protools
I have a Digidesign 003 factory, it has motorised faders, Focusrite preamps, and is still a tasty bit of kit, even these days. It runs over firewire though, which is supported by exactly nothing in 2021. This is a journey through getting it to work with my mac. things needed: Read more…
If your audio midi setup takes an age to load, and you get the message ‘the midi server cant be opened’ it might be to do with protools. i run protools 8 and osx lion. everything worked fine if I was plugged into my protools interface, but when the interface Read more…
RTAS (real time audio suite) plugins are plugins for protools systems. You can get free rtas plugins for protools if you know where to look. There are a lot of expensive plugins out there, and there are a lot of plugins that you get bundled with your protools systems. here Read more…
I did a post recently on the snowball mic from blue microphones, I also got a snowflake mic at the same time, so here is a post about that too :D the snowflake is the baby brother of the snowball a cardiod USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you Read more…
I recently got a blue microphones snowball mic. the snowball is an omnidirectional USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you only need a usb port for it to work. its an excellent mic for podcasting and the like, so I thought that id put up a review of it. Read more…
Protools 9 is out the best features: its not tied to digidesing hardware any more! this means that you can install it on your laptop and do editing without humphing your desk about! it also has automatic delay compensation and multi track beat detective. all in all its like having Read more…
Protools shortcut keys select all protools shortcut keys for selection options mac + win alt+click = select all eg, to mute all tracks hold alt + click mute this works on most things – mute, solo, etc – it doesnt work on faders, pressing alt and clicking a fader puts Read more…
Protools group shortcut keys shortcut keys for mac osx: new group: cmd+g suspend/enable groups: cmd+shift+g shortcut keys for windows: new group: ctrl+g suspend/enable groups: ctrl+shift+g Sources for protools group shortcut keys Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools WINDOWS Shortcut keys PDF
This is a short post with the protools zoom shortcut keys. I use these keys all the time, they are probably my most used shortcuts in protools protools shortcuts for mac: zoom in : ctrl + t zoom out : ctrl + r protools shortcuts for windows: zoom in: win Read more…
Protools fine adjustment shortcut keys mac: hold cmd + click on the thing you want to adjust pc: hold ctrl + click on the thing you want to adjust
Protools playback and record shortcut keys space: play / stop shift+space: playback at half speed F12: record enable with record enabled: space: begin recording / stop recording shift+space: begin recording at half speed Sources for protools playback and record shortcut keys Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Shortcut Read more…
This is a short post with the protools bounce to disk shortcut key shortcut keys for mac osx : cmd + alt + b shortcut keys for windows pc: ctrl + alt + b Sources for protools bounce to disk shortcut key Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Read more…
This is a short post with the protools new track shortcut keys mac: cmd + shift + n pc: ctrl + shift + n That will open up the new track dialog To change the track type (audio, midi, aux, instrument) mac: cmd + up / cmd + down pc: Read more…
This is just a short post with the protools new session shortcut keys: to create a new shortcut, open protools and type: on a mac: cmd+n or on a pc ctrl+n you will now have the protools new session dialog on screen :)
This is a short post with the protools open session shortcut keys mac: cmd + o pc: ctrl + o
This is a short post with the protools save session shortcut keys mac: cmd + s pc: ctrl + s
This is going to be the protools tips section. every time I figure out something new in protools ill post it here. ill also be adding shortcuts, etc. basically every time I use one I will post it.
i just found a site (well, I re-found it in my bookmarks) that has listings for free plugins – au, vst, rtas and tdm ones for mac, and rtas, tdm and vst for pc www.dontcrack.com there are a few good ones – most you will probably have already, like the Read more…
ive been saving for a while. I wanted a digi 003. so I got one. ive been to the pub about three times since june, but it was worth it. I finally got my 003. I got the factory bundle (that was all they had) basically, if you dont know Read more…
I am again sitting on the train writing this from my ipod touch i have a protools 201 course this weekend at ayr college which I am looking forward to – I will be posting a load of cool tips once I get my hands on protools 8 and the Read more…
I own my own domain ( I own a couple of them) and I have to pay for bandwidth, so I can’t afford to host my own mp3 files here, so I have been looking into different ways to host my audio files – Last.fm seems to be the best Read more…
Ive been busy mastering tracks. I just mastered 37 tracks (I actually mastered 51 of them, but a few got dropped already) I have bounced them all down to disk and now need to sort out the order of the tracks to make them flow better. I have my own Read more…
There are loads and loads of things to remember when setting up mics on a drum-kit, here are some tips for micing up a drum kit phase. watch out for the phase difference on your overheads. if you hear a swooshing noise when you solo the OH mics, then its Read more…
Mastering tracks – Ok, so the hard part is done. you’ve written, demoed, practiced, arranged in countless different ways, recorded, re-recorded, mixed, re-mixed and finally scrapped and done all that again, you have a handfull of songs. your not happy with them (noone ever is). now the hard part starts. Read more…
This one is really fast – A quick tip about EQ – if you are adding EQ to a track, watch the peaks – eg, if you have a track thats peak value is -3dB and you add 4dB @ 500hz, then its gonna clip. this is also true if Read more…
Here are some protools tips – how to cram more into your session, and a few shortcuts that I use the first thing is to use a lot of busses. I usually group all my drum tracks together then fling an aux after it, and route all the outputs of Read more…
This one might seem a little easy for some people, but it essential that everyone knows it – what is a compressor, and how to use compressor plugins in protools. Basically a compressor takes the incoming audio and squeezes it, making the louder bits quieter and the quieter bits louder. Read more…
Hi, ive been playing about with a new plugin http://illformed.org/blog/glitch/ its very cool, ive been running it in my protools with the vst wrapper, and it seems fine. a few blogs that ive been reading have a sort of mini=player in them, so I need to check them out so Read more…
So, what is midi, and does it always have to sound so bad? MIDI is an acronym for Musical instrument Digital Interface. It allows electronic instruments, computers and other electronic devices to communicate with each other. Devices can synchronise with each other and control each other using this standard. The Read more…