Usually, when you want to A/B a plugin, it’s just a before and after thing, with or without the plugin, right? But what about about a comparison between settings? You guessed it… There’s a cool function inside Pro Tools that lets you to just that! It’s allows us to A/B from one setting to another …
Loops and samples have become an essential part of modern music production at any level, and this is especially true for all of us home studio folks as, with just a handful of them, we can now build an entire song from scratch! Unfortunately, sometimes it can be a bit tricky to incorporate them in …
Perhaps you already know you can set your default EQ and compressor to show up above everything else on the list…But do you know you can do more than just that? Today I want to go a bit deeper on this subject, sharing a really simple (yet not so publicized) trick to create your very own list of favorite plugins. …
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 …