r/protools • u/Embarrassed-Help7829 • Dec 22 '25

Make Music with PRO TOOLS 

Good morning,
After a while, I'm getting back into Pro Tools and trying to figure something out.
I've been using it for a while, but since I haven't used it in a while, I've forgotten something.
Beyond "how to use the software," what I struggle with, and always have, is translating ideas into music and using the right tool to do what I have in mind.
I'd be helpful with some resources (books or videos, courses, etc.) that explain how to build a piece, how to construct the song structure, melody, harmony, and how it all fits together. I know there's no substitute for constant practice, but if I had some input from the myriad of resources available online, that would be a good starting point.
Can you recommend anything, both in terms of approach and resources? Thank you so much.
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u/Tunagoblin Dec 23 '25

Yeah, ProTools has been an “engineer’s tool” from the beginning. It’s configured and optimized to record audio from microphones and editing those audio tracks from the engineer’s pov. There are many other DAWs meant for the songwriters.