As part of their Sonic Drop initiative Avid have released the latest of their Sonic Drops of new content for Pro Tools - PlayCell Yesterday's Relic.
In this article and video Julian demonstrates some time saving techniques in Pro Tools which use the arrow keys to control the creation and display of selections in Pro Tools, including a killer keystroke combination for displaying your playhead.
In this article and video, Julian shares 5 things he wishes he’d known when he was getting to know the automation features of Pro Tools. From how to clear out automation from a session through to the reason he didn’t understand Preview when he first tried to use it. There should be something for most users here...
As part of their Sonic Drop initiative Avid have released the latest of their Sonic Drops of new content for Pro Tools - GrooveCell Spectral Particles.
We’ve been made aware that in Pro Tools 2024.3, the M-Audio Keyboard option is missing from the MIDI Controllers tab of the Peripherals window. Despite its age, this missing driver affects some users today, particularly users of the clever control software Mulligan from ReFuse.
The Pro Tools user interface has been around a long time and over that time has changed remarkably little. With some long term users contributing to Production Expert we thought it would be interesting to see what differences there are in how users choose to arrange and access that interface.
In the latest update to the Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme Pro Tools Subscribers and Perpetual licence holders with active upgrade plans can get the Nembrini bst100 v2 Super Overdrive Guitar Amplifier plugin worth $137.
With the release of Pro Tools 2024.3 comes the usual tranche of bug fixes. Here is the full list.
Today Avid released Pro Tools 2024.3 The first Pro Tools release of the year, It introduces several significant enhancements for both music and audio post including AAX MIDI plugins, custom live re-renders in the integrated Atmos renderer and detachable tabs for the ARA Melodyne and Clip Effects editors.
In this tutorial Julian Rodgers looks at the various ways you can zoom into and out of information in Pro Tools, from timeline zooms through track, waveform and MIDI from the keyboard and using the mouse.
As part of their Sonic Drop initiative Avid have released the latest of their Sonic Drops of new content for Pro Tools - Analog Snarl - Sub Growl.
In this article and video Julian checks out the new marker features introduced in Pro Tools 2023.12 - The new rulers options and the new features added to the Memory Locations window.
In the latest update to the Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme Pro Tools Subscribers and Perpetual licence holders with active upgrade plans can get professional sounding drums with Goran Grooves Handy Drums Studio Standard.
For us one of the most welcome new features of Pro Tools 2023.12 was the introduction of custom colours in the IO Setup window. In this article Julian shows just how easy and useful this feature is.
In this article Julian Rodgers offers solutions to 7 common issues in Pro Tools which less experienced users can find frustrating.
In this premium video tutorial, Julian Rodgers looks at the various ways to bring collections of tracks together for extra control and convenience. What is the difference between using submixes or VCAs and how do Folder Tracks fit in?
In this article, we build on an idea from a post on mapping Maschine to folder tracks in which Tristan Mendoza highlighted a technique from an Avid Blog article in which a step sequencer style workflow can be achieved for programming beats in a way which is particularly well suited to drum machine style programming.
Avid today released Pro Tools 2022.5. This release fixes several bugs but no new features have been announced. We have the details.
10 years ago the current version of Pro Tools was Pro Tools 10. What would a Pro Tools user of 2012 make of Pro Tools 2022.4?
The 2022.4 release of Pro Tools was dominated by the changes to the product lineup. However there is one feature which surprised many and deserves close examination as it affects one of the things we have taken for granted for so long - Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts can now be customised!
In this exclusive everything-you-need-to-know guide to mixing music in Dolby Atmos we look at what it takes to make your studio suitable, as well as our exclusive 6 part tutorial series on setting up and using Pro Tools Ultimate and Dolby Atmos Production Suite to work together in Dolby Atmos.
The Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme continues to expand and Avid has announced further loyalty rewards worth over $2000 for those users on annual rental subscription plans. Qualifying users can now get INSPIRATA Lite by Inspired Acoustics worth $99
Most of us are drawn to the newest and most attractive when it comes to plugin choice but Greg Wells using a positively ancient compressor plugin inspired Julian to ask what other Pro Tools plugins are lurking in our accounts. Here are five you might have forgotten about…
GrooveCell is the new rhythm based virtual instrument introduced in Pro Tools 2022.4. It’s a great addition for Pro Tools users but we’ve identified 5 areas where this rhythm VI could be improved.
In this week's Free Plug-in, we are featuring the AVA Mastering EQ from Harrison, a premium mastering EQ which is usually $89 but for a limited time is available for free.
In this article Mark M Thompson shares his thoughts on why the new Pro Tools Artist might be all he needs to do the work he does. If it’s true for a working pro like Mark how many more Pro Tools users might be able to do the same?
With each release of Pro Tools Avid squashes another raft of bugs in Pro Tools. In this article, we list out all the bug fixes that come with the Pro Tools 2022.4 release.
Along with the Pro Tools 2022.4 release a corresponding 2022.4 release of Eucon has been released with some useful new features. We have the details…
With Pro Tools 2022.4 Avid have shaken up their product lineup, adding value for everyone but particularly for aspiring producers and continuing their progression towards moving customers to a subscription model. We have all the details.
All the new versions of Pro Tools in Pro Tools 2022.4 feature the two new virtual instruments, GrooveCell and SynthCell, We have the details.
The news of the new tiers in the product lineup and the changes to the licensing in Pro Tools 2022.4 are likely to be the biggest news of this release but there are some very significant changes in Pro Tools in terms of its features and the bundle of content and software which comes with a subscription. Here are the details:
With any change a big as those introduced in Pro Tools 2022.4 with new customers no longer having the option of buying a perpetual licence and the inevitable questions holders of Perpetual licences will have here are the answers to the most common questions users will have.
Need some help using the DADman software? Not sure how to set it up? In this article, we have set about bringing as many of the DADman related resources as possible together in one place, including many that you won’t find anywhere else.
Playlists are incredibly useful. They bring simplicity and speed to managing takes and if you get comfortable with them they can do more to improve the quality of your music than any premium plugin or mixing technique. Find out more here.
We've compiled these 20 Pro Tools shortcut articles and hot tips to help you speed your way around Pro Tools. Bookmark them today so when you have a second and a coffee in your hand you can improve you Pro Tools chops.
Why would you need Andrew Scheps’ Bounce Factory if you work in post? There are multiple possible answers to this, Paul Maunder considers some of them.
In this article, aimed at people new to Pro Tools, Julian looks at how to get the audio you want onto the timeline and how what is on the Pro Tools timeline relates to the files on your hard drive.
Sales of the Avid S3 ceased on 31st of December 2021. Avid will support the S3 until Dec 31st 2026. We look back at this Eucon controller, which started life as a live sound product and ask whether it will be missed when it goes?
Anyone who has a Pro Tools subscription already has a ton of plugins, and there are probably some you haven’t even opened. I just checked and found one, you’ll have to read on to find out which though. Here are 5 plugins Pro Tools users might have been neglecting.
Avid has today announced an update to Pro Tools plug-ins bundle 2022.2, which now together with Pro Tools 2021.12 offers Monterey and Apple Silicon support for Pro Tools plugins. We have the details.
Given all the processing choices we have available to us in Pro Tools it can be easy to, rather than improve things, just to change them. To make sure your choices are actually working you have to check them to make sure that they are actually doing what you think they are doing.
In this free tutorial brought to you with the support of Avid we take a whistle stop tour of Folder Tracks. Both how and why to use them by looking a 5 ways Folder Tracks are Awesome!
Back to basics this week with a look at buses. These are a very common source of confusion for novice users. Exactly what buses are and how you might use them is so important that even if you think you’re getting by without them, you’re already using them in your sessions even if you don’t know it yet.
The Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme continues to expand and Avid has announced further loyalty rewards worth over $1700 for those users on annual rental subscription plans. Qualifying users can now get Antares Duo worth $69