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22 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 BEST book there is for Pro Tools users... Dec 09, 2003
By Michael Mccarthy
I just took an online Pro Tools class at berkeleymusic.com, and Dave Franz (the author of this book), is the most knowledgable person on Pro Tools around. We used his text to supplement the online course. But I bought his book months before the course began. Immediately, I was learning about sound fields and phantom images so I could get my monitoring and recording environment set up correctly (which I had set up VERY incorrectly to begin with). Next, he goes step by step into simple recording, and helps you out with input signals and example setups for all of DigiDesign's hardware (Digi001, Digi002, MBox, even PT Free) so you get good signal flow in through you whole system. From there, he progresses to more advanced recording techniques like punching and auto-punching and the different record modes. Also included in this book are system settings that will let you get the most out of Pro Tools from your current machine and chapters on mixing and basic plugin usage. The best are the example sessions included on the CD that allow you to see what he does in real time as compared to what's beign taught in the book. There are also trials of popular third-party plugins on the CD so you can sample some really powerful RTAS plugins while working in Pro Tools. Make sure if you buy this book, you are running Pro Tools 6.x. He has an earlier version of this book for users still running PT 5.x.x. All in all, if you are a beginner, this is the place to start, hands down, and more advanced users will find juicy tidbits here and there as well.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Good Stuff Jan 10, 2002
By Matt Kaiser
I bought this Pro Tools book because it's been on Digidesign's home page for the past few months. It goes past what the manual talks about, and has a bunch of examples in text, pdf, and also on the CD rom. Another nice plus is that ProTools Free comes with it. Beats waiting for my modem to download it. It shows a lot of the more technical side of producing on ProTools, but also It basically teaches the reader how to be a successful producer and engineer. There's chapters on preproduction, miking, running a recording session, and a bunch of other topics. I got the most out of the chapters on Improving
System Performance and Efficiency, which explains ways to maximize your computer's processing power while using Pro Tools. My computer is kind of slow, so this made things quite a bit faster. Also, the chapter on mixing techniques explained things much more clearly than I've seen before. All in all, a good read. I highly recommend it for Pro Tools users of any level.
17 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Bad dog !! Dec 29, 2001
By R. Hendee
...The reason I bought the book was because the manual provided with Pro Tools is a reference manual and I was in search of a "how to" guide with useful examples and real-world applications. And I'm still looking! This book simply mimicks much of what is convered in Digidesign's supplied reference manual and adds little additional content except for an odd emphasis on the producer and engineer's role in the preproduction and production process. And frankly I bought the book as a Pro Tools primer, not as a generalization of the production and engineering process---there are books far better than this which are dedicated to those topics. Additionally, the "bonus CD" included with the book is the equivalent of a "bonus" copy of AOL --- nothing more than a copy of Digidesign's "Pro Tools FREE", available as you would expect FOR FREE from their web site. As in music, books are subjective so you may glean far more than I from this book. Just buy at your own risk (or buy mine used...).
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
I Love This Book!!! Oct 27, 2003
By Jennifer A. D'angora
"jdangora"
I am a musician, and I've wanted to produce and record my own music at home for a long time. I'm not very technically savvy, so I really needed something in addition to a manual to help me. This is the perfect book for me! It showed me how to set up my studio, gave me advice on microphone set up, sound in the room, and Pro Tools session work from start to finish. I don't know of a more perfect book for someone out there who is just getting into home recording. EXCELLENT!!!!
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Just sorta OK... Jan 22, 2002
If you want an in-depth, "how-to-use ProTools" manual, this book doesn't cut it. There is very little in-depth examination of any one topic, and more emphasis on providing a little bit about a lot of stuff. Also, there's waaay too much content about "the audio business," case in point is Chapter 10, The Producer's Role in Production. Personally, I don't think it's time well spent to be looking in a book for tips on creating your own mixing/production style... If you're new to ProTools (and recording in general) and in need of an overview of the program and its capabilities, buy this book. If you're looking for a technical reference handbook, read the ProTools manual.
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