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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)

Audio library management tools

Like any software, working with Pro Tools requires discovering and working within the constraints of what the software manufacturers envision and implement. When it comes to audio library management and traversal, this is one of the areas where external tools can be more functional.

Here are some popular sound library management tools available at the time of this writing.

Soundminer

One of the earliest examples of audio file search software, since 2002, Soundminer has made significant improvements and added many innovations and features to help sound editors and designers. These tools interface with Pro Tools and other DAWs allowing you to not only search for audio according to filename and metadata but also drop files directly into a session. Soundminer also includes Radium, a sampler designed to help create unique sounds from within your library. There is also a server version of Soundminer that allows a library to be stored in a central location...