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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 274

Mike Thornton

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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 274

Dan, Julian and Alan chat through issues from the week's news as well as the usual tips, tricks and questions answered.

Podcast Sponsor - Exponential Audio

Thanks to Exponential Audio for sponsoring the podcast this month. This week we wanted to remind you that the Exponential Audio Summer Sale finishes on June 23rd. So you haven’t got long to get most of the Exponential plug-ins and upgrades with 30% off. If you would like to take advantage of this offer then the discount codes you need are TimeForFunDollars if you are purchasing in dollars and For Euros, then your code is TimeForFunEuros.

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Competitions

Win 1 of 8 Copies Of Seventh Heaven Reverb Plug-ins From LiquidSonics The Seventh Heaven reverb is available as two separate plug-ins, one slightly more feature rich than the other and LiquidSonics have kindly offered the Pro Tools Expert Community 8 prizes from these two Seventh Heaven plug-ins for the competition.

Community Feedback Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio Solutions

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This Week’s Featured Pro Tools Expert Interview

This week’s featured interview is Paul Drew’s chat with Bobby Owsinski about the music industry, his work as an author, producer and mix engineer.

Questions From The Community

  • Brian asks what he feels may be a dumb question but he is having a difficult time with it. He is in the process of mastering songs for the album, but what is the process to put all those tracks let's say about 12 of them on a CD or for digital release such as iTunes and so forth? He also asks how to make the album flow with levelling the tracks and then time in between the separate tracks? 
    • 10 Things You Should Do Before Sending Your Mix To A Mastering Engineer - Part 1

  • Ross Newbauer has a Mac Mini Late 2012, 2.3 Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 5400RPM internal drive, running macOS 10.12.5 with Pro Tools 12.7.1. He primarily mixes and has recently been hitting a lot of walls in Pro Tools running out of CPU power and need to remove native plugins. He has tried a number of upgrades like SSD system drive, converting working drives to a Thunderbolt raid, but would value our advice. He has considered "upgrading" to a souped-up Cheese-grater tower but it doesn't have thunderbolt, and he is not quite ready to drop cash on a trashcan! 

    Mark DeWaters He has been using X-Form lately to change the pitch on audio clips as a tool to help me hear what it would sound like, and also a tool for the vocalist to learn the new melody. Lately, he has had an issue where the option is not available on some clips. When he right clicks and selects "Elastic Properties", it reads "No elastic clips selected". The clip is selected, and it's on the same track as all of the other clips. Also - there is a tiny icon that appears in the bottom left of those clips, to the left of the fader arrow. Looks like a tiny waveform, but he can't figure out what the difference is between the clips that he can use X-Form with, and those that he can't. He did import this audio track from another session. Any insights you have would, as always, be greatly appreciated!  

Sonnox Community Award

With the support of Sonnox we reward those members of the Pro Tools Expert community who go the extra mile, be that with a helpful comment, link or video that they share, contributing to create a positive and supportive environment of Pro Tools Experts. 

The winner of this month's award is Kyle Whittaker who has been a consistent contributor of positive and encouraging comments on the blog over the past few years, sharing helpful personal insights, tips and advice. Kyle you win a plug-in of your choice from the native Sonnox Elite bundle. 
 

Source Connect Now

As you may know, we are spread out around the UK & Europe when we record the podcast. In the past, we have used a variety of internet based solutions so we could hear each other.  We have settled on Source Connect Now which gives us ISDN equivalent quality audio using a Chrome browser, no software to install. You can get a free account from Source Elements.

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