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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)

Printing directly to a track

Bouncing a mix is simple and has some nice export options, but it has one glaring issue – it’s all or nothing. Whether you are amid a bounce or reviewing a file after the fact, if you notice a mistake or something you want to change, your only option is to re-export the entire thing. Even though offline bounces can take a long time if there are a significant number of plugins and tracks in place, wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to stop a bounce while it’s printing to make a change, or just punch into a section to re-print just a spot after the fact? Luckily, there is! Printing to a track is the solution we’ll use to achieve this result.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you’ll need a Pro Tools session with several tracks of audio present. Make sure the I/O column in the track header is active. You can do this by using the quick select dropdown located at the top left of the tracks or going to View | Edit...