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What our customer's say!

"Awesome!", There is so much to ProTools, Gina puts it into perspective! Her writing style is outstanding, and if you are like me who thinks the technical instructions and white papers seem to require a degree, this book is for you! I am currently on Chapter 5 and in one week, I have surpassed what I learned on my own with the "manual". Her additional downloads and assistance goes above and beyond!
As far as a response to the previous "click track" comment, with respect. I have talked to several studio musicians, and they all say they record with a click track, drummer, pianist, and guitarist.
If Gina comes out with an "advanced" ProTools guide, I will purchase it immediately!

"Great tutorials - Note: Doesn't include film", I bought this book because I needed to learn to use Pro Tools fast and because I learn best through tutorials (like the Apple Pro Training Series books). This book got great reviews so I chose it. Unfortunately, I need to learn Pro Tools in reference to working with film soundtracks. This book doesn't address film so you'll need to look for another book if you want that aspect. I still gave it five stars because it is a very well designed and well written book - similar to the Apple Pro series. The tutorials make sense and all of those 'but what about' questions that often pop into your head while working in tutorials are answered. Concepts are clearly explained so that you can actually apply what you learn to other situations within the software. The focus of the book is on live recordings and working with loops. If that is what you are looking for this book is A+ and I kept it as a valuable reference for my library.

"Easy, fun and informative", I admit that I hate to read a manual.
I am a visual learner: I can watch someone else operate, say, Final Cut Pro and get the general grasp of the work environment.
If I have to wade through text, it doesn't seem to click as easily.

Having read several books on Pro Tools as well as countless instructional web pages, I was still struggling with my Pro Tools LE system.
That's where Gina Fant-Saezs' book comes into play.
I took a chance and spent the money.
And it was money well spent, for someone with my learning curve.

Easy to use, fun to read and plenty of visuals.
Where other books explained Pro Tools in word, Gina's book augmented the text with excellent images.

I highly recommend "Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters" for beginners as well as those who need something more than just words on pages.



"Gloria is a production genius!", The best purchase for Pro Tools rookies. I had no prior experience with Pro Tools before reading this book and I feel completely comfortable navigating both the editing and mixing modes. Gloria explains her information in a totally easy to understand format while directing you to record and patch songs together in various different ways so you can determine what method you personally prefer. I was up to speed and recording professionally sounding CD's in days! Thanks Gloria!!!

"Excellent way to get started in Pro Tools!", This is a good book for getting started in Pro Tools. It covers pretty much what a musician would need to know to start making songs.

The author is really good at making complex concepts and procedures understandable. She even uses a blog where she will personally answer your questions if you get stuck.

That said...
The book is using Pro Tools version 7, and because I was using Pro Tools LE 7.4, there were quite a few discrepancies between what was presented in the book, and what I had in front of me, and the reader is required to extrapolate from time to time. All this will probably be fixed if the author ever revises the book. Then she can specify exactly what version is being used.

Also, in the revision, I hope she uses XPand, the free (and extremely cool) sampler from Digidesign, and not the $600 SampleTank, which you can only try for 10 days before buying.

Another thing I think would be very beneficial to new users and should thus be included in the possible revision. is a whole section of the book on creating your own loops, right from the beginning.

Thanx Gina

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Someone finally got it right!", This book is "the bomb"! I know I will sound over-enthusiastic by the end of this, but I simply cannot say enough good things about this book. First, I read a LOT of technical manuals and tutorials, and this book stands heads and shoulders above 99% of the books I've read.... and I'm not just talking about Pro Tools books, but ALL technical manuals and tutorials.

I already own two other Pro Tools books and a couple of expensive instructional DVDs, and NONE of them come close to providing the goods that this book does. As a live sound guy for the last 20 years I've been trying to learn Pro Tools on and off for the last eight months, but even with the stuff I've bought I never really felt like I had the fundamentals down and learned WHY Pro Tools works the way it does... the other books (and DVDs) are either too light in their coverage -- assuming too much and skipping over essentials for a newbie -- or they provide "expert" level information that makes no sense to someone just trying to learn the basics. But like Goldylocks I've found this book is Juuuuuust Riiiiight! :-)

Seriously, within a couple of pages of reading this thing I *knew* it was a different kind of book. With every page turn I became more and more impressed that someone had FINALLY managed to convey highly technical information in a way that is easy to understand, fun and entertaining.

The bottom line is that if you can't figure out how to use Pro Tools by reading this thing, you probably shouldn't be using Pro Tools at all. I can't recommend it highly enough, and hope for something else from Gina in the future!

"This book is the best!", I am a brand new user to Pro Tools and even though I have many years of experience using Cubase I was ready for the next step. This book definately breaks everything down and walks you through every step and leaves no stone unturned! It made Pro Tools very easy to navigate through for me. Much appreciated!

"Good Book for learning the step-by-step basics", Gives a good set of step-by-step procedures for each learning objective. Definitely geared towards solo musicians and small bands looking to make nonprofessional demo recordings. Fant-Saez assumes you have basic musical knowledge and little or no computer knowledge. This book is missing discussions on what resources to lean from and use after the book is mastered. It also doesn't cover basic recording techniques, such as miking. The downloadable examples and samples used in the book leave something to be desired in terms of complexity and depth; something that shows off the capabilities of protools would have been a nice bonus.

"THE GREATEST BOOK EVER!", It seems like quite a claim to say that this is the "greatest book ever" but I really believe it is. Gina takes you step by step through every aspect of Pro Tools so you can learn the program correctly from the start. Make sure you do the exercises and follow along and you will be recording great sounding music in no time. I have owned several other books and several other recoding programs but I could never get them to work like the combination of this book with Pro Tools. She teaches you all the shortcuts you need to save time and focus more on making music rather than wasting time trying to figure stuff out. I am really very happy with this book and would recommend it to anyone looking to get into home/studio recording with Pro Tools no matter your level of experience. I am so thankful for this book!

"Much Needed Tutorials", Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters fills a serious gap in the Pro Tools documentation - Quick Start tutorials. These are useful both for less technical beginners, and for people like me, who are both technically deep and experienced in audio software.

The problem is that the Pro Tools documentation is written as a reference manual (872 pages) that is most effective when starting at its extensive index. Reading start to finish in this dense, if well structured, document would take a week (it wouldn't be a fun week either), and by the time you were done you would have forgotten most of what you had read 500 pages earlier.

Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters answers the question "Can you show me the most important ProTools features and techniques I need to know to start being productive right away in music production?" And it answers this very well, with sparse, easy to read text accompanied by crisp full color screenshots for almost every step. These screenshots are invaluable in quickly helping the reader/student to find and verify dialogs and UI elements. When I am reading this book, it is like getting a personal tour of the product from a friendly expert.

A side benefit for me was that since I had done a little experimentation before reading the book, I was able to read most of the book on a plane flight, without even needing the PC in front of me. For my style, that was a real treat since I am usually extremely impatient with typical tutorials that are so rigid and poorly written that they require you to do an agonizing step by step process on the PC to even know what they're talking about.

So my hat is off to the author, who really understands the product and the process of recording music. She has done a great service to Digidesign, and of course to the many of us who really like ProTools and want to become fluent in it.

Stephen
Portland, OR