M-Audio Support: www.m-audio.com Lets prepare to bring in one of the Pro Tools Essential Loops to the Drums track. The default tempo of this Session is 126bpm. If you want to change this, go to the Window Menu and select Transport, this brings up this floating transport Window. Click and drag the temp up or down, or click and enter a number to change it. OK, lets find a loop. Go to the Window Menu and select Workspace. Click the search button, type Essential Loops, and press Enter. Double-click the Pro Tools Essential Loops folder. Click on the triangles to open the folders; and you can click the speaker icon to audition loops. Make sure this metronome icon is green so the loops will be matched to the tempo of your song. Find one you like and then drag and drop the file to the left of the Drums track in the Edit Window. Drop it on the far left so the audio begins at the start of the track AND on beat. You can easily make this loop repeat by duplicating it. The loop should already be selected; if not, come up here and select this hand tool, click an empty spot to make sure nothing is selected, and then click the loop to select it. Press Ctrl + D (or Cmd+D on a Mac) to duplicate the region. In Pro Tools you can use the spacebar to start and stop playback. Go ahead and audition the loop. Lets go prepare to record some audio. Switch back to the mixer by pressing Ctrl + = (or Cmd + = on Mac). Click to record arm one of the vocal tracks. As soon as you record arm the track, you ...
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