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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)

Grouping tracks for editing, mixing, and viewing

So far, we’ve explored how to use Aux tracks and folder tracks to set up our session. Another powerful tool that can be used for editing, mixing, and viewing tracks is groups. By default, you already have one group for all your tracks named <ALL|. We’ll create some new groups and see how they function.

Getting ready

This recipe requires a Pro Tools session with four stereo tracks, four mono tracks, and three Aux tracks. Your session should also have a left-hand side drawer with Track List and the Groups list visible. If you don’t see it, click the tiny arrow in the bottom left of the Edit window (see Figure 1.14) or go to the menu bar and select View | Other Displays | Track List (see Figure 1.15):

Figure 1.14: The Track sidebar’s Show/Hide button

Figure 1.14: The Track sidebar’s Show/Hide button

Figure 1.15: Enabling Track List to be viewable

Figure 1.15: Enabling Track List to be viewable

How to do it…

Now, let’s create...