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The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

By : Emi Paternostro
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The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

4.7 (11)
By: Emi 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.
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Applying sidechain compression

Sidechain compression might sound like a fancy term, but the concept is fairly simple: take one track’s signal, and let it control a plugin on another track. When applied to a compressor, you can think of it as “ducking” the track. An example that’s easier to imagine is a podcast scenario. Let’s say you have a music track that you want to lower every time someone speaks. You apply a compressor to the music track, but instead of using the music’s own signal to lower the volume, it’s set to the speaker’s. Every time the speaker talks, the music’s compressor will react and lower the volume, and when they stop talking the music will come back up in volume according to the release setting.

Musically, sidechain compression can serve two main purposes:

  • To create a rhythmic “breath” or “pulse” to a track (common in electronic dance music)
  • To lower certain...

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