Russ, Mike, James and Julian chat through issues from the week's news as well as the usual tips, tricks and questions answered.
Groove 3 Videos That Grabbed Our Attention This Week
- During November Groove3 are offering their biggest sale of the year and a 50% discount you can get the amazing One-Year All-Access Pass during November for just $74.99! If you already have an active All-Access Pass, the new 1 Year AAP will automatically be added onto your existing membership, so you don’t lose any time.
- Ozone 7 Elements Explained - This is a free series to Groove3 registered users. Follow along with iZotope expert Scottie Dugan as he walks you through this amazing mastering tool.
Competitions
- Win A Townsend Labs Sphere 3D Microphone System Worth $1799
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- Win All the SoundBits Sound Effects Libraries - one lucky person will win a copy of every single library in the SoundBits Catalogue.
- Also check out the competitions from our partner brands in the new section on the Win page.
Deals - Finish November 24th
- You can save 20% on Video Slave 3 Standard, Video Slave Pro 3 and Dub By Non Lethal Applications We have been able to add the other versions of Video Slave 3 so you can now choose which version suits your workflow and get 20% off. If you work to picture then check this deal out, it is only for 10 days.
- Get 15% Off Any Angelbird Products
- Prime Studio Prime Comp II Plug-in - £32 - Save 60%
- In Collaboration with Plugin Boutique 30% Off Fog Convolver By AudioThing - £40
- New Deals from our Partners section on this page
This Week’s Featured Pro Tools Expert Interview
This Week’s Featured Pro Tools Expert Interview is James’ interview with with Barry Henderson From iZ Technology about his path into the music and recording industry right up to is current position at iZ Technology in Canada as head of all things RADAR.
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- Bertrand Grichting has been following James’ series on the Audient ASP8024 console and would like to know why James is wanting to buy a console in the day and age of projects studios.
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- Zorki Nastasic is still using an older system with Pro Tools 7.4.2 and would like to upgrade to Pro Tools 10.3.3 but cannot find the installers.
- Sam Pura has upgraded to Pro Tools 12.6 and when he uses tab to transient and quantise clips and clips now overlap whereas before they didn’t and asks if this is a new feature and can it turned off?
- Matt Tatten would like to take his laptop on holiday without his Mbox, and still be able to use Pro Tools.
- Dave Carroll asks if it is possible to quantise multiple tracks to tighten up without doing it manually one track at a time.
- Aditya Srinivasan is looking at a new MacBook Pro and would like to know if a faster processor, would help, whether a 512G drive be big enough and 4Gb of graphics memory would be helpful.
- Demetrius Hill would like to process a dialog track so it sounds like it was pulled from a VHS tape.
Find Of The Week
- Russ - PreSonus Faderport 8
- Mike - Indoor by Audio Ease. Check out Alan’s detailed review. Watch his video and then read his review. If you are working in post you should look at Indoor.
- James - Amazon Prime. Not only because I ordered a new LG 21:9 34 inch monitor and it arrived next day on a Sunday but because they have the Grand Tour and it’s fantastic. Top Gear is back and it’s filmed in 4K and looking stunning.
- Julian - Sonder Keyboard