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ProMedia Training is proud to announce a brand new Mixing Class in conjunction with 3-time Grammy winning Mix Engineer John Frye. With over 100+ million records to his credit John is one of the pre-eminent Mix Engineer's in the music industry whose range of credits include Outkast, Ludacris, Usher, T.I., TLC, Toni Braxton, and many more.
The new Ensemble is the first Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interface to offer superior sound, the lowest latency performance and the most comprehensive studio functions all in one box. Features include 8 Advanced Stepped Gain mic pres, monitor controller functions including talkback, front panel Guitar I/O, two headphone outputs and digital I/O of 30 x 34.
The new Avid S3 Control Surface is now a stand-alone, DAW controller that can be used with Apple Logic, Steinberg Cubase 7 +, Steinberg Nuendo 6.5 +, Media Composer, as well as Pro Tools. To further make it appealing, it also operates as a stand-alone audio interface that allows 4-inputs and 6-outputs, meaning you can use it and a laptop to record, mix, monitor, all in one.
ProMedia Training Expert Pro Tools Instructor Dan Faber, was recently featured on CNN to highlight a young artist he is currently Producing/Engineering. Dan is the head engineer at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, GA as well as Songwriter & Producer for other artists and commercial projects.
At the recent NAB Show in Las Vegas, Avid unveiled their vision for the future with the Avid Media Central Platform and the Avid Everywhere vision. This new platform will be accessible directly within Avid products such as Pro Tools and Media Composer and allow users from all over the world to collaborate on projects. Users will be able to "invite" other people to share their session via the web while also able to message and video conference with those people. Imagine being able to work with musicians, artists, producers, and singers all from the creative comfort of your own private studio space. Pro Tools Cloud Collaboration will allow you to work and communicate with people from around the globe as if everyone were hanging out in the studio together. It will soon be common for people to work via collaborative Pro Tools sessions in real-time.
The most exciting features of the Avid Media Central Platform (for music production & recording) is the ability to work with talent via a remote Pro Tools session. I can "share" my session with a singer in LA, for example, once she downloads my session we can communicate via the built in web-chat feature, she can then record her vocal parts and once we're happy with the result, I can download the new track and changes back to my session.
3-Time Grammy Award WinningMix Engineer John Frye is teaming up with ProMedia to bring you an exciting opportunity to have your song mixed like a Hit Record. After many requests from our clients and students to offer our professional production services and music know-how. we are opening our studios to you. With a proven track record for mixing some of the biggest songs on the planet, John Frye and his team of professionals will be personally available for an evaluation to mix your songs. If additional production assistance is needed, advice will be given as such and a referral upon request.
The Avid Customer Association (ACA) is a new organization designed to provide essential strategic leadership to the media industry, facilitate collaboration between Avid and key industry leaders and visionaries, and deepen relationships between the company and our customers. If you are a Pro Tools User, this is a great organization to join when you are looking for help, industry news, networking with the music community, gaining access to webinars, and staying on top of the latest advances and techniques. We encourage students registered in Pro Tools Courses to consider the benefits of joining as a source of continued education.
So what’s new in Avid Pro Tools 11? Will your older equipment be compatible? With the host of new features being introduced, this is a historical change to Pro Tools and not just another upgrade. If you really look at what has transpired over the past 15+ years, we should be calling it Pro Tools, The Next Generation containing the most revolutionary change to Pro Tools, ever
In order to truly understand where we are going, we first must take a look at our past. While Pro Tools, or it’s earlier cousin Sound Tools have been around since 1989, the true watershed moment came with Pro Tools III systems in 1994. These systems utilized a technology known as TDM, Time Division Multiplexing, essentially a telephone network, to provide dedicated power when working with audio. Every incarnation of Pro Tools after this, whether it was Pro Tools|24, Mix, or HD utilized the same basic TDM technology. Over the years there were revisions to the software and the cards, most notably the introduction of TDM II with the HD systems in 2002. However, the fundamental technology remained unchanged right up to Pro Tools 10. In my studio I am currently running the same HD cards I had 10 years ago running version 5 software. The only thing that changed has been the software.
With every version of Pro Tools released up until now, the only true differences have been feature driven, not in the language and technology of the core engine. Think of it this way, Pro Tools 10 is just a more capable version of Pro Tools 5. Both operate on the same engine and utilize the same TDM language, as well as access and distribute media in identical ways. This engine, known as the DAE (Digidesign Audio Engine) has worked in the background the entire time, keeping your audio dreams afloat. Over the years the software engineers have done a masterful job of refining the architecture and bringing new feature to life. While this tried-and-true technology is very capable of doing a good job, it has many features it can never perform due to its age. After so many years of dedicated service, it was time to retire the DAE and allow it to bow out gracefully. As Sheryl Crow said "A Change Would Do You Good".
Disc Makers, the nation's leader in high quality CD Duplication, partnered with ProMedia Training this week. Not only will ProMedia Training students get additional discounts on CD duplication, but ProMedia will provide a resource of Pro Tools Training and Audio Education to Disc Maker's client base. We will be hosting and developing webinar training, tutorials, online blogs and an assortment of various tools to allow aspiring artists and engineers to improve the quality of their music, mixes and production. We are excited about our partnership and our mutual commitment to making great music and getting it heard.
Disc Makers is not only committed to flawless duplication and artistic presentation, but also committed to helping it's customer base maximize the tools available to make better music. Disc Makers knows ProMedia Training is the #1 Training Center in the U.S for Authorized Avid and Pro Tools Training and Certification, with 7 Locations Nationwide for hands-on instruction in the areas of Pro Tools, Music Production and Audio Engineering Education.
Whether you are a singer/songwriter, musician, producer or aspiring engineer, ProMedia Training has classes that will take your skills to the next level. ProMedia also offers high-level private and on-site training to Industry Professionals who are looking to increase work-flow productivity and stay on the cutting edge of new technology. References include, "The Voice," "CNN, " "NFL," "Turner" and many more available upon request.
Steven Tyler to Take Part in Keynote Interview at ASCAP EXPOWHEN: ASCAP Expo Event Los Angeles April 18th -“ 20th, 2013
WHERE: Loews Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
ProMedia Training will be attending as a sponsor and exhibitor at the ASCAP 2013 event this year, so we look forward to meeting our potential students and associates there. Co-founder of ProMedia Training, David Frangioni, will plan to attend event and share some of his early stories of breaking into the music industry as a pro tools editor and engineer for Steven Tyler in the 90’s, which led to becoming an established and recognized technology expert for multiple renown recording artists.
So what’s the scoop on the new Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt interface and PCIe card? Brace yourselves because the future is coming and it’s coming quick. It has been a long time since we have really seen something new in the computing world that can be considered a "next step". It’s been many years since USB and FireWire burst on the scene and allowed easier connectivity of various peripheral devices such as printers, hard drive, audio interface, midi controller, etc... We are on the cusp of the next great innovation that is about to be unleashed on our collective computing experience, Thunderbolt.
Developed by Intel, Thunderbolt (also known as Light Peak) is an ultra high speed connection technology that combines PCI bandwidth along with DisplayPort technology. There is no comparison to USB or FireWire, as it is not a continuation of an existing technology. We are looking at the new standard that can replace all of our current connectors.
Join ProMedia Training for our PRO TOOLS USER GROUPS. This free 3 hour workshop at focuses on current music production techniques in Pro Tool 10, by the foremost Pro Tools expert and educator, Mihai Boloni.
Do you have Pro Tools questions? Are you frustrated by lack of available information and answers to your questions? Do you want to meet fellow Pro Tools Users, Musicians, Engineers, Producers, and people like yourself? An AVID Certified Pro Tools instructor will answer your questions, and conduct a topic driven seminar covering areas such as Recording, Mixing, Music Productions, etc.
This invitation only event is brought to you by ProMedia Training as a gift for you to experience and learn how to take your music production to the next level.
Enter before April 30, 2012 It's time for our annual "STUMP OUR INSTRUCTOR" contest. Send us your most challenging Pro Tools question about any topic, as long as it is related to Avid's (Digidesign) Pro Tools.
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