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The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

By : Emiliano Paternostro
Book Image

The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

By: Emiliano Paternostro

Overview of this book

Pro Tools has long been an industry-standard Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for audio professionals, but it can often be overwhelming for new and experienced users alike. The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook acts as a reference guide to the software and breaks down each stage of a project into manageable phases. From planning a session, editing a sequence, performing a mix to printing the final masters, you can approach this book either sequentially or peruse the self-contained recipes. You’ll come to grips with workflows for music production, motion picture, and spoken word production, helping you gain expertise in the area of your choice. You'll learn aspects of music mixing like side chain processing to keep instruments from overshadowing each other and conforming for motion picture. The author’s expertise with Pro Tools will help you discover and incorporate different techniques into your workflows. You’ll also learn to build consistent and replicable workflows and templates by understanding what happens behind the scenes in Pro Tools. With this cookbook, you’ll be able to focus on the creative aspects of your audio production and not get mired by the technical hurdles. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to handle even the most complex features of Pro Tools to deliver immaculate results for your clients.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Organizing with folder tracks

Folder tracks are a relatively new concept to Pro Tools, having been introduced in version 2020.3, and as such are not always utilized as heavily as other organization tools. I love folder tracks and use them heavily in my projects, especially in music. Folder tracks can be used purely for organization and have no routing capabilities or be used as routing folders that allow tracks to have their signals routed to them. You can also nest folders within folders if you want:

Figure 1.11: Nested folder tracks

Figure 1.11: Nested folder tracks

Getting ready

You will need a Pro Tools session with a mix of mono, stereo, and other tracks added to it for this recipe. In your Pro Tools session, make sure that the I/O columns are shown in the Edit window. You can do this by going to the menu bar and selecting View | Edit Window Views and making sure it is checked or using the Edit Window View selector dropdown directly above the track headers on the left-hand side...