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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.

To get the most from Avid's Structure sampler, you need to work with your own sounds. Here's how.

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!

Backups may be boring, but if you get your backup strategy right now, there will come a time when it saves your life!

The new Region groups feature in Pro Tools 7 enables us to work with multiple Regions as though they were a single object. In this month's workshop we also take a look at two new training resources from Digidesign.

We follow up our comprehensive round-up of mastering limiter plug-ins for Pro Tools with a look at hot new products from three further manufacturers.

If you want to get maximum level out of your Pro Tools mixes, you need a mastering limiter. But which one? We put the leading contenders to the test.

All Pro Tools systems now come with a bundle of extra software: Reason Adapted, Live Digidesign Edition, Amplitube LE, Sampletank SE and T-Racks EQ. Here we use Live's powerful time-warping features to run tempo-shifted vocals alongside a remix.

Simon Price concludes his three-part series on Digidesign's flagship recording system with some power-user hints and tips.

Simon Price continues his look at Pro Tools, focusing this month on the software and how it can be used in the studio alongside other MIDI + Audio recording and editing applications.

Simon Price begins a three-part series designed to demystify that staple of modern music production, Pro Tools. This month, he looks at the various components that make up Digidesign's systems.