Teaching Audio Recording with ProTools: Innovation in Teaching Music

Abstract:

For nearly 100 years, the recording, editing and mastering of music and other audio signals has been the business of those professional who had access to expensive recording equipment and studios. However, as computers have grown faster and more powerful, the manipulation of audio has become a possibility for nearly anyone with a personal computer. Software companies, such as Digidesign (makers of ProTools software used in nearly every recording studio in the world), have created product lines that are affordable for most people. Students are entering our colleges with interest in audio recording technology and for many, the computer has been the gateway through which they have been introduced to music. Colleges can teach music courses that will attract and interest these students while also teaching them about musical elements. This session will discuss audio recording courses at the university level as well as demonstrate the use of ProTools software.