LACM is offering Pro Tools certification for prospective or non-LACM students. For prospective students, the goal is to give Music Producing & Recording Master’s applicants the opportunity to gain certification as part of their entrance exams.
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PT101:Pro Tools Fundamentals I
This is a 16 hour two-week course, Monday-Thursday, 2 hrs per day, 4 days per week. The final exam will occur on the last Saturday. A lab component will accompany on _____ once per week.
The Pro Tools Fundamentals I (PT101) course introduces fundamental Pro Tools concepts and principles, covering everything an individual needs to know to complete a basic Pro Tools project, from initial setup to final mixdown.
Students also learn to build sessions that include multi-track recordings of live audio, MIDI sequences and virtual instruments. Hands-on exercises and projects introduce essential techniques for creating sessions, recording and importing audio and MIDI, editing session media, navigating sessions and arranging media on tracks, and using basic processing and mixing techniques to finalize a production. Included with the course material is a download of media files and Pro Tools sessions to accompany the exercises and projects in the text.
Together with the second course in the series, Pro Tools Fundamentals II (PT110), this course provides the foundation training required to prepare for the Avid Certified | Pro Tools Specialist certification exam.
PT110:Pro Tools Fundamentals II
This is a 24 hour three-week course, Monday-Thursday, 2 hrs per day, 4 days per week. The final exam will occur on the last Saturday. A lab component will accompany on _____ once per week.
The Pro Tools Fundamentals II (PT110) course expands upon the basic principles taught in the Pro Tools Fundamentals I (PT101) course and introduces the core concepts and techniques students need to competently operate a Pro Tools system running mid-sized sessions.
Students learn to build sessions designed for commercial purposes and improve the results of their recording, editing, and mixing efforts. The hands-on exercises provide experience setting up sessions, importing media, working with digital video, spotting sound effects, using loop recording and MIDI Merge techniques, working with virtual instruments, warping with Elastic Audio, applying Real-Time Properties, creating clip loops, applying signal processing, using automation, and using submixes and track groups to simplify a final mix.
Together with the first course in the series, Pro Tools Fundamentals (PT101), this course provides the training required to prepare for the Avid Certified | Pro Tools Specialist certification exam.
PT201:Pro Tools Production I
This is a 16 hour two-week course, Monday-Thursday, 2 hrs per day, 4 days per week. The final exam will occur on the last Saturday. A lab component will accompany on _____ once per week.
The Pro Tools Production I (PT201) course covers the core concepts and skills needed to operate an Avid Pro Tools Ultimate system with HD-series hardware in a professional studio environment. This course builds on the Pro Tools Fundamentals I and II series of courses, providing intermediate and advanced-level Pro Tools concepts and techniques.
Students learn to customize the configuration of Pro Tools | HD Native systems to maximize results and improve recording, editing, and mixing workflows. The hands-on exercises provide experience optimizing system resources, configuring I/O, navigating and color-coding sessions, managing session media, using advanced selection and auditioning techniques, working with clip gain, applying advanced automation techniques, creating submixes and applying parallel processing, advanced mixing and finishing techniques for a final mixdown.
This course provides the foundational training for the Avid Certified | Pro Tools Music Professional and Avid Certified | Pro Tools Post Professional certification exams.
PT210M:Pro Tools Production II(Music Production)
This is a 24 hour three-week course, Monday-Thursday, 2 hrs per day, 4 days per week. The final exam will occur on the last Saturday. A lab component will accompany on _____ once per week.
The PT210M Pro Tools Production II (Music Production) course covers techniques for working with Pro Tools systems in a professional music production environment. Concepts and skills learnt in the Pro Tools Fundamentals I (PT101), Pro Tools Fundamentals II (PT110) and Pro Tools Production I (PT201) courses are reinforced with practical music-specific examples.
This course prepares candidates for the Avid Certified | Pro Tools Music Professional certification exam. Candidates wishing to take this certification exam must have firstly passed the Avid Certified | Pro Tools Specialist certification exam.
FAQs
The LACM Bridge to Success program may be right for you if you can answer ‘yes’ to one or more of the following questions:
- Do you want to jump start your college/music education?
- Do you want to immerse yourself in LA culture prior to taking on a full college schedule?
- Do you want to improve your English language speaking/writing skills?
- Did you score below the required LACM minimum on your English proficiency test?
- Do you want to meet other International Students?
Because Bridge to Success is currently offered to Accepted and Conditionally Accepted students, LACM will proactively invite students to enroll in the program. If you have not received a DocuSign Enrollment Agreement for the Bridge to Success program and would like to attend, please contact your admissions counselor or request info below.
The Bridge to Success program is a 9 week, quarter-long program. Students will be charged a prorated amount of the 11 week quarter tuition charged to degree seeking students. Please see our tuition and fees page, www.lacm.edu/tuition-fees, for more info.
For students conditionally accepted or fully accepted, awarded scholarship amounts will not apply.