Producing With Pro Tools

Who’s going to AES in New York? I will most likely be there, at least for Saturday and Sunday (Oct 6 & 7). I’ve been to AES many times over the past few years, and each time I go I have a blast. After spending the day learning about all the cool new stuff coming out, I usually end up at some crazy studio party. Man, there are some stories… the best one involves jello shots, but we won’t go there in this blog.

If you are going to AES and want to meet up, let me know. I usually spend a lot of time at… yeah, you guessed it… the Digidesign/M-Audio booth. Ask for me there, or if there’s enough interest, we can set up a specific meeting point. I’d love to meet up with other cool Pro Tools users and studio owners.

Welcome back to Producing with Pro Tools. Yesterday I got a call from my friends at Digidesign to do column for their next DigiZine (coming out in January). I wrote for them for several years and then took a short break, conveniently timed while I was working on the latest edition of my Pro Tools book. Anyway, now I’m back.

Who reads DigiZine? Anyone? Do you find it helpful? I’d love to know your opinions about it. Dusty DiMurcio, a good friend of mine at Digi, is the editor in chief and I think the latest version online is pretty rad. It’s even got page turning sound effects. Check it out here and let me know your opinion:

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=6&langid=100&

Cheers.

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Hi Folks. Welcome to the Producing with Pro Tools blog! I’m David Franz and I’ve started this blog to discuss anything related to using Pro Tools for producing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in home, project, and commercial pro studios.

I’ve been using Pro Tools for quite some time now and, as you may have noticed from the links on this page, I’ve also been teaching about it through Berklee College of Music’s online school. I wrote the first book (besides the software manual J) in cahoots with Digidesign and Berklee back in 2000-2001, when the Digi 001 first appeared. My book is now in its third edition, updated for Pro Tools 7.3.

Anyway, this blog exists for you. I’m here to share some knowledge and discuss anything related to producing music with Pro Tools. Please feel free to post a comment, ask a question, or just follow along… and if you’re so inspired, check out the links to my books, online classes, and studio on the right. I’m glad you’re here and I hope you check back in regularly.

Cheers.

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