Archive for Tips
10 Frequently Asked Questions about Pro Tools 10
Having answered a lot of questions on the chat we had, getting a lot of questions in the comments, reading the forums and getting tons of emails, I decided to answer ten of the most commonly asked questions about Pro Tools 10 in this post.
Do you have pink nightmares?
Some claim you can’t have pink nightmares. Infected Mushroom says you can, and this is how you create them…
A complete video course on NI Massive
If you’re confused about Native Instruments Massive, Massivesynth.com has released a 2.5 hour tutorial for the monster synthesizer. The tutorial is divided into six modules: Module 1 – The Basics Module 2 – Routing Module 3 – Sound Shaping Module 4 – Sequencing Module 5 – Effects Module 6 – Bring it all together The [...]
Confused about Pultec’s?
I was watching an episode of Ronan’s excellent recording show along with my coffee this morning and thought that this particular episode might be of help to some of you out there struggling to understand the quirks of Pultec-styled EQ’s. To be honest I’ve never worked with a real Pultec and thought the whole layout [...]
Freebie highlight: Mikro Prism
There are some damn nice freebies available (here’s a list of them that I should update some time soon). The one I’m suggesting you to tryout today is not a new one but it’s just so inspirational! Mikro Prism has tons of great sounds! Love it. Check it out and go record some kickass music! [...]
The Producer’s Manual by Paul White
Sample Magic and Sound on Sound editor Paul White have joined forces and released The Producer’s Manual, a book covering the following topics (according to the press release): All you need to get great recordings: from vocals and drums to guitars, bands and acoustic instruments. Choose the right mic, review classic recording techniques, learn how [...]
The Mbox listening challenge
Have you seen the Mbox listening challenge? It’s a test comparing the Mbox with Prism Orpheus, Apogee Ensemble and the RME Fireface UFX. For what it’s worth I got an A on the input test and a B on the output test.
Tips on EQ from Dave Moulton
It’s not hard to find tips for music production. Magazines write them, websites write them, the plugin developers themselves write them now that they’ve realized the importance of connecting to the user. Heck, even I write them sometimes! The problem is most of them are crap. Today in my inbox I actually found a good [...]
The difference between a treated and un-treated room
You don’t have to convince me about the value of proper room treatment. Here’s a video by Zalan Schuster that I got from GIK Acoustics. If you don’t want to see the graphs and such the listening comparison starts at about 3:30. By the way, GIK Acoustics is a company I can definitely recommend. Not [...]
Stay away from Lion
I should’ve really told you folks this earlier but in case you’re new to Pro Tools – stay the hell away from Lion until Avid says otherwiser! As is common when Apple launches a major new OS X version like this, Pro Tools might not just act a little strange and have the random crash, [...]
