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Introduction

Recording – now that’s a big subject. I don’t know if you are going to be recording a set of bagpipes, a rock band, a rap track or a symphony orchestra. What I do know is that Pro Tools can handle all of these. And you may even need to work with all of these at some time or other during your career.

Many of you will already be working with Pro Tools while others will be new to the system. I will start out by discussing how digital audio recording works, mentioning various caveats, and highlighting practical issues. Then we will look at areas such as monitoring, setting up clicks, destructive recording, loop recording and the concept ...

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