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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)

Cleaning up sounds with Noise Reduction and Expanders

It is almost impossible to get a perfect-sounding recording right out of the gate. Noise in its many forms tends to find its way into audio recordings even under the best circumstances. With that in mind, being able to clean up unwanted noises present in audio clips is one of the fundamental skills needed when mixing.

Getting ready

For this session, you will need a Pro Tools session with a single mono audio track. The track should contain an audio clip that has some unwanted noise in the background. Dialogue recorded in a room with an appliance running is a good example.

Make sure in your Pro Tools session that the Inserts column is shown in the Edit Window. You can do this by going to the menu bar and selecting View | Edit Window Views and ensuring the appropriate items are checked or by using the Edit Window View selector drop-down option directly above the track headers on the left side of the Edit Window.

You will...