You may remember my recent article on how much time we can spend learning how to use our equipment. One of the main aims of the blog has always been to equip users with the necessary skills to allow them to get on with making music.
There are some great resources out there from some of the friends of the blog:
And many more to boot!
But I want to offer you a simple piece of advice when it come to become a serious Pro Tools user, the next time to have to figure something out, take time to learn that one thing once and for all, rather than putting it off until later.
For example, figure out the short cut for something you keep doing, they are all listed in the supplied PDF documentation. Or figure out how to import session info, or create windows configurations - this is one of my personal favourites.
So often we think it's quicker to plough on with the session and leave all those handy tricks to learn on another day. If truth be told that day never comes. So next time you're doing the same thing for the 100th time and you know there has to be a shortcut, take a moment to learn it!
Here are a few I challenge you to learn:
- Figure out the tempo of an imported song using 'Identify Beat'
- Work out how to use Windows Configurations and then import them into all your sessions.
- Work out the keyboard short-cuts to flip between the Mix/Edit/Midi windows
Just figuring out those 3 will make your sessions fly!
Remember frustration creates stress and stress is a killer for creativity.
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