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Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools 3
Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools
Welcome to Pro Tools
®
, brought to you by Avid
®
Technology. Pro Tools integrates powerful multi-
track digital audio and MIDI sequencing features,
giving you everything you need to record, arrange,
compose, edit, mix, and master professional qual-
ity audio and MIDI for music, video, film, and
multimedia.
Pro Tools Documentation
Pro Tools documentation provides you with work-
flow and reference information to help you suc-
cessfully use Pro Tools.
Help
is installed automatically during Pro Tools
installation and can be accessed from within
Pro Tools.
PDF Versions of Guides and Read Mes
are in-
stalled automatically during Pro Tools installation.
The main guides can be accessed from within
Pro Tools. Additional documentation is available
in the Pro Tools Documentation folder.
To view or print PDFs, you can use Adobe Reader
or Apple Preview (Mac only).
Print Versions of Documentation
are included
with some Pro Tools software and hardware.
Examples include Quick Setups and Installation
guides.
Print-on-demand copies of the Pro Tools Refer-
ence Guide and some of the other guides in the
Pro Tools guide set can be purchased separately
from Avid (www.avid.com).
Launching Pro Tools Help
Pro Tools Help provides quick access to work-
flows and reference information while Pro Tools is
open. Built-in search capabilities and an index are
included to better support your Help needs.
To launch Help in Pro Tools:
Choose Help > Pro Tools Help.
Accessing Guides in Pro Tools
PDF (Portable Document Format) versions of the
main Pro Tools guides are accessible from the
Pro Tools
Help menu.
To access guides in Pro Tools:
Choose Help, then a guide name.
Guides Accessible in Pro Tools
The following guides are available from the
Pro Tools
Help menu:
• Audio Plug-Ins Guide
• Pro Tools Reference Guide
• Pro Tools Shortcuts
For information on these guides, see “Pro Tools
Documentation in the Documentation Folder” on
page 4.
For more information, see Chapter 4,
“Using Help.”