If you're just getting started with the free Pro Tools Intro software and are ready to produce your first song, this Pro Tools video course is for you! Pro Tools expert Thomas Cochran takes you through the process of producing a song from start to finish, incorporating drum loops, synth bass, percussion, guitars, vocals, and more, using only Pro Tools Intro. You'll also learn about other valuable skills along the way, including music theory, arranging, and mixing. These videos are for those with a basic familiarity of Pro Tools and want to produce their first song.

Thomas welcomes you and then begins with a play-through of the song used in the course, so you'll know right away what we'll be aiming for. Then it's down to business, as Thomas begins on the song's rhythmic foundation with some drum loops, claps, and other percussion parts. This creates a strong rhythmic framework onto which we can add other parts.

If you think you've heard it all when it comes to saturation and distortion, think again! Plugin expert Gary Hiebner shares a myriad of creative uses in this comprehensive video course that will have you rethinking everything you know about these tried-and-true, gritty friends of ours. From effect chain order to parallel and mid/side processing and more, the techniques demonstrated here will ignite your creativity and get you thinking outside the box for your next productions. You also get all the wav files Gary uses in the videos so you can apply your own distortion and saturation effects while following along to the videos. These videos are for users with a basic familiarity of distortion and saturation effects and routing.

A great house track combines several elements into one effective package. In this course, electronic music pro Thomas Cochran breaks down all these elements and shows you how to create and combine them using readily available Native Instrument plugins. You'll learn not only which instruments to include - drums, synth bass, piano, pads, funk guitar, lead synth, and more - but also how to treat and process them for maximum House music effect! These videos are for those new to producing house tracks.

To introduce the course, Thomas plays through the track you'll be creating, so you get a big picture right away about what the end goal is. Then he begins the creation process with the electronic drum track using some 707 sounds and blending in some acoustic samples for a disco-inspired tone. A funky house bass stab follows, with Thomas providing direction on both sound design and note-programming.

Plugin expert Eli Krantzberg presents comprehensive REPLIKA video tutorials! This delay plugin from Native Instruments is capable of a massive range of sounds and effects, and this course will have you coaxing out some sweet sounds in no time. Eli takes you through the basic functions first and then shows you what REPLIKA is truly capabale of with some creative examples on various sources, including vocals, guitar, synth, and more. These videos are for new REPLIKA users.

Eli welcomes you and begins with some general information on the delay effect as it pertains to REPLIKA before giving you a tour of the interface. Then you'll explore the two more colorful modes of the plugin - Vintage Digital and Diffusion - to hear a few of the interesting effects they can impart on the signal.