CHAPTER 3

Time operations, tempo operations, and key signatures

Introduction

One of the first things you ought to consider whenever you are working on music in Pro Tools is the tempo. If you are about to record a new piece of music, you will usually want to have the musicians play along to a click to help keep their timing accurate. This will also help to ensure that the music you record lines up with the bar lines in your Pro Tools session so that you can edit using the grid and other editing features. If the musicians don’t want to record to a click, ...

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