Tell me this: how many times do you find yourself scrolling down a long list of plugins just to pick that same EQ or compressor each time? Wouldn’t be great if you can save some precious time and have that specific go-to plugin you absolutely love and feel just comfortable with right at your fingertips? …
Got a really quick and useful tip for you in today’s installment of Pro Tools Diary. In this post you’ll learn how to fire up a session with all its plugins inactive. I know what you’re thinking: “Why the heck would I need this?”. Well, I think there are pretty good reasons, indeed. When You …
Sometimes you may need to open up multiple instances of the same plugin while working on a session (console emulation anyone?)… Unfortunately, by default each plugin opens up with a factory preset loaded, that may or may not be what you need. It might be just an empty preset, meaning it will do nothing, for instance… Or …
Pro Tools is a very powerful DAW, but it can be even more powerful if you get used to some keyboard shortcuts… Why? Because every operation you can do by using just your mouse, you can do much faster using a shortcut! There are tons of different key commands, but you don’t need to know them all …
Even if your hard drive has been carefully tested and should work for decades with no issues, there is always the (not-so) remote possibility for a crash. I’ve been working with computers for the last 15 years now, and I can tell you this: machines are not indestructible; sooner or later, it WILL happen! And …
Finding the right balance for your kick drum within a mix might be a huge challenge. Sometimes, especially with hard-hitting music styles, no matter what you do, you just can’t hear it. So you raise the level of your track to hear it more, but suddenly that kick is definitely too loud and everything goes …