Pro Tools 220: Operator Certification Update covers changes that have been incorporated into the 100- and 200-level curriculum for Pro Tools 8, allowing Pro Tools users to update their certification from Pro Tools 7 Operator to Pro Tools 8 Operator through a single course.

• Pro Tools 101 updates:
  • Background information — Music Production Toolkit 2, DV Toolkit 2, Complete Production Toolkit, MIDI Editor and Score Editor windows, Snap to Grid
  • Working with sessions — Quick Start dialog box, Xpand!2, Structure Free, Universe View, Restore Last Selection
• Pro Tools 110 updates:
  • Getting started with MIDI & audio — Track view options, region groups, the matching criteria window for loop record takes, Transfuser, Hybrid, Structure LE
  • o Working with Elastic Audio — Elastic Audio plug-ins, Elastic Audio analysis, Elastic Audio markers, Analysis view and Warp view, Elastic Audio pitch transposition
  • Mixing and Editing MIDI & audio — MIDI track Velocity view/controller lane, MIDI Thru vs. the Default Thru Instrument, Grid quantize vs. Groove quantize, region looping, Beat Detective
• Pro Tools 201 updates:
  • Configuration and navigation — Playback Engine options for Pro Tools HD, voice allocation, auto scrolling to track, applying opacity levels to colors
  • Session management and editing — Opening sessions with missing files, relinking, Find Links vs. Find All Candidates, Strip Silence, region alignment
  • Automation — Pro Tools HD automation modes, viewing multiple automation playlist graphs, automating plug-ins, editing automation
  • Mixing with Pro Tools|HD — common mixing preferences, VCA Master tracks, group attributes, voice usage for RTAS plug-ins
• Pro Tools 210M and 210P updates (common topics):
  • Recording concepts — Monitor modes and TrackInput, QuickPunch and TrackPunch, track compositing, playlist display options
  • Automation concepts — Writing static mixer settings (snapshot automation), workflows for writing static mixer settings, automation capture with ICON snapshots
  • Session organization — Window Configurations, replacing regions
• Additional Pro Tools 210M updates:
  • Tracking & overdubbing — Meter and click, working in Dynamic Transport mode, editing with Dynamic Transport mode
  • Virtual instruments — Strike, Velvet, routing multiple outputs from plug-ins
  • Advanced MIDI production — Using the MIDI Editor window and Score Editor window, Editing notes in the Score Editor
  • Professional audio editing techniques — Beat Detective for multitrack drums, drum editing workflow
  • Key and tempo — Tempo events vs. Bar|Beat markers, changing the Linearity Display mode, working with key changes
  • Printing your mix — Exporting MP3 files, exporting WMA files
• Additional Pro Tools 210P updates:
  • Synchronizing & linear video in Pro Tools — Clock vs. positional reference, secondary time code ruler, 9-pin control of Pro Tools
  • Non-linear video in Pro Tools — Avid Mojo SDI, Backmagic card, selecting the main video track, video track online button
  • Importing digital media into Pro Tools — Importing QuickTime video, importing OMF/AAF sequences, using DigiTranslator 2.0
  • Working with the Video track — Video track features, locking video tracks, Video Window options, video editing options, Video Universe window
  • Recording & editing dialog — Recording ADR, the role of a dialog editor, syncing dialog with TCE and Elastic Audio, cleaning up dialog
  • Organizing sessions and mixing to picture — Digibase catalogs, input and output shortcuts, SignalTools, band-pass mode, using Touch/Latch automation
  • Layback options — Edit preview mode for Machine Control track arming, exporting regions as files, bouncing to a QuickTime movie, bouncing to WMA
  • Pro Tools version history (appendix)
  • DigiRack plug-ins (appendix)
  • Creative Collection plug-ins (appendix)
  • Session compatibility (appendix)

• Pro Tools HD 8
• EQ III
• Dynamics III
• Hybrid
• Strike
• Velvet
• Structure
• Eleven
• Transfuser
• AIR Dynamic Delay
• SoundReplacer
• TL Drum Rehab
• MachineControl
• DigiTranslator™ 2.0
• DINR™
• Synchro Arts VocALign (optional)
• X-Form
• Sonic NoNOISE
• Maxim
• SignalTools PhaseScope
• Pro Tools MP3 Option

• Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel
• 192 I/O, 96 I/O, 96i I/O
• SYNC I/O or SYNC HD
• MIDI keyboard controller
• MIDI I/O or similar multi-port MIDI interface
• C|24, D-Command, D-Control
• Avid Mojo SDI, Avid Mojo, or AVoption|V10

Course Length
16 to 24 course hours.

• All courses and exams though Pro Tools 210M or Pro Tools 210P under software version 7.x
• Updates for 6.x and 5.x certification are available at select training locations.