Russ takes you step by step showing you things like how to make beats using Boom and MIDI, getting your virtual instrument sounds down onto audio tracks, how to use basic effects to transform the stock sounds and extract grooves from one beat and then use them on other beats to lock their grooves together. Russ also shows you how to pitch shift beats, use gates and side chains to create fantastic new electro drum beats, how to destroy beats and mash them up as well as slice beats and rearrange them using Structure
Pro Tools
∞ Pro Tools 10 video tutorial
Pro Tools 10 is chock full of new features and functions that will dramatically speed up your workflow and production time. Pro Tools guru Michael Costa takes you step by step through each new feature and function, in-depth, leaving no … Continued
∞ Pro Tools reality distortion field
Air Users Blog: Avid are sticking to their Pro Tools 10 pricing guns (see what I did there?) and I’m told that they are internally patting themselves on the back for such a great product launch. I’m also told that … Continued
∞ Avid cuts jobs
Air Users Blog: So, whilst some users were hoping for a price cut, it is sobering to think that some very good people have lost their job, some of whom are people I know personally. One in particular is a … Continued
∞ SoundCloud integrated into Pro Tools 10
With SoundCloud baked into Pro Tools 10, audio producers from all fields can share their sounds privately with collaborators for feedback or share polished works to the world. Throughout the creative process, Pro Tools and SoundCloud make audio production and promotion easier.
This is a great move for both companies.
∞ Pro Tools 10: Clip-based gain tutorial
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The Clip-Based Gain feature in Pro Tools 10 provides a much quicker and visually appealing solution. Using the clip gain line you’re able to adjust the gain for individual clips and match their relative levels. You’ll notice right away how the waveform view updates in real-time to reflect the clip gain changes. Very impressive!
There are some great looking features in Pro Tools 10 — this is just one of them.
∞ Avid releases Pro Tools 10
Avid on Thursday unveiled the next major version of its digital audio workstation, Pro Tools.
The company updated its Web site tonight with all of the information on Pro Tools 10, and there certainly looks like there’s a lot to be excited about.
∞ Avid shows upcoming features of Pro Tools
∞ Avid offers Eleven LE, Strike and Velvet free with Pro Tools purchase
If you’re looking for a Digital Audio Workstation, this might be a good time to look at Pro Tools 9.
∞ Review: Avid's Eleven Rack
I can’t wait to get my hands on a guitar product after a company says it’s perfect for live playing, studio tone, and is also an audio interface. No promise like that has ever come true, and it usually only … Continued
∞ Pro Tools beta adds support for OS X Lion
Avid released an update for Pro Tools 9, adding support for Apple’s recently released OS X Lion.
∞ Getting guitars in time with drums using Pro Tools
A great video from Russ at the Air Users Blog on how to use Beat Detective and Elastic Audio to bring guitars and bass in time with the drum kit.
∞ Rush's Geddy Lee and his Pro Tools bass setup
Geddy Lee’s bass sound is a combination of five channels, which represent various aspects of an entire bass sound, and run from clean to distorted-beyond-all-reason. The two main components of his sound are an Avalon DI and a Palmer DI. … Continued
∞ Adobe releases Audition CS 5.5 for audio and video pros

As part of its Creative Suite 5.5 announcements today, Adobe released Audition, its professional audio application.
Part of the Production Premium suite, Audition is a native Mac app that allows users to manipulate, mix and restore audio files. Adobe says Audition is a good tool for video editors, audio engineers, and interactive designers.
With a completely rebuilt audio engine, Audition multiple multitrack sessions and single file edits simultaneously. You can even open and import files in the background — even files that need sample rate conversion — while you continue to work on open projects, according to Adobe.
∞ Avid releases Eleven Rack Expansion Pack
Avid on Tuesday released the Eleven Rack Expansion Pack. As the name suggests, its an add-on for the company’s Eleven Rack amp and effects processing systems.
∞ Pro Tools 9 is definitely worth the upgrade
I’ve been using Pro Tools since version 7.0 and have run into the same issues that most other users have. However, Pro Tools 9 is a solid piece of software that is definitely worth the upgrade.
∞ Twelve Christmas gifts for Mac-using guitar players
If your favorite guitar player doesn’t like using his iPhone or iPad to play music, there are a number of other gifts that can be useful to them.
∞ Universal Audio becomes a Pro Tools developer
Audio plug-in developer Universal Audio (UA) announced that it is now an Avid Pro Tools RTAS developer.
∞ Pro Tools 9: This changes everything
Every company that releases a new product wants you to think that it changes the dynamics of the market it competes — few actually do. However, with Pro Tools 9, Avid has literally changed the game.
∞ Avid unveils Pro Tools 9, compatible with third-party interfaces
Avid on Friday introduced Pro Tools 9 in what could be the biggest release in the software’s storied history.
∞ Avid unveils Pro Tools HD Native
Avid on Wednesday introduced Pro Tools HD Native, giving users a new way to complete audio projects using the power of the computer.
∞ Universal Audio releases the UAD-2 Quad Omni
Great news from Universal Audio (UA) today. The company introduced the UAD-2 Quad Omni, the next generation hardware for its plug-in platform.
∞ Avid intros new Mbox, Pro Tools SE bundles
Avid this week released several new products for Mac using musicians, including several pieces of hardware and a new software bundle.
∞ Avid intros new Pro Tools HD interfaces, HEAT software
Avid on Tuesday introduced three new Pro Tools HD interfaces and a new piece of software, called HEAT, that the company said will add the realism of vintage analog sound to Pro Tools recordings.
∞ Apogee unveils the Symphony I/O audio interface
One of my favorite audio hardware companies, Apogee Electronics, recently released the Symphony I/O multi-channel audio interface.
∞ Review: iRig and AmpliTube for the iPad and iPhone
I’ve been using IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube on my Mac for years, so I was interested to see what the company developed for the iPad and iPhone. They didn’t disappoint.
∞ Adobe Audition coming to the Mac
Adobe on Wednesday will announce that it will bring its professional music application, Audition to the Mac. A beta for Mac is expected to be released later this year, sometime in the Winter 2010.
∞ Pro Tools LE update adds Snow Leopard support
Digidesign on Wednesday released an update for Pro Tools, adding support for Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system.
∞ Hands On: OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 external RAID
I’ve been testing Other World Computing’s (OWC) Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 RAID system for the past few weeks and have been very impressed.
∞ Groove3 releases Music production and mixing Pro Tools videos
Video tutorial-maker, Groove3, released two new tutorial videos targeted to users interested in learning about music production and mixing.