Introduction to Desktop/Digital Audio 1

Department - SONG
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - SW-151

A Pro Tools course for the DAW beginner with no extensive experience with MIDI (perhaps some use of Garage Band). Students will learn the basic principles needed to complete a Pro Tools project, from initial set up to final mixdown. The course will cover common situations such as recording live instruments, MIDI sequencing of software synthesizers, and audio looping, with lessons in configuring a session, creating and organizing, files and regions, importing files, setting up virtual instruments, creating fades, basic volume automation, etc. Note: Students are required to have a Pro Tools system installed on their laptops.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Jack Perricone
Prerequisites: MTEC-111
Required of: SONG majors
Electable by: SONG majors