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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)

Using Edit modes correctly

I think understanding the Edit modes and how they function correctly is one of the big barriers to starting out in Pro Tools. Attempting to move and shift clips around can be frustrating if you are in the wrong mode, and the fact that the Edit modes are bound to the first four function keys (F1-F4) means you might accidentally engage in one of the modes by accident. Let’s explore the different modes and what they can be used for:

Figure 3.14: Edit modes

Figure 3.14: Edit modes

Shuffle (F1)

Shuffle mode can be thought of as clips functioning as magnets, or like there is always a force pushing them to the left. If you take a clip in any place on any track and attempt to move it to an empty track, it will move to the beginning of the session. If there is another clip placed somewhere in that track and you drag it to somewhere after that clip, the start of the clip will jump and line up with the end of the existing clip in the track. This can...