MUS 230Pro Tools Production I

Catalog

The Pro Tools Production I course covers the core concepts and skills needed to operate an Avid Pro Tools - Ultimate system with HD-series hardware in a professional studio environment. This course builds on the Pro Tools I and II series of courses, providing intermediate and advanced-level Pro Tools concepts and techniques. Students learn to customize the configuration of Pro Tools - HD Native systems to maximize results and improve recording, editing, and mixing workflows. The hands-on exercises provide experience optimizing system resources, configuring I/O, navigating and color-coding sessions, managing session media, using advanced selection and auditioning techniques, working with clip gain, applying advanced automation techniques, creating submixes and applying parallel processing, advanced mixing, and finishing techniques for a final mixdown. This course provides the foundational training for the Avid Certified Operator: Pro Tools - Music and Avid Certified Operator: Pro Tools - Post certification exams. Prerequisites: MUS 131 and permission of department. Students must purchase the AVID book to be able to take the certification exams.