Throughout my blog series on EQs I am going to refer to the free EQ plugin that comes with Pro Tools, the Digirack EQ III 7-band. First,...

In the next series of blog posts, I’m going to go through EQ, or equalization. I will talk about why we use it, and when and how to use...

To wrap things up regarding compressors, I will offer 3 Dos and Don’ts as my final word for now. These are things to always keep in mind...

As you get better with compressors, you will start playing with other knobs and features. One of these is the knee. The knee refers to...

It is hard to learn how to record and mix music today. With so much information available on the web, sometimes it is hard to know if the...

Compressors seem to confuse a lot of people in the beginning, they certainly did me! Here is some helpful information concerning using a...

Here are ten quick tips to think about the next time you record vocals: 1) Warm Up: Every vocalist needs to warm up. You wouldn’t run...

Patchbays Having a patchbay helps to optimize your signal routing and organization. Even the most modest of studio setups can benefit...

Group Cabling Keep cables grouped together by type (audio, MIDI, mains, etc.). This makes it easier to find faulty cables, patch...

In Pro Tools, material (audio or midi) on a track is associated with a type of Time Scale. All track types can be set to either...

If you’re involved with a lot of production work and do a lot of MIDI work like I do, you record a lot of projects using your sound...

Have you ever tried to eject a hard drive from your system that you used in a Pro Tools session while Pro Tools was still up and running?...

Have you ever tried to eject a hard drive from your system that you used in a Pro Tools session while Pro Tools was still up and running?...

OK today let’s first go over the Editing tab. There’s really only one item I want to make sure you know about. At the bottom of the page...

OK today let’s first go over the Editing tab. There’s really only one item I want to make sure you know about. At the bottom of the page...

In the last blog post I covered the first tab under pro tools preferences – Display. Today I will cover Operation Preferences. First...

In the last blog post I covered the first tab under pro tools preferences – Display. Today I will cover Operation Preferences. First...

I remember how terrified I felt going to the Preferences (under Setup) tab! I looked at all that and said “Maaann! I am NOT touching...

I remember how terrified I felt going to the Preferences (under Setup) tab! I looked at all that and said “Maaann! I am NOT touching...

To help stay organized in Pro Tools, I colorize my tracks, MIDI channels, and sometimes regions. My master fader is always one color, the...