There are some things that should just be known by everybody working a session in Pro Tools, click tracks and tempo setup are definitely a couple of them. Tempo is sort of the skeleton of your song. The tempo of your music being entered into Pro Tools allows it to apply the grid to your project. We all know how …
Rip!: A Remix Manifesto – Great Video on Remixing and Copyright Law
Check out this documentary on remixing and copyright laws around the topic. It’s definitely worth watching the entire video if you’re an aspiring DJ/Producer or an artist. Informative and well directed film. Check it out!
Converting MIDI to Audio
If you’re a musician or producer making music in Pro Tools, being familiar with MIDI opens up a world of possibilities for you. We will go over some MIDI functions and setups in another tutorial, this blog will assume you know how to record MIDI with your virtual instruments and controllers. When you’re finished tracking, you should not try to send the MIDI …
Pro Tools Strip Silence Tutorial
When it comes to cleaning up sessions, the amount of attention required can become a bit tedious. So with that in mind, why wouldn’t we use all our tools to save time? Let’s go over how to use a very handy tool called ‘Strip Silence.’ Why is it useful? When you record a lead vocal or put 9 microphones on …
Auto Session Backup Tutorial
In this tutorial, Tommy goes over how to use the ‘auto-session backup’ feature in Pro Tools. Why are auto-backups important? Well if you have just done 30 minutes of work and you have not enabled this feature, you will have a lot of time to make up if pro tools crashes. To enable the feature: Go to Pro Tools Menu …
Preparing Your Session For Mastering
So you have your mix exactly the way you want it to sound. Now you just need those final touches and that overall enhancement of the mix to become radio ready. As you may know, we do this through a process called mastering. Check out our Mastering Page for a few more details on Mastering Music. From that page you can …
Mixing Lil Wayne’s Vocals With Steven Slate’s New Plug-In
In this video Tommy uses a couple Steven Slate plugins to tweak a Lil Wayne vocal in a mix he did recently to sit it in the mix better. Using the Virtual Tape Machine, Virtual Mix Rack, and the e2Deesser, you can see how using smoothing and analog warming techniques give it a better feel and push it in the mix. …
How To Reduce Session Size For Transfer In Pro Tools
It’s important for everybody making music in Pro Tools to know how to reduce the size of a session. Sometimes they can get out of hand through a lot of tracking takes and editing regions. You don’t want to have a bigger file than you need when sending it over the internet. We suggest that in most cases you follow the steps …