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Looking for good resources to learn about how to use Pro Tools and Ableton

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Rev J

Jun 14, 2012
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I just ordered the Focusrite Scarlet package from B&K with the Mic, pop screen, mic stand, headphones and software.

I haven't used Pro Tools in close to 15 years and never used Ableton.

My preferences are books over websites. I do plan on taking classes on these programs but want to lean as much as I can on my own before I do.

C/S,
Rev J
 
#2
Depends on what you want to do. Just recording? Live work? Ableton live is great for "Live" work.
"Books" - I don't know. The Ableton docs are pretty good if you just read them. They can easily be searched.

There is some good video courses over at Udemy.com
They have sales all the time.
Huge number on youtube, and go find the forums for each.

You can export/import back and forth between DAWs. Sometimes it is just as easy as drag and drop the tracks.
 
#3
You can't go wrong with Pro Tools own documentation, unless you really need to learn by example.

Avid has produced a number of good video tutorials over the years - I think they have some new ones currently, lurking on their website - and I'm pretty sure there's a fairly well hidden archive of those tutorials, perhaps on a cached version of the Digidesign website (they did some in the early 2000's, some around 2008, and some a bit more recently).

There's also Pro Tools Expert, which has tons of articles, and free videos, as well as paid content.

They also started a bunch of sister sites recently, for the other major DAWs, including Live.

There's also places like Groove3, and PureMix, that have paid content tutorials on specific software, and production techniques - though you said you're more interested in books than videos.

Pretty sure there's a Pro Tools for Dummies book, but it's also probably worth considering Avid's official courses, as you can buy the 101 coursework book to study yourself (you can of course attend their short courses 101 / 201 / 301 to get certification).
 
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Good to know. Once I get some more financial stuff out of the way I am planning on going back to school and take some classes. I just want to get some hands on with it first.

My initial plan is to use Ableton to program drums, keys, etc. then bounce to Pro Tools to record bass and whatever field type of ambient sounds .

C/S,
Rev J
 
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Groove3 has some really good stuff there, for both PT and Ableton.
If you go the Groove three route you want to check out the pro tools tutorials from Kenny Gioa.
Then there is MacProVideo which has some cool stuff there as well.. both have sales from time to time.
I don't subscribe, I just buy a bundle, download it and then you can look at it wherever and whenever..

Then of course there is Youtube, which like most things out there can be a bit hit or miss.
Good luck!
 

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