Hi Brian, It all depends how well you want to know it. First, you should read the Intro to Pro Tools pdf and then move onto the Reference Guide. There's a lot of info on setup and configuration at the beginning which you might not need to read, especially if you're not using the Avid interfaces and HDX cards. There will certainly be chapters on video and surround which probably won't interest you. If you're looking to use it for yourself or light work, you can just pick and choose what you think you'll need.
Personally, I needed to learn it fully so I read the entire manual once. Then I read it again and I understood a lot more. Finally, while sitting in front of the computer, I read the reference guide a third time while trying to perform the actions outlined in the manual. I had some Pro Tools training in college many years ago but that was quite basic and Pro Tools itself was no where near as complex as it has become. Anyway, how much you want or need to learn is really up to you. There's no easy answer for your question. What you put into learning it is what you'll get out of it. Slau On Mar 25, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Brian Howerton <bshowert...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hell all, > Okay, so I just did a quick scan of the table of contents in the protools > reference guide, and I saw that there was about 50 or more chapters in there > with over 1000 pages. I’m not asking this to be funny, but I really would > like to know. I would suspect that someone might get overwhelmed by trying > to read this whole guide in full, but I really want to learn the ins and outs > of pro tools, so I guess my question is, how have some of you taken to > learning the daw with the reference guide. Have you read the whole thing? > Have you read sections that you feel would benefit you the most? I really > don’t know where to start in the guide so any help or suggestions would be > appreciated. I was overwhelmed by just looking at the table of contents. > Thanks for the suggestions, > Brian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
