Pro Tools Specialist
Take Your Pro Tools Skills to the Next Level
No matter your professional goals, Pro Tools Specialist Certification is for you. This industry-recognized certification will give you the skills you need, and show the industry that you know what you're doing, with the credentials you need to stand out.
You'll be trained directly by master instructor Andy Hagerman, author of the Pro Tools Specialist curriculum. Through hands-on training and real-world projects, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the entire Pro Tools production process—from recording and editing to mixing and final bounce. Master industry-standard techniques for multi-track recording, MIDI sequencing, automation, and efficient mixing, while optimizing your workflow. With a broad and thorough curriculum, this is your chance to get a real education in Pro Tools and build the skills to create professional-quality productions.
Don’t just use Pro Tools—master it. Take the next step in your audio journey today!
Course Duration
This training covers the Pro Tools 101 and 110 courses, and involves 30 hours of virtual instructor-led training.
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ How to Optimize your Pro Tools System
- ✔ Track Layout Best Practices, whether Working Alone or with Others
- ✔ How to Manage Media Like a Pro
- ✔ Industry-Leading Recording Techniques
- ✔ MIDI Fundamentals, and How to Bring Music Creation into your Session
- ✔ Post-Production Basics, and a Curated a List of Tips, Tricks, and Features when Working with Video
- ✔ How to Edit Quickly and Accurately, Creating Polished Tracks.
- ✔ How Pro Tools’ Mixing Workflows Made it the Choice of Professionals, and How to Bring Clarity and Punch to your Mixes.
- ✔ How to Deliver Final Products that Match your Client’s Needs
Course Details
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Course Prerequisites
As this is Avid’s first level of certification, this training has no prerequisites.
Pro Tools Music Professional
Learn the Music Production Tools of the Pros
Maru's Music Professional certification builds upon techniques explored in our Specialist certification course. In this course, we step into the world of advanced Pro Tools systems, including HDX and HD | Native-based setups. You'll learn how to make the most of these systems, as well as advanced Pro Tools features that will enable you to fine-tune and customize your creative workflows.
Want to use edit playlists to comp tracks? How about mastering Beat Detective to tighten up the timing of your tracks? Want to dive deep into MIDI and Virtual Instruments to create compelling musical soundscapes? This training has all this, and more.
If you aim to turbocharge your creativity and crush the competition, this certified training is for you!
Course Duration
This training covers the Pro Tools 201 and 210M courses, and involves 24 hours of virtual instructor-led training.
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ How to Configure, Assemble, and Optimize Advanced HD | Native and HDX-based Systems
- ✔ How to Take your Session Layout to the Next Level, using Advanced Pro Tools Features
- ✔ Advanced Media Management Techniques
- ✔ Advanced Editing Techniques, Including Clip-Based Offline Processing
- ✔ How to Comp Tracks Quickly and Effectively using Edit Playlists
- ✔ How to Make the Most of your Virtual Instruments and Music Plug-ins
- ✔ How to Master Beat Detective, to Align Performances for a Perfect Music Track
- ✔ Advanced Mixing Techniques, Including Mix Automation Tips and Tricks of the Pros
- ✔ Preview and Punch Preview Mixing Workflows
- ✔ How to Bounce and Render Multiple Mixes and Stems Simultaneously
Course Details
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Specialist certification.
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Pro Tools Post-Production Professional
Learn the Post-Production Tools of the Pros
The secrets to working in the busy audio Post-Production world are speed and efficiency. Maru's Music Professional certification builds upon techniques explored in our Specialist certification course, and helps you navigate the complex world of sound for picture. In this course, we step into the world of advanced Pro Tools systems, including HDX and HD | Native-based setups, as well as how to synchrinize and link multiple systems.
Are you interested in demystifying post-production synchronization and how it's implemented in Pro Tools? How about using Field Recorder Guide tracks to instantly edit multiple tracks of dialog? Want to learn how to set up and use a Pro Tools Satellite system on a post-producton dub stage? This training has all this, and more.
Pro Tools is the leading post-production DAW — give your carreer a competitive edge with official Avid professional certification!
Course Duration
This training covers the Pro Tools 201 and 210P courses, and involves 24 hours of virtual instructor-led training.
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ How to Configure, Assemble, and Optimize Advanced HD|Native and HDX-based Systems
- ✔ Synchronization of Pro Tools Ultimate Systems with HD-series Hardware in a Post-production Environment
- ✔ Advanced Media Management Techniques
- ✔ How to Work Seamlessly with AAF, OMF, and MXF Files
- ✔ Advanced Editing Techniques, Including Clip-based Offline Processing
- ✔ How to use Field Recorder Guide Tracks to quickly conform location audio
- ✔ How to Assemble Tracks Quickly and Effectively using Edit Playlists
- ✔ How to Link Multiple Pro Tools and Media Composer Systems Via Avid's Satellite Feature, Bringing the Power of Multiple DAWs to Re-Recording Workflows
- ✔ Advanced Mixing Techniques, Including Mix Automation Tips and Tricks of the Pros
- ✔ Preview and Punch Preview Mixing Workflows
- ✔ How to Bounce and Render Multiple Mixes and Stems Simultaneously
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Specialist certification.
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Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Professional
Take Your Pro Tools Skills to the Next Level
Developed in partnership with Dolby, the Pro Tools | Dolby Atmos Production courses are designed for professionals who are transitioning from traditional surround formats to Dolby Atmos mixing, as well as experienced Dolby mixers who are interested in deepening their skills and learning best practices. This course thoroughly covers essential tools and concepts to get you started with mixing in the Dolby Atmos format, and then progress through more advanced tools and mixing workflows.
Immerse yourself in your mixes with Dolby Atmos, and take your mixing career to the next level with official Dolby Atmos certification!
Course duration
This training covers the 205D and 210D courses, and involves 18 hours of virtual instructor-led training
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ The Basic Structure and Components of a Dolby Atmos Mixing Setup
- ✔ How to Configure and Optimize your System (Using Either an Internal or External Renderer)
- ✔ How to Use Objects and Beds, Including Advanced Multi-Bed Mix Scenarios
- ✔ Import and Export Files and Settings, Including Renderer Object Data and Renderer I/O Configurations
- ✔ Use Renderer Trim and Downmix Controls
- ✔ Configure re-renders
- ✔ Bounce Your Mix to a Dolby ADM BWF File
- ✔ Edit Master Files (Punch In/Out Editing, Loudness Analysis, and More)
- ✔ Advanced Mixing Tips and Trick that will Make Your Immersive Mixes Shine!
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Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Specialist certification.
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Pro Tools Music Expert
The Highest Level of Music Production Certification
Pro Tools — the industry standard DAW for music — can be found in studios at all levels and in all corners of the globe. Pro Tools Music Expert certification is Avid's highest distinction, and can be the credential that enables you to beat the competition.
This high-level training builds on a solid foundation of Specialist and Professional certification training, and is delivered exclusively in a face-to-face format. Involving hands-on sessions and certification exams and culminating in a high-stakes battery of real-world channel, expert level certification will earn you the higest certification in the audio industry.
Course Duration
This course is delivered as an onsite instructor-led course, consisting of three 8-hour days. Testing at this level includes extensive hands-on sessions in addition to the three days of training, adding one day for every three students taking the certification exam.
Topic Covered in this Course
- ✔ Configure and Troubleshoot Basic Pro Tools Ultimate System Components with HD-series Hardware
- ✔ Understand Synchronization Concepts and Pro Tools | SYNC HD Settings
- ✔ Configure and Use Satellite Link for Music Production
- ✔ Correct Common Problems with Pro Tools Settings and Database Files
- ✔ Use Keyboard Shortcuts and Focus Modes to Quickly Execute Tasks and Control Pro Tools Operations
- ✔ Apply Advanced Beat Detective Operations using Collection Mode
- ✔ Use Advanced Automation Techniques, Including Latch Prime, Static Automation Options, and Preview and Capture Modes
- ✔ Deliver Music Using AAF and MXF Export Options
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Music Professional certification.
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Pro Tools Post Expert
The Highest Level of Post-Production Production Certification
The high-stakes world of audio post-production demands quality and speed, with an uncompromising mastery of the tools of the trade. When it comes to audio post-production, the most powerful tool in your arsenal is Avid's Pro Tools, and Maru Audio Training's Post-Production Expert course provides professional tips and tricks at the very highest level.
This high-level training builds on a solid foundation of Specialist and Professional certification training, and is delivered exclusively in a face-to-face format. Involving hands-on sessions and certification exams and culminating in a high-stakes battery of real-world channel, expert level certification will earn you the higest certification in the audio industry.
Course Duration
This course is delivered as an onsite instructor-led course, consisting of three 8-hour days. Testing at this level includes extensive hands-on sessions in addition to the three days of training, adding one day for every three students taking the certification exam.
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ Configure and Troubleshoot Basic Pro Tools Ultimate System Components with HD-series Hardware
- ✔ Understand Synchronization Concepts and Pro Tools | SYNC HD Settings
- ✔ Use and Configure Audio/Video Pull Settings
- ✔ Configure and use Satellite Link in a Post Production Setting
- ✔ Correct Common Problems with Pro Tools Settings and Database Files
- ✔ Use keyboard Shortcuts and Focus Modes to Quickly Execute Tasks and Control Pro Tools Operations
- ✔ Perform Advanced Mixing, Including the Full Utilization of Master Faders and VCA Master Tracks
- ✔ Use Advanced Automation Techniques, Including Latch Prime, Static Automation Options, and Preview and Capture Modes
- ✔ Understand Pro Tools' Advanced Dubbing Workflows
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Post-Production Professional certification.
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Pro Tools S6 Expert
Make the Most of Your Avid S6 Mixing Surface
Avid's S6 control surface is one of the audio industry's most popular — and powerful — mixing desks. The features and flexibility that the S6 affords, and the how to customize it to your needs is the goal of Maru's Pro Tools S6 Expert certification training. Combining self-directed online learning with practical classroom course to give hands-on exercises, this course covers everything from the basics of setting up and assigning the S6 modules all the to advanced navigation and automation workflows.
Make the most of your Avid S6 investment!
Course Duration
This course is delivered as an onsite instructor-led course, consisting of three 8-hour days.
Topics Covered in this Course
- ✔ Fundamental S6 Overview, Configurations, and Integration with Pro Tools/DAW Software
- ✔ Navigate Complex I/O and Routing
- ✔ Efficiently Work with Panning, Sends, Inserts, and Plug-in Effects
- ✔ Navigate your Session From the S6 Control Surface with Ease
- ✔ Learn Advanced Automation and Mixing Workflows
- ✔ Customize the S6 Soft Keys to Suit Your Individual Workflow Needs
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the taking of the certification exam is dependent upon Pro Tools Professional (music or post-production) certification.
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Pro Tools Avid Certified Support Representative
Build the Systems of your Clients' Dreams
Maru's ACSR (Avid Certified Support Representative) training is designed for system integrators and support staff, and is hocused on the configuration, assembly, and troubleshooting of professional Pro Tools-based audio producton systems. In this training, students will learn practical techniques, and how to minimize system downtime while maximizing productivity. The material in this course is designed around Pro Tools Ultimate sysstems using HDX and HD | Native systems.
If your work involves complex system setup and maintenance, this training is for you!
Course Duration
The PT400 is a blended class in which participants complete 9 hours of self-paced e-learning, followed by 15 hours of Live online or classroom Instructor-Led Training.
Topics covered in this training
- ✔ How to Configure Mac and Windows Operating Systems for Use with Pro Tools Software and Hardware
- ✔ How to Install Pro Tools | Ultimate Software and HD-series Hardware
- ✔ How to Optimize a Pro Tools System
- ✔ How to Synchronize Systems to Black Burst
- ✔ How to Configure Pro Tools Satellite Systems
- ✔ How to Troubleshoot and Resolve Problems on Pro Tools Systems
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Course Prerequisites
Though there is no prerequisite for attending the training, the following are highly recommended:
- - Completion of the Pro Tools Fundamentals (PT101) course, or equivalent experience
- - Familiarity with macOS and Windows Operating Systems
- - Technical and operational knowledge of Avid Pro Tools Ultimate systems with HD-series hardware is recommended
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Pro Tools Avid S6/S4 Certified Support Representative
Comprehensive Pro EUCON Training
The Pro Tools S4/S6 System Support course provides training in all aspects of installing, configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting and supporting professional-grade EUCON-based control surfaces. The training you'll receive will help you demystify the complexities of designing, assembling, and configuring an S4 or S6 system. Whether you're a system integrator or a support technician, this course will give you the confidence you need to meet and exceed your clients' expectations.
Course Duration
This training covers the PT430S6 and PT440S6 courses, and involves 15 hours of virtual instructor-led training.
Topics covered in this training
- ✔ How to Configure Complex Avid S6 and S4 Systems for Use with Pro Tools Software and Hardware
- ✔ How to Set up Control Room Monitoring
- ✔ How to Set Up an S6 or S4 in a Multiple Pro Tools (Satellite) Setup
- ✔ Understand Basic S4/S6 Pperational Concepts Including Session Navigation and Parameter Control
- ✔ How to Troubleshoot and Resolve Problems on S6 and S4 Systems
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Course Prerequisites
Avid requires no prerequisites for this course, but Pro Tools Specialist certification is recommended.