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

Troubleshooting Pro Tools 12 - Slow, Lagging, or Unresponsive

One possible cause for Pro Tools taking an extremely long time to launch (on Windows) is if you happen to have a CD/DVD in your CD/DVD drive, and possibly if you have a mounted ISO.

Simply remove/unmount the disc, and Pro Tools should launch normally.

This short video will walk you through the problem

Use Windows Audio with Pro Tools 12

Pro Tools 12 gives us the ability to you our integrated Windows audio! This is a great new feature for Windows users. This means you won't have to use an ASIO interface, or an ASIO driver like ASIO4ALL.

This video shows exactly how to take advantage of this great new feature in Pro Tools 12

More info about Pro Tools 12
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Pro Tools 12 - How to Register, Download, Install, and Activate

This video will walk you through the process of registering Pro Tools 12 to your Avid.com account, show you the files you need to download, and how to install and activate your iLok license.

Find more info about Pro Tools 12
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Share With SoundCloud - Pro Tools Quick Tips

Share With SoundCloud is an option that was first introduced to Pro Tools in Pro Tools 10. With it, you can upload your Bounce or Export to SoundCloud automatically from within Pro Tools. You can even monitor the upload from the Task Manager within Pro Tools.

Watch the video to see just how this is done -

Scroll Wheel Tips - Pro Tools Quick Tips

Your mouse scroll wheel can be very useful in Pro Tools and help to speed up your workflow.

Of course you can scroll up and down, but did you know you could scroll horizontally, zoom horizontally, zoom audio and MIDI vertically, adjust clip gain and much more by using just the scroll wheel and a couple keys on your keyboard?

Well if you would like to know these cool tips, keep reading and watch the following video to see these tips in action!

Behringer BCF2000 Control Surface and Pro Tools

The Behringer BCF2000 is a low-cost control surface that can be used with many DAW's like, Sonar, Cubase, Pro Tools, and more.

Setting up the BFC2000 to work with Pro Tools is only a couple easy steps.

Connect the unit to your Computer via a USB cable. The unit also has MIDI ports, but USB is how most people will be using the unit. And MIDI is actually much faster over USB vs. standard MIDI ports/cables.

You need to hold down the 5th button from the left on the top row (VAL 2 is written above) while powering on the unit. As soon as you see bhui you can release the button.

Then all that is left is setting up Pro Tools to "see" the surface.

In Pro Tools, go to SETUP>Peripherals>MIDI Controllers

Using the drop downs, simply choose: TYPE>HUI
For Receive From and Send To choose the BCF2000. For Channel Number, 8 - which should be there by default. And that's it!

You can see this in action by watching the included videos in this post.

If your computer is not recognizing the BCF2000 and automatically loading a driver for you, simply go to the Behringer website and download and install the proper driver for your system.

With the BCF2000 you can control the faders and pan knobs in Pro Tools with ease. And the BCF2000 has motorized faders! That's right, real motorized faders. You can do so much more with the BCF2000, like control the transport (play/stop/FF/RW), arm tracks, adjust send levels, switch between the Edit and Mix windows, cut and paste audio, and more.

Watch the two included videos to see how to setup the BCF2000 and see the features for yourself.