The press release for this arrived today and I have to say that it is one of the first video courses I have seen that really relates to the sort of things we do with Pro tools. They offer a sample chapter from the 3 hour plus of content in this course and they clearly are covering way more than just recording voiceovers. This is from their web site….
SEE HOW TO PRODUCE A PROFESSIONAL VOICEOVER IN PRO TOOLS
Arnie Geher has been using Pro Tools from the very beginning and has worked as a professional audio engineer for over 20 years, providing services to major studios like Dreamworks and Disney. In this in-depth series, Arnie shows you everything you need to know in order to produce a killer, professional sounding voiceover production for radio, TV or any other medium.
See it all unfold from beginning to end as Arnie demonstrates how to create a session and make it into a template for future use, all setup and loaded for VO work. He then covers important topics such as working with VO talent, recording and editing, using plug-ins, adding a music bed to your voiceover, fitting a voiceover to a certain amount of time, automation, bouncing your production to CD and MP3, backing up and archiving your session and much more.
If you’re new to Pro Tools and want to get into the lucrative voiceover profession, stop right here. This no frills series has everything you need to learn in order to do it, so get ahead of the competition and check out “Producing Voiceovers in Pro Tools” today.
Product Hightlights* 17 Tutorials / Over 3 Hours Total Runtime
* Shot in Pro Tools 8
* For all beginner to intermediate Pro Tools 8 users
* Tutorials written by veteran Pro Tools user / audio engineer Arnie Geher
* Simple to use video control interface for Mac & PC
I would recommend you go over to Groove3′s web site and take a look at this course, view the free sample video. At $39.99 till the end of Feb this is a steal. Even back at the normal price of $49.99 it is incredible value for money.
Hi,
You know the fundamental flaw in these kinds of ‘tutorials’ is the absence of DEMONSTRATION.
If I wanted to learn how to drive a car and someone ‘told’ me about the gear stick, what the steering wheel did, where the brake was etc, but never actually ‘showed’ me how to drive, I don’t think I’d get my drivers license in a hurry.
I work in media production using Pro Tools and I can’t afford time off to go and learn more at a school, so these kinds of ‘self learning’ tools would be perfect if I could actually learn something from them.
Sorry for the rant. . . Great blog, I read it every day – THANKYOU!
Cheers, Simon
Hi Simon,
Thanks for the comment. I would often agree about the lack of demonstration in these kind of products but have you taken a look at the sample video, it is full of demonstrations and what appealed to me is the guy doesn’t just give the bare essentials he demonstrates all sorts of additional tricks along the way. OK from the sample video I didn’t learn anything, but to me the things he was showing were tricks and skills that you develop over a long time using Pro Tools and working on sessions. The only reason I posted about this particular course was that impressed me. Take another look, you may be pleasantly surprised.
Hi,
I did check out the video, which is what lead to my disappointment and posting these comments.
You can actually learn everything he’s showing there in the manual and like you, I didn’t learn anything from the sample video.
What I would like to learn is these functions ‘in practice’ so I can learn the work flow which puts the whole thing in perspective of the job – not just a bunch of shortcuts.
Anyway, thanks again for the blog.
Cheers, Simon