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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)

Preparing an Additional Dialogue Replacement (ADR) session

ADR is one of the open secrets of motion pictures. The ADR process has been showcased and publicized many times, even being one of the defining moments in the movie Singing in the Rain. In practice though, when done well, it’s transparent. The audience isn’t aware that the dialogue they are hearing wasn’t captured on set, and in many cases, not performed by the person on screen. When it comes to preparing an ADR session, there are a few steps you can take in Pro Tools to keep the workflow running smoothly, which is always beneficial when working with talent. You can also apply these workflows to dubbing projects, where the focus is on replacing entire lines with a different language.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a blank Pro Tools session. While the process of ADR is designed to work specifically for projects with video, we will be exploring the tools and techniques that can be applied...