Chapter 3: Examining Software Basics
In This Chapter
Getting to know Pro Tools conventions
Configuring system settings
Understanding sessions
Managing files
Pro Tools software is one of the simpler and easier-to-use audio programs available. However, as with any software, you need to know some basic conventions to get it to work efficiently. This chapter covers the basics so you can better understand your software as well as get your system configured properly. This chapter also shows you how to open, set up, and navigate sessions (which I talk about in the second half of the chapter), as well as how to manage file formats and file types.
Keeping Software Straight
Pro Tools comes in several versions: for example, HD and HDX, MP, and SE, Mac and PC. Although the versions sport only minor differences, knowing the differences can help you better understand your own system. Read on to find out the details.
Looking at Pro Tools versions
Avid, the maker of Pro Tools software, offers four basic types of systems: regular (simply called Pro Tools 10), MP, SE, and HD and HDX. Although this ...
