Avid Technology Case Studies Pro Tools: A Game Changer for Emmy-winning Composer Russ Landau

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Pro Tools: A Game Changer for Emmy-winning Composer Russ Landau

Avid Technology

Technology Category	Sensors - Acoustic Sensors
Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Challenge	The challenge was to compose and produce 43 minutes of music each week for the popular CBS show Survivor. In the time-intensive world of TV and film production, deadlines are everything. For the composers behind the music, it’s a non-stop series of moving targets, with last-minute changes followed by more of the same. Creativity is just the beginning—fresh ideas need to come fast and furious, and your creative tools need to keep pace. Emmy-winning composer Russ Landau’s Pro Tools-equipped studio is where he cranks out the weekly music beds for the hit CBS show Survivor, and with 43 minutes of music every week, it’s a compressed schedule even by TV standards. Read More
About Customer	Russ Landau is an Emmy-winning composer who is tasked with producing 43 minutes of music each week for the popular CBS show Survivor. He operates in a time-intensive world of TV and film production where deadlines are everything. He is a heavy MIDI user and works closely with the Avid editors while they’re cutting the show, and there’s lots of ongoing back-and-forth between them. Landau's studio is equipped with Pro Tools, which he uses to create the weekly music beds for the show. Read More
Solution	Pro Tools provided the solution to Russ Landau's challenge. It provided him with the powerful workflows he needed to focus on his creativity and deliver high-quality compositions. Landau found plenty of inspiration in the newest version of Pro Tools. The new Pro Tools is even more intuitive, he says. As a heavy MIDI user, Landau is particularly pleased with the improvements in Pro Tools. It’s so easy to work with Pro Tools in the MIDI domain, to cut up the audio into slices—he can do things in minutes that, until recently, would have taken hours or even days. For Landau, Pro Tools allows him to be less of an engineer and more of a composer. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Acoustic Sensors

Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Challenge

The challenge was to compose and produce 43 minutes of music each week for the popular CBS show Survivor. In the time-intensive world of TV and film production, deadlines are everything. For the composers behind the music, it’s a non-stop series of moving targets, with last-minute changes followed by more of the same. Creativity is just the beginning—fresh ideas need to come fast and furious, and your creative tools need to keep pace. Emmy-winning composer Russ Landau’s Pro Tools-equipped studio is where he cranks out the weekly music beds for the hit CBS show Survivor, and with 43 minutes of music every week, it’s a compressed schedule even by TV standards.

About Customer

Russ Landau is an Emmy-winning composer who is tasked with producing 43 minutes of music each week for the popular CBS show Survivor. He operates in a time-intensive world of TV and film production where deadlines are everything. He is a heavy MIDI user and works closely with the Avid editors while they’re cutting the show, and there’s lots of ongoing back-and-forth between them. Landau's studio is equipped with Pro Tools, which he uses to create the weekly music beds for the show.

Solution

Pro Tools provided the solution to Russ Landau's challenge. It provided him with the powerful workflows he needed to focus on his creativity and deliver high-quality compositions. Landau found plenty of inspiration in the newest version of Pro Tools. The new Pro Tools is even more intuitive, he says. As a heavy MIDI user, Landau is particularly pleased with the improvements in Pro Tools. It’s so easy to work with Pro Tools in the MIDI domain, to cut up the audio into slices—he can do things in minutes that, until recently, would have taken hours or even days. For Landau, Pro Tools allows him to be less of an engineer and more of a composer.

Impact #1	The use of Pro Tools has transformed the way Landau works, making him less of an engineer and more of a composer. The intuitive nature of the tool allows him to see all his tracks, expand tracks quickly and always see what’s going on. It has made the process of creating music more enjoyable and musical for him. As he matures as a composer, Pro Tools is maturing with him, providing him with the tools and capabilities he needs to keep up with the fast-paced world of TV and film production.

Impact #1

The use of Pro Tools has transformed the way Landau works, making him less of an engineer and more of a composer. The intuitive nature of the tool allows him to see all his tracks, expand tracks quickly and always see what’s going on. It has made the process of creating music more enjoyable and musical for him. As he matures as a composer, Pro Tools is maturing with him, providing him with the tools and capabilities he needs to keep up with the fast-paced world of TV and film production.

Benefit #1	Pro Tools allows Landau to create music in minutes that would have previously taken hours or even days.
Benefit #2	Pro Tools provides a tremendous palette of creative tools, enabling Landau to produce varied material for the editors to choose from.
Benefit #3	The intuitive nature of Pro Tools allowed Landau to get up to speed almost immediately after receiving the new version.

Benefit #1

Pro Tools allows Landau to create music in minutes that would have previously taken hours or even days.

Benefit #2

Pro Tools provides a tremendous palette of creative tools, enabling Landau to produce varied material for the editors to choose from.

Benefit #3

The intuitive nature of Pro Tools allowed Landau to get up to speed almost immediately after receiving the new version.

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Pro Tools: A Game Changer for Emmy-winning Composer Russ Landau

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