- PRO TOOLS 101: An Introduction to Pro Tools (Accelerated), an intensive version for advanced beginners, Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, from 9AM to 6PM (16 class hours).
- PRO TOOLS 110: Essentials of Pro Tools (Accelerated), Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2, from 9AM to 6PM (16 class hours);
- The PCAS SUMMER 2009 MIXING SUMMIT; a three-day weekend course, Friday through Sunday, August 14-16. Details at the PCAS Courses page, or from the Parsons Audio staff.
- and, in planning stages: more Golden Ears Audio Ear Training sessions, Focus Group Extraordinaire, Mixing Master Class, Microphones & Mic Technique, Pro Tools 200 Series courses, and more.
- PCAS courses are taught by David Moulton, Tom Bates, Brian Doser, and Alex Case. We keep class sizes small, and enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis, so it's wise to enroll as soon as you can. See details at the Courses page.
For course schedule and descriptions, faculty biographies, enrollment procedure, etc., contact the Parsons staff and/or click here.
PCAS is an official Digidesign Sponsored School. The 101, 101 Accelerated, and 110 courses are part of Digidesign's requirement for Pro Tools Operator and Pro Tools Expert certifications.
CUSTOMIZED COURSES, TAUGHT AT YOUR FACILITY. If you have a group of five or more people interested in courses, including courses customized to suit you, we offer them. They can take place at your facility or ours.
The ongoing CLEARANCE SALE. Is there anything you need that's on the list? Great deals, mostly demo items, all of them guaranteed and returnable.
The annual PARSONS AUDIO EXPO, a day of product exhibits and presentations by expert users, takes place each November. The 18th annual EXPO took place on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Dedham (MA) Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, from noon until 6:30PM. Each year, as the date approaches, everyone on the Parsons e-mail newsletter list (subscribe here) receives a detailed invitation.
PRO TOOLS USER GROUP (PTUG) meetings -- occasional, on the first Wednesday of the month, at 7PM, at Parsons Audio. No RSVP needed. Co-ordinated and Moderated by Dave Lefkowitz of NEIA(617/448 2284; lefko@comcast.net). If you're on our e-mail newsletter list, you'll receive advance notice of every PTUG meeting.
Each meeting includes an open forum for exchange of information by attendees: operating tips, system configuration, misc. issues, covering a range of Pro Tools-related subjects. Bring your questions and knowledge. Every meeting also features a special presentation. All Pro Tools users are welcome; however, discussions and presentations tend to be at intermediate to advanced levels.
NEXT PTUG MEETING: Wednesday, July 1, 7PM. Featured Presentation: PRO TOOLS 8: A BREATH OF FRESH "AIR," by Dr. Andrea Pejrolo, Assistant Chair of the Contemporary Writing Department at Berklee College of Music.
With the release of Pro Tools 8 a completely new re-designed set of software synthesizers has been added for the joy of producers and composer around the world. Join Andrea Pejrolo for an in-depth presentation, demonstration and analysis of these new exciting and powerful tools. Discover the advanced options and programming features that make these software synthesizers the cutting edge solutions for any contemporary producer. Learn how to use the latest Digidesign virtual instruments included with Pro Tools LE: Mini Grand piano, Boom retro drum machine, DB-33 tonewheel organ, Vacuum tube-modeled synth, Xpand!2 multipurpose synth/sample workstation and Structure Free sample player. For information contact: Andrea Pejrolo apejrolo@berklee.edu www.apejrolo.com
PRESENTER'S BIO
Andrea Pejrolo (www.apejrolo.com) is the Assistant Chair of the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Andrea is a composer, producer, audio engineer and bassist. He is the author of Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production (2005) and Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer (2007) and has written several articles for music magazines, including Sound On Sound, Bass World Magazine (USA), Muralann and Boheme Press (Canada), and Il Capitello Publisher (Italy). Andrea also created the iAcousticA Studio drum library, which is distributed by BandMateLoops.com (www.bandmateloops.com) and available in Kontakt 2, EXS-24, Giga Studio, and Reason NN-XT formats.
Andrea's recent collaborations include The Lincoln Center, Don Sebesky, Cy Coleman, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, The United Nations, CNN, NBC, ABC, Burning Petals Music Production (U.K.), the Broadway Show Swing, Care2 Web site, The European Community, Le Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France), the Grand Canyon Music Festival, Tony Scott, Terre Roche (The Roches), Birdland, and The Bottom Line.
Andrea did his undergraduate studies at Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He received his master's in composition from the University of Bristol (U.K.), and his Ph.D. in jazz composition/performance from New York University.
WOMEN in AUDIO. The group meets occasionally, at Parsons Audio and elsewhere. All women who work in audio are encouraged to attend. For info, including meeting notices, see the Women in Audio group on Yahoo Groups. Go to groups.yahoo.com, and search for Women_In_Audio. Register for Yahoo Groups first, if you don't have an account.
DEMOS of systems by Digidesign, etc. Call for an appointment. Our Demonstration Rooms contain complete workstations, Digidesign's ICON, monitor speakers (many brands, including Genelec, JBL, Mackie, etc.), microphones, consoles, signal processors, computers and displays, and more.
DIGIDESIGN in the DEMONSTRATION ROOM
For years, Parsons Audio has been New England's only full-line Digidesign dealer. Parsons sells everything from Mbox and the other LE systems to the HD systems, the AV Option, the ICON worksurfaces, and Venue. The Parsons Demonstration Room contains complete working systems, including an HD system loaded with plug-ins, and the ICON D-Command. For info, contact us; also visit the Digidesign web site.
Digidesign's ICON
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