In case you missed them here is a roundup of the latest advice, tips, tricks and tutorials on Pro Tools Expert from the last month.
Highlights include how to reorganise and renumber Markers, the different detector modes in the Avid Pro Compressor plug-in, how to reduce drum spill quickly in Pro Tools, saving edit selections in memory locations, moving markers with clips, and advice on control surfaces for Pro Tools under $500.
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.
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.
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.
Whilst the majority of recording and editing operations in Pro Tools are non-destructive, there are a handful of operations in Pro Tools that operate destructively, meaning that the original files are permanently overwritten. In this article, Paul Maunder explains 5 destructive Pro Tools features to be aware of.
In this premium video tutorial series of 4 tutorials, Paul Maunder covers the various automation features available in Pro Tools Ultimate software covering Read, Write, Touch, Latch, Touch/Latch, Latch Prime In Stop, Manual Write, Write On Stop, Suspend, Preview, Punch Preview, Automation Capture, Punch and AutoJoin commands.
We have had a number of queries about the inner working of the Session I/O Setup window, as it's a part of Pro Tools so few of us ever visit, when we do, it can be confusing because Avid has made improvements since we last used it. To help reduce the fear of the I/O Setup window, Pro Tools guru Mike Thornton explains everything you need to know about the Pro Tools I/O Setup window.
As we have said before, it is best to understand how Pro Tools uses I/O Settings so that you can work with it, rather than fighting against it and if you do need to visit I/O Setup to troubleshoot a problem, in this article, we offer some tips to help you work out what has gone wrong.
In this article, we cover how to set up the I/O Setup window, the best order to do things, like hardware inputs and outputs first, then buses and the importance of saving and backing up your I/O Settings file.
With the introduction of Dolby Atmos into Pro Tools, Avid developed various features, which extends the fold-down option for going down from 7.1 to 5.1 to stereo and takes it one stage further for Dolby Atmos, handling objects, so that you can continue to work on Atmos Sessions in Pro Tools without needing a Dolby Atmos Renderer.
It is well worth understanding how the bus to output remapping works because once you understand how it is designed to work and work with it, it will save you countless visits to the I/O Setup window in the future. In this article, we lift the lid on Mapping Outputs To Busses In the Pro Tools I/O Setup Window.
The I/O Setup window, like so many parts of Pro Tools, has been developed over the years and the development process is worthy of telling because it helps to explain how we have got to where we are today. Don’t skip this article as it not only explains how the I/O Setup window used to work but how it works now.
In this article and free video tutorials, Mike Thornton shows how you can use the free Room EQ Wizard software and a low-cost USB measurement mic, to measure your speakers in your studio, take those measurements and convert them into EQ Settings, which can then be imported into a DAD/Avid SPQ card used in the DAD AX32, Avid MTRX and Avid MTRX Studio interfaces.
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.
Can you speak Media Composer?. In this article, we share 4 tips for getting what you need to get the best possible audio from Avid’s flagship video editing software into Pro Tools.
In this article, we collect 30 of our favourite shortcut tips for you to peruse and hopefully find something new.
Updated for 2021, in this article we collect together Pro Tools tips for everyone from beginners to more experienced users. If you’ve ever wondered what the keyboard shortcut to create new and duplicate playlists is or whether you should automate that volume using clip gain or volume automation, and what to do if you’ve made the wrong choice, these tips will help.
Most of us are aware of the commonly used keyboard shortcuts for things like New Track, Save Session, making an Edit, etc. However, there are some less well-known keyboard shortcuts in Pro Tools based around the 3 fingered salute and it’s these we are going to focus on in this article.
In this free tip Julian Rodgers explains how you can control faders, sends and pans in Pro Tools either by typing in precise values or with the mouse wheel.
In this article, Damian Kearns helps you wrap your mind around Preference settings in Pro Tools by explaining how he uses them in his audio post-production workflow, by focussing on 5 key Preference tabs in the Pro Tools Preferences window.
Damian Kearns from 217 Audio in Toronto in Canada reached out offering to share his 5.1 with stereo fold down Pro Tools template, that you can download for free.
The AAF and OMF were designed to be an ‘open’ format to enable the trouble-free transfer. However, as with so many things, it’s not as simple as that. In this article, we explore the challenges of transferring from an NLE to Pro Tools.
So far we have looked at producing Pro Tools friendly AAFs from Avid’s Media Composer and Adobe’s Premiere Pro. In this article, we explain how to export a Pro Tools friendly AAF from DaVinci Resolve.