Pro Tools for Beginners Tutorial - Part 1 - Navigation

Welcome to the first video in our "Pro Tools for Beginners" series. In this video, Jason de Wilde, Head of Audio at the Australian Institute of Music takes us through a quick tour of the main two windows of Pro Tools and explores the basic techniques and tools for navigation. You will see main parts of the Edit Window, and the Mix Window to get you started. Remember if you have any comments or questions, please let us know.

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[Chit]

you just saved me. im in a pro tools class and the way the teacher explains doesnt make sense. he likes to tell us about his grammy he won like 20 years ago. i make more progress watching your videos thanks

[gehringer]

This is the best Pro Tools tutorial I've seen yet!!! And I have watched most of them. Your very good at explaining things in a simple way!. Great job!

[JeremyBeut]

This is an excellent tutorial, the explanations are very clear and this is preciously helpful. Thank you so much !

[adeville]

Just brilliant, coming from Ableton and in a rush this video helped so much - in particular the start/ stop cursor that was driving me crazy! Off to check out other vids of yours, very calm, clear and no ramble. Fantastic!

[pacificbase]

Most Useful 50 Shortcuts for Pro Tools here:
what you need, press the timestamps in description

[Treflips]

Thank you. I am an aspiring producer and am learning pro tools thanks to you guys, much love from the states !

[bambibandz.]

Literally the best pro tools tutorial video on the internet. Thank And I’ve watched A LOT

[SergeSergiou]

Thank You! So useful to find some slow, peaceful, tuition, spoken in plain English, no jargon. I will certainly subscribe and follow

[truthalwayswinss]

You are brilliantly explaining very good. I am a learner too of this pro tool . I looked at the tool very much weird when I first saw, but after your navigation video. you made me to see it with interest. Thank you bro. God bless you.

[marksharp]

I am doing a protools sound course for music mixing and more, I wish my teachers explained how to use pro tolls like jason explains and shows you, it would have been much easier . Great stuff mate I will learn more from these video's cheers .

[rudymikula]

Thank you for a thorough intro. I still can't use it, but will become more comfortable after viewing the remainder of your videos.

[kenny]

Thank You so much for posting this series of Pro Tools Videos. So helpful, very much enjoyed and educational!

[PhilipWalker]

Thank you very much! Great video. Everything was well explained, easy to follow, and the pacing was great. 

[michaelreis]

These are awesome for a analog Luddite like me, Never take them down, Much appreciated..

[EdgarsGrazulis]

Thank you very much for this video! I'm just starting out on Pro Tools. Very professional and easy to understand, thank you and I'm looking forward to watching the next video tutorials.

[laurakayemusic]

Thank you so much! Absolutely perfect speed and amount of info to take in at once.

[Cals.Journey]

From someone who this video was basically aimed it, it was perfect! helped me out tonnes. thank you :)

[spacecaptain]

Perfect. I just started using pro tools, and this is indeed the information required by a beginner!

[guitarizt]

Good tutorial; very easy to follow.
Having already familiarized myself with these aspects, I'm looking forward to Part 2 and implementation of the "Plug-Ins".

[mikedavis]

Perfect beginner navigation session here!