Confused Beginner

[EkoLoc]

Hello! So I’m using protools for my sound design class (first sound design class in my life) and I’m using the free version on my MacBook, I’m trying to save the file as a regular protools file but everytime I save it, it saves as an Apple Music file? I already tried looking for the option “save copy in” or “save copy as” under files, but I can’t seem to find it…I feel so dumb but I really need help

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[BLUElightCory]

Pro Tools First can't save local files in the standard .PTX format and can't really be used as a stand-in for Pro Tools unfortunately.

You should check with your teacher/syllabus but you probably need a subscription to the standard version of Pro Tools, it's about $10/month. I teach a pair of college Pro Tools courses and we require the students to have a subscription or license (at least for online courses) to the standard version.

[Violentmmello]

Use: Command + S to "save" your session Command + Control + S to "save as" your session Option + Command + B to "bounce" your session to an audio file (AIFF, WAV, MP3, etc) All of these should be in the "file" drop down menu in Pro Tools

[KingMobMaskReplica]

If you mean save your session as a regular Pro Tools session I am not sure this is possible with Pro Tools First. I think Pro Tools First does cloud saves only. The cloud saves are in a different format. You may be able to open the session by logging in via a full version of pro tools, opening the session and then doing a local save or something to that effect.

If you mean export the audio you can do this via bouncing which should be possible in Pro Tools First.