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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 287

Mike Thornton

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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 287

Mike. James and Julian chat through issues and highlights from the week's news as well as the usual Pro Tools tips, tricks and community questions answered.

Podcast Sponsor - Townsend Labs

This month’s sponsor is Townsend Labs, creator of the Sphere L22 3D microphone system. James talks about the modelling in the Sphere microphone system.

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Competitions

  • Win 1 Of 5 Copies Of MasteringTheMix LEVELS & REFERENCE Bundle - We have teamed up with our friends at MasteringTheMix to offer the Pro Tools Expert Community a unique opportunity to win a bundle of two very powerful mixing and mastering plug-ins. This bundle does not exist, so cannot be purchased from the MasteringTheMix web store.
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  • George Majerus has some feedback on audio from the MacPro to the Monitors. He has hooked up the Mac Digital ADAT out to an Apogee Rosetta. He says that “what appears to be a cool setup is not, since I experience the occasional clicks and pops which clearly indicate clocking issues. I am not even sure how the Mac derives its Wordclock sync signal. I thought it would clock on the incoming ADAT. I wonder if Mike has the same issues or what I need to do to prevent that”.

Questions From The Community

  • Paul Burgess is hoping we might be able to give him some suggestions for a hardware recorder that he can actually switch on and just go. He says “I’m tired of the constant battle trying to maintain my recording tools on a computer. Between OS and App updates it's just one big expensive headache. Too many times have I sat down when inspiration strikes only to be confronted with Pro Tools having a hissy fit about something. This is not a dig at pro tools, it's just computer-based systems in general. My creativity is being curtailed by the technology. I don't need anything fancy that a porta-studio offers but I would like 4-8 channels with XLR inputs and an easy way to get the audio exported to Pro Tools”.
  • Larry Primrose has two connected questions to get the best out of a legacy Pro Tools system. He is looking for an expansion chassis to take Pro Tools PCI-x cards and use them with a PCI-e G5 Mac. Alternatively is he bought some PCIe Pro Tools cards would they be compatible with Pro Tools 7.0 HD running on OSX 10.4.6 in an Intel PCIe Mac (2006-2007). 

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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