session file in Finder right click or CTRL Click it and choose compress If you just send the ptx logic or rpp file there will be missing audio files when I try to open the session TE eee sree veer Read above Same for Reaper ILLALLA LELLI MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 12
13. rce Avid Compatibility Conversion Options Convert During Bounce Convert After Bounce _ Import After Bounce _ Add To iTunes Library Share with SoundCloud Bounce When bouncing your final mix use the Hand Tool to select the first sound file hold Shift and select the very last sound file Those two tracks will be highlighted As long as the rest of the tracks are playing back not muted the entire timeframe selected will bounce down appropriately without having to select them with your mouse Name your new file and click OK You can always use Shift Command I to import audio if you forget to click Import After Bounce VIILLII LIAIS TIT TT Select time frame and manage output solo then click File Render or Cmd Opt R name file and click Render 1 item LILLIA AT LAAL BACKING UP YOUR SESSION MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial 11 Because ProTools creates a directory structure within a folder Audio Files etc please be sure to go through each folder one by one and copy over new files I sort by date so it s easy to see which files are new and need to be copied When working on a larger piece I like to save each day s work as a new file Name day month so I can go back to an earlier version if I decide I didn t like the direction it went The ptx files are fairly small so it won t use all your drive space IITIISISSSSSSSSS SSS SS Reaper
14. tops watch the meter at the left in the track controls and be sure to place your selection end point beyond that time marking To do this use the hand to select the file itself switch to the selector cursor hold shift and click the point at which you want your selection to end before bouncing your reverbed file 7 Bottle blow tc If the sound behaves unexpectedly check your volume and panning lines to be sure they are as you want them to be The example below shows an extra volume point that ProTools automatically added at the end of the sound file resetting to 0 dB which I would erase before bouncing DELAY click the Insert box plug in delay then choose one of the options short medium long and other delays P ve shown the medium delay controls below MUS421 571 1 Electroacoustic Music Composition ProTools 10 Tutorial g Audio 1 BYPASS Medium Delay Il Native EY meen MEME LJ Le LILA G GROOVE x I ____ MOD DELAY II TURN OFF YOUR PLUG INS WHEN YOWRE DONE It uses a lot of CPU power and too many plug ins open at once can crash the computer e After bouncing down your file be sure to turn off the plug in so it doesn t affect other files on your track Click the little dot to the left of the insert name under inserts Y INSERTS AE Med Diyil and choose no insert no insert plug in If you want to keep your plug in open to use those settings l
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