Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Chapter One
Discovering
What You Need
In This Chapter
Understanding the components of a home studio
Discovering how each component contributes to the final sound
Whether you use a PC- or Mac-based system for your Pro Tools studio,
your home recording system of choice employs much of the same
basic technology. In fact, your simple Pro Tools studio consists of the same
basic components as a typical million-dollar professional studio complex.
In this chapter, you discover the purpose of each individual component of a
home recording studio - and you also discover how each of these components
relates to the quality of sound you ultimately get from your studio.
This knowledge will help you to spend the right amount of money on the
right stuff. (See Book 2, Chapter 1 for more on purchasing gear.)
Eyeing the Big Picture
In spite of what you may surmise from this chapter - with its long list of
equipment - you only need a few things in order to do multitrack recording
with Pro Tools. This simple list comprises instruments and microphones
(called input devices), a computer, a Digidesign audio i ... read full excerpt from Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies ebook