Producing With Pro Tools

Hi Folks!

Hope all is well and that you’re enjoying the new year so far!

NAMM is here and frankly I am much more excited about it this year than in several of the years past. Seems like there’s much more of a buzz about it this year. Maybe the economy is turning around (hmm?), maybe musicians are making money again (what?), or maybe its just that we all are jonesin’ for new gear (probably!). Regardless, being the Pro Tools head that I am, I’m happy to see Pro Tools 10 in action, as well as a whole slew of new developments surrounding it. In fact, I’m giving a clinic on Pro Tools, sponsored by Berkleemusic, on Friday, Jan 20 at 3pm in the NAMM H.O.T. Zone. If you’re at NAMM, plesae come by and check it out. Stick around to say hi afterwards.

The NAMM H.O.T. Zone also features talks from other Berkleemusic luminaries like Dave Kusek and Mike King… experts in their fields for sure, as well as good peeps and good friends. Check us all out here: http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2012/hot-zone-grid

And, for all the Berkleemusic.com peeps, all of my courses on Berkleemusic.com have been updated for Pro Tools 10, so you’ll be up to speed with using the latest version if you take any of the Pro Tools courses I authored, including Producing with Pro Tools and Advanced Production Techniques with Pro Tools.

The real question I have for you is, how many of you are using Pro Tools 10, and do you like it? And maybe more to the point, has it been worth the upgrade price? I think being able to run a session from RAM is worth it, but that requires either Pro Tools HDX or the Complete Production Toolkit… both expensive propositions. Granted there are other improvements in PT10, but that’s the most significant in my view.

I’ll post a post-NAMM report, and hit me up if you plan on being at NAMM and want to meet up.

See you soon… cheers!

df