Familiarise yourself with some basic concepts, and you'll be up and running with Pro Tools in no time.

We look at ways to open up your Pro Tools plug‑in world through VST hosting.

Pro Tools often turns up its nose at corrupt WAV files. Here's how to bring them into line.

We introduce some of the best free plug-ins for Pro Tools 11.

Now that Pro Tools 11 has been available for a while, is it living up to its promise?

If you rely on Pro Tools, it's worth taking steps to avoid RSI.

Freed from the limitations of working within a web browser, the new iLok License Manager also offers a much improved user interface.

For anyone dismayed by the spec of the new Mac Pro, there's now a dedicated range of Pro Tools PCs.

Keeping track of your Pro Tools plug-in settings can make your life so much easier.

Sometimes Pro Tools needs a helping hand with finding files and collecting them together.

When Pro Tools loses track of the media files used in a session, you need to turn detective...

Now you can get your music to the outside world without ever leaving Pro Tools!

Pro Tools 10 has some new ways to help you move material to and from other systems — including older Pro Tools rigs.

Pro Tools can integrate external hardware into its mixer, and even compensate for the delay that this introduces.

Find out what the Pro Tools 11 world will hold for your hardware setup.

You can back up a Pro Tools session like any other file, but will it still be readable in 10 years’ time? Here’s how to make sure.

Pro Tools’ template system, and its undocumented Track Presets feature, can help your sessions get moving faster.

Avid’s Complete Production Toolkit effectively bridges the gap between HDX and native Pro Tools systems. We look at what you get for your money.

Learn how to use Pro Tools’ Digibase Browsers and all your audio files will be at your fingertips.

Pro Tools 10 unlocks the vast potential of Avid’s Artist Series controllers. Here’s how to tap into those new possibilities...

Some of the new features in Pro Tools 10 aren’t immediately obvious — but they can be invaluable once you know how to use them.

If you’re not careful, you could find that your Pro Tools HDX upgrade leaves you without your favourite plug-ins...

Should you upgrade your Pro Tools rig to HDX? And if you do, what pitfalls await?

Pro Tools lets you edit audio from the keyboard, without even touching the mouse. Here’s how.

Save time and protect yourself from RSI by learning to edit audio in Pro Tools from the QWERTY keyboard.

Pitch-correction plug-ins are the key to the current trend for weird vocal effects. Here’s how to achieve them in Pro Tools.

For those with a large collection of audio files to manage, we look at two applications that bridge the gap between Pro Tools and the Mac’s Finder.

New to Pro Tools 9? Here’s how to get the best from all the features that were HD‑only until now!

The ‘cloud’ is great for backing up Pro Tools projects — if you know what to upload. We look at a service that can do it automatically.

The iLok dongle is more important to Pro Tools users than ever. So should existing users make the move to the new version, and how do new users get started?

For Pro Tools users who are tired of conventional effects, convolution plug‑ins open up a huge range of new possibilities.

Backing vocals sound better when they’re perfectly in time — if yours aren’t, Pro Tools can help you fix them.

Behind the scenes in Pro Tools 9 there are some major changes to how the I/O Setup window works.

Once you've created a basic Structure instrument, there are lots of things you can do to improve the way it sounds and plays.

Elastic Audio in Pro Tools can do more than time-stretching: it can also be your route to some killer pitch-based mixing techniques.

We explain how to create a tempo map in Pro Tools that will follow your musicians wherever they decide to go!

Pro Tools' rulers not only show the passage of time, they allow you to control it!

Like any hardware mixer, Pro Tools' Mixer can be used to give the musicians on your session exactly what they want...

Does Pro Tools sometimes take an unwarranted dislike to one of your hard drives? Here's how to deal with it, and how to let non-admin users join the Pro Tools party.

When you need to really open up your mix, it's time to employ some classic stereo widening tricks. We show you how to implement them in Pro Tools.

Keeping your Pro Tools plug-ins up to date is vital if you want to maintain a reliable system — and now there's a helpful utility that will do it for you.

It might be a free plug-in, but the Xpand! sample player bundled with Pro Tools has some serious potential.

Know how to use the Pro Tools master fader properly and you need never suffer clipping in your mixes again.

The point of Pro Tools' option to unlink the timeline and edit selections isn't obvious, but there are situations in which it can be a lifesaver.

We conclude our tour of the new PT8 AIR plug-ins with neat tricks for filtered rhythmic gating, creating kick and snare tracks from a stereo drum mix, and widening electric guitars.

Avid-Digidesign's Pro Tools 8 comes bundled with a new suite of AIR plug-ins, some of which are more powerful than they appear. We expose their hidden depths...

Automation in Pro Tools goes way beyond the usual volume, pan and mute controls. We look at what else you can automate, and what's changed in Pro Tools 8.

Many long-term Pro Tools users still rely on Beat Detective, but the newer Elastic Audio often produces better results in half the time.

We delve once more into the power hidden in Pro Tools' unassuming Region List window.

The Region List in Pro Tools is easy to overlook, but provides the most powerful way to keep track of what's in your Session.

Working on lots of songs within one project can be annoying. Why not use Pro Tools' advanced features to create a tailor-made Session for each one?

What to do when Pro Tools reports that files have gone missing? Find out in this month's invaluable assortment of tips and tricks.

Newcomers and power users alike need to know how to make things right when their Pro Tools Sessions run into trouble.

We continue our newcomer's guide to Pro Tools with a selection of techniques that every user should know.

Our short series on getting started with Pro Tools continues with some advice on configuring the software and your first Sessions.

Tempted to invest in a Pro Tools rig but don't know where to begin? You need our handy guide to choosing a system.

One of the major new features in Pro Tools 8 is a system for easily assembling 'comp' tracks from multiple takes. We explain how it all works.

At the heart of Digidesign's drive to turn Pro Tools into a serious tool for music creation are the MIDI and Score editors in Pro Tools 8. We explain how to get the best from these new heavyweights.

We've all been in that situation — desperate to add one more plug-in, but with a computer on the verge of collapse. We explain how to wring that last ounce of power from your Pro Tools rig.