1. Hard Disk Recording Examples are all using DigiDesign Protools S/W.

2. First Step Decide on what you want to record. Then plan the entire project out. (I want this turned in) –Instrumentation – vocals etc. –Tracks. –Approximate Time. –Effects used. –Outline the piece Form Introduction Ending Dynamics Key Any modulation Vocals if any Loops All musical ideas This must be done before starting.

3. Before starting Make a drawing of the following: –Tracks – what they are and if on a bus which bus. –The connections to the Digi 002. Note that there are 8 inputs. Each channel will need one input. –How the tracks are labeled. View the video’s. –DigiDesign website http://www.digidesign.com/http://www.digidesign.com/ –View the video’s that I gave you on CD. –Take notes on opening a session, creating a track, and recoding.

4. You will see the following dialog box (mac or pc similar). Save As should be the name of the piece – must be less than 31 characters. Audio type should be WAV not AIFF, Sample rate at 44.1kHz and bit depth for this project at 16 bits. Make sure the box Enforce … is checked and that I/O settings are last used! Then Click Save

6. This is really very simple and should look even like a VCR. The button to the far left is record. One thing is pre-roll and post-roll that is used when punching in. Pre-roll is what you hear before recording and post-roll is after recording.

7. This could also be a Digi 002.

12. Very important to name your tracks as you go!! Make it something that makes sense to you and to others!

24. PC is almost the same.

26. Next we will look at: http://www.digidesign.com/ and go to the section called “Disk”.http://www.digidesign.com/ The first excerpt is a good start for you. Read through it as it shows a basic studio setup. We will use some of this in our recordings. If you plan this way it will make it much easier for you. Look at the setup for my class at Skyline that I did.