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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)

Creating templates

It might seem counterintuitive to make a template after you’ve completed a project, but this is the best time to do it in my opinion. Let me explain.

It’s possible to forecast some of the needs of a project, but as the project progresses and you get further down the workflow, you will inevitably make changes and additions to how things were set up from the beginning. Some of these changes might be very specific to the project you are working on, but many things, such as audio routing and setting up sends and print paths, will be foundational. It’s these changes you want to capture and set up as templates moving forward, especially if you work on a series of regularly released programs that has consistent needs.

Let’s go over a few of the options we have when creating templates, along with their pros and cons. After, we will discuss some strategies for making better templates.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a Pro...