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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)

Finishing a Project and Creating Deliverables

No matter how good your edit and mix are, it won’t mean anything if you aren’t able to deliver the product to the client’s specifications. In the past, broadcast standards made it somewhat more predictable and consistent in terms of what was expected of a mix and its targets. In the last decade, however, with the move to digital streaming services becoming common, standards can vary greatly, depending on what platform the project is being uploaded to. Being able to hit those targets and pass quality assurance is vital for any audio engineer, and we’ll be going over a few ways to accomplish that in this chapter.

The recipes we’ll be going over are as follows:

  • Bouncing a project to a finished file
  • Printing directly to a track
  • Making changes to a Print track
  • Printing stems
  • Understanding Loudness Units Full Scale (LUFS)
  • Using Limiters for quality assurance and compliance
  • ...