Sunday, November 29, 2015
Pro Tools - Creative Uses for Pan and Volume Automation w/the Pencil Tool
In this video we look at some basic ideas you need to know about automation with the pencil tool in Pro Tools and how we can use these ideas in a creative way.
Pro Tools COMMIT TRACK WITH MIDI - New in PT 12.3
In this video we take a quick look at the new COMMIT feature in Pro Tools 12.3
COMMIT will allow you to quickly render effects/instruments to audio in a fast and efficient way. COMMIT works with Audio and MIDI tracks, however, in this video we focus on the MIDI aspect.
I find this feature to be indispensable and I've only been using 12.3 for 2 days! It's a huge time saver and it works flawlessly. When you are running several virtual instruments in a session, your computer can start to slow down and throw errors. This is a huge problem when you still have much more work to do and you need to add more virtual instruments. In the past when you started getting clicks and pops and you had already maxed out your buffer, you would need to bus your VI's to an audio track and record the audio and then make the VI tracks inactive.
With COMMIT, you can make Pro Tools do all the heavy lifting for you, and it can do it in faster than real time. So this means when your audio starts glitching out on you - simply COMMIT a few tracks and make those VI's INACTIVE, and quickly get back to being creative. As long as you do not delete the Source Tracks, you can always go back later on and make any changes you want to your Virtual Instrument and then COMMIT it again. Or use COMMIT for other types of workflows, like for sampling, backup, session sharing, or if you just like working with audio instead of MIDI.
COMMIT will allow you to quickly render effects/instruments to audio in a fast and efficient way. COMMIT works with Audio and MIDI tracks, however, in this video we focus on the MIDI aspect.
I find this feature to be indispensable and I've only been using 12.3 for 2 days! It's a huge time saver and it works flawlessly. When you are running several virtual instruments in a session, your computer can start to slow down and throw errors. This is a huge problem when you still have much more work to do and you need to add more virtual instruments. In the past when you started getting clicks and pops and you had already maxed out your buffer, you would need to bus your VI's to an audio track and record the audio and then make the VI tracks inactive.
With COMMIT, you can make Pro Tools do all the heavy lifting for you, and it can do it in faster than real time. So this means when your audio starts glitching out on you - simply COMMIT a few tracks and make those VI's INACTIVE, and quickly get back to being creative. As long as you do not delete the Source Tracks, you can always go back later on and make any changes you want to your Virtual Instrument and then COMMIT it again. Or use COMMIT for other types of workflows, like for sampling, backup, session sharing, or if you just like working with audio instead of MIDI.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Pro Tools - Trash Preferences
The very first troubleshooting step in almost every Pro Tools problem is Trashing Preferences. In this video I walk you through the steps on Windows, and then talk about some of the changes that are made when you trash preferences.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Pro Tools - How to create a click track
In this video you learn the basics about creating a click track (metronome) in Pro Tools.
The best way to create a click track is to have Pro Tools auto create one when you create a new session (as shown in the video). Also, we dive a little deeper and look at how to turn ON the click, and discuss the "Count Off" function.
The best way to create a click track is to have Pro Tools auto create one when you create a new session (as shown in the video). Also, we dive a little deeper and look at how to turn ON the click, and discuss the "Count Off" function.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Pro Tools - Horizontal Scroll With The Mouse Wheel (Side to Side Scroll)
In this video I show you the simple keyboard shortcut to scroll horizontally in Pro Tools using your mouse scroll wheel.
If you simply move the scroll wheel, you will scroll vertically. But if you hold SHIFT and then scroll, you will scroll horizontally. This is a basic command you need to know to make the most out of Pro Tools and many other programs.
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If you simply move the scroll wheel, you will scroll vertically. But if you hold SHIFT and then scroll, you will scroll horizontally. This is a basic command you need to know to make the most out of Pro Tools and many other programs.
Learn more about Pro Tools
www.avid.com
Pro Tools - Easiest Way To Find Your Plugins
In this video we look at the options we have to display plugins in Pro Tools and I show you the best way to set it up so you can always find the exact plugin you are looking for, quickly and easily.
Monday, June 8, 2015
The Ultimate EQ Cheat Sheet for Common Instruments
The people over at Sonic Bids have put together a very useful EQ sheet for every common instrument. It's a great starting point to help narrow in on what frequency to look for while mixing. It covers everything, bass, guitar, piano, drums, ect... go check it out
http://blog.sonicbids.com/the-ultimate-eq-cheat-sheet-for-every-common-instrument
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