S2 Film Music Project

Audiobook Task

 In this task, you will learn how to use

the basic functions of ProTools
ProTools can be used to create and
edit sounds. It is used by
professionals in the music and film
industries.

Lesson Aims
Learning Intentions
To develop our Music
Technology skills by
using ProTools
software to complete
a task
To improve our
confidence in using
the basic functions of
ProTools to edit an
audiobook track

Success Criteria
To work well with the
other people in our
group, sharing equally
the opportunity to use
the software
To be accurate with
our edits, ensuring we
follow the instructions
carefully and produce
an effective finished
track

 Open ProTools 10 from the desktop

Select Create blank session...
Name your file Audiobook Task
followed by the first name of each
person in your group
[Audiobook Task Fiona Liam Paul]

 Once your blank session has opened, you

are going to import an audio file

The file can be found in the Subjects

folder under Music/FOR PUPILS/S2/S2 Film
Music Project

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Once your file has been imported, listen to the

whole track and follow the script below. You will
notice that some things sound pretty strange!
But what does it matter? he said softly. Even if you are right, Potter, it makes no difference to you
and me. You no longer have the phoenix wand. We duel on skill alone. And after I have killed you, I
can attend to Draco Malfoy.
But youre too late, said Harry, Youve missed your chance. I got there first. I overpowered Draco
weeks ago. I took this wand from him.
Harry twitched the hawthorn wand and he felt the eyes of everyone in the hall upon it. So it all
comes down to this, doesnt it? whispered Harry. Does the wand in your hand know its last
master was disarmed? Because, if it does, Im the true master of the elder wand.
A red gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them, as the edge of a dazzling sun
appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The light hit both of their faces at the same time, so
that
Voldemorts was suddenly a flaming blur. Harry heard the high voice shriek, as he too yelled his best
hope to the heavens, pointing Dracos wand.
Avada Kedavra!
Expelliarmus!

Your Task
Your task is to edit the track to fix the errors.
Follow the instructions on the next slides to edit
the track.
Firstly, use the magnifying glass to zoom in until
you can see each second at the top bar of the
screen

Fade In
The first edit you have to do is add a Fade In.
This will give the track a smooth start
Choose the selector tool from the toolbar

Click on the track at the very start and drag the

cursor along until you reach the start of the next
second

 Go to
Edit/Fades/Create...
The default fade that
shows up is exactly what
we need, so press OK

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Reverse
The next skill we will learn is to
reverse a section
You will notice that one section of the
track sounds very strange! This is
because it is playing backwards. We
have to reverse it to turn it back
around the right way.

Reverse
Select the section of music you want
to reverse by using the Selector tool
and clicking and dragging to
highlight the area
From the top bar, select
AudioSuite/Other/Reverse

Reverse
At the next window, select Render at
this will reverse the section of the
track

Listen back to this section to see if it

has now been corrected

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 The next skill we will learn is how to

delete a section of the track
You will notice that part of the script
is repeated. We want to remove the
second playing.

Deletion
First of all, we need to check that our track
is set to Shuffle mode.
This means that when you delete part of a
track, the rest of the track jumps over to
fill the gap
If the track is in Slip mode, then it will
leave a silence where you have deleted
part of the track

Deletion
Use the Selector tool to highlight the
section of the track we will delete
On your keyboard, use the backspace
button to delete the selected part
That part should now disappear and the
next part of the track should jump over to
fill its place

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 The next skill we will learn is

duplication
This is where we copy and paste a
section

Duplication
Use the Selector
tool to highlight
the section
Go to
Edit/Duplicate
and this section
will be copied
and pasted
automatically

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 The next skill you will learn is a Fade Out

This is done using the same process as Fade In
Use the Selector tool and click at the very end of
the track
Drag the cursor to highlight a section which is
one second long
Go to Edit/Fades/Create... And click OK
Your track will now fade out smoothly

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Bounce the track

You have now made all of the required edits to
your track
To create an WAV file, you have to Bounce your
track
Go to File/Bounce to/Disk...

Bounce the track

Select WAV from the drop down
menu and then click Bounce

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