I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are there
for books or online tutorials.... I've done lots of editing of minidisc
recordings on PC using Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and have used both Mac and
PC with audacity, but am completely new to ProTools.

I've seen one website that has tutorials available, but it's based on
Protools version 5.1 -- us this much different than the current edition as
far as learning through this type of thing....

Same thing for books? What's the best books?

Thanks for any suggestions.

In article writes:

I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are there
for books or online tutorials....

Here's a brief on-line tutorial: Learn the user interface.

Once you know what all the names for features mean and where to find
them, you can do anything you want. The best way to do this is to play
with it and take notes, in essence, write a reference manual as you go
along, in your own language.



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However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article writes:

I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are there
for books or online tutorials....

Here's a brief on-line tutorial: Learn the user interface.

Once you know what all the names for features mean and where to find
them, you can do anything you want. The best way to do this is to play
with it and take notes, in essence, write a reference manual as you go
along, in your own language.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

"Dennis Herrick" wrote in message
...
I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are
there
for books or online tutorials.... I've done lots of editing of minidisc
recordings on PC using Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and have used both Mac
and
PC with audacity, but am completely new to ProTools.

I've seen one website that has tutorials available, but it's based on
Protools version 5.1 -- us this much different than the current edition
as
far as learning through this type of thing....

Same thing for books? What's the best books?

Thanks for any suggestions.
_________________________

Contact www.digidesign.com or see www.muswicbooksplus.com
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www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

"Dennis Herrick" wrote in message
...
I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are
there
for books or online tutorials.... I've done lots of editing of minidisc
recordings on PC using Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and have used both Mac
and
PC with audacity, but am completely new to ProTools.

I've seen one website that has tutorials available, but it's based on
Protools version 5.1 -- us this much different than the current edition
as
far as learning through this type of thing....

Same thing for books? What's the best books?

Thanks for any suggestions.
_________________________

Contact www.digidesign.com or see www.muswicbooksplus.com
-bg-
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:01:50 -0700, Dennis Herrick wrote:

I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are there
for books or online tutorials...
--------------------------------snip----------------------------------

There's a lot of pretty good books on ProTools 6 out there, and very few bad
ones.

One you might start out with is:

PRO TOOLS ALL-IN-ONE DESKTOP REFERENCE FOR DUMMIES
by Jeff Strong
For Dummies Books
ISBN # 0764557149

and another good one is

PRO TOOLS 6 FOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS (VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE)
by Steven Roback
Peachpit Press
ISBN #0321213157

I've read both, and they're pretty decent.

Also, be sure to check out the excellent resources on the Digidesign User
Conference:

http://duc.digidesign.com/

There's a lot of terrific users there, many of whom are bound to have the
same questions that you do.

Finally, for other good reference books on audio recording in general, check
out Music Books Plus:

http://www.musicbooksplus.com/homerec.htm

They have an excellent selection of very informative books and publications.
Lotta good stuff for beginning recordists to learn from.

--MFW

On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:01:50 -0700, Dennis Herrick wrote:

I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are there
for books or online tutorials...
--------------------------------snip----------------------------------

There's a lot of pretty good books on ProTools 6 out there, and very few bad
ones.

One you might start out with is:

PRO TOOLS ALL-IN-ONE DESKTOP REFERENCE FOR DUMMIES
by Jeff Strong
For Dummies Books
ISBN # 0764557149

and another good one is

PRO TOOLS 6 FOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS (VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE)
by Steven Roback
Peachpit Press
ISBN #0321213157

I've read both, and they're pretty decent.

Also, be sure to check out the excellent resources on the Digidesign User
Conference:

http://duc.digidesign.com/

There's a lot of terrific users there, many of whom are bound to have the
same questions that you do.

Finally, for other good reference books on audio recording in general, check
out Music Books Plus:

http://www.musicbooksplus.com/homerec.htm

They have an excellent selection of very informative books and publications.
Lotta good stuff for beginning recordists to learn from.

--MFW

Go to digidesign.com and purchase the ProTools 6.2 manual.

It's amazing that they don't include it with their LE systems because it
just makes you a better/happier user, and wading through pdf files is so
incomparable to having a manual right next to you at all times, that
comparing the two is just silly.

BTW, digidesign will stick you with upwards of $40 for the manual and
shipping, etc, but I really believe it's worth it. That's my 2 cents.



"Dennis Herrick" wrote in message
...
I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are
there
for books or online tutorials.... I've done lots of editing of minidisc
recordings on PC using Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and have used both Mac
and
PC with audacity, but am completely new to ProTools.

I've seen one website that has tutorials available, but it's based on
Protools version 5.1 -- us this much different than the current edition
as
far as learning through this type of thing....

Same thing for books? What's the best books?

Go to digidesign.com and purchase the ProTools 6.2 manual.

It's amazing that they don't include it with their LE systems because it
just makes you a better/happier user, and wading through pdf files is so
incomparable to having a manual right next to you at all times, that
comparing the two is just silly.

BTW, digidesign will stick you with upwards of $40 for the manual and
shipping, etc, but I really believe it's worth it. That's my 2 cents.



"Dennis Herrick" wrote in message
...
I just purchased an Mbox and got Protools LE. What recommendations are
there
for books or online tutorials.... I've done lots of editing of minidisc
recordings on PC using Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and have used both Mac
and
PC with audacity, but am completely new to ProTools.

I've seen one website that has tutorials available, but it's based on
Protools version 5.1 -- us this much different than the current edition
as
far as learning through this type of thing....

Same thing for books? What's the best books?