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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)

Copying and pasting clips

It might seem trivial to go over what most would think is a basic concept for a DAW—copying and pasting clips—but with Pro Tools, something as simple as copying and pasting can yield very different results depending on how it’s used. Learning different ways to copy and paste clip data can help improve your workflows and keep data synchronized.

Getting ready

This recipe requires a Pro Tools session with at least two audio tracks and an audio clip. This workflow uses hotkeys, so ensure that Keyboard Focus is set to the Edit window (the small box with az in the top right).

How to do it…

We’ll copy and paste a few different ways, including different ways of reproducing the effect of a copy-and-paste command with different tools. Follow along with these steps:

  1. Use the Grabber Tool and click on a clip to select it.
  2. Press C to copy the clip.
  3. Press to move the selector cursor to the end of the...