Pro Tools Tech Tips Videos
Avid have a playlist of short Tech Tips videos on YouTube for Pro Tools, and some of the tips they have are quite interesting and not common knowledge. Check out the playlist below:
Resources
Mixing in Stereo
Fabfilter have produced a series of three great videos produced by Dan Worrall titled How To Mix In Stereo Without Sucking In Mono. The videos include a great rundown on some of the pitfalls of mono compatibility, some neat ideas around tuning your Haas delays, and using filters and EQ to manipulate phase to make … Read more Mixing in Stereo
Magic Spell Sound Design Challenge
Marshall McGee put together a short video that shows how two different sound designers approach a subjective sound design for magic spells, using the same samples. Interesting to see the different creative approaches. Check it out here:
Speech Intelligibility Facts
DPA have some fantastic information about microphones and audio on their website, and they recently posted up a comprehensive article discussing speech intelligibility and some of the important aspects of the timbre of the voice and microphone placement. Read the full article at: https://www.dpamicrophones.com/mic-university/facts-about-speech-intelligibility
Pro Tools Track Folders for Post-Production
Like a lot of Pro Tools users, I’m excited that Avid have put track folder functionality into the latest version of Pro Tools. It is one of those features that some DAWs have had for a long time, so it is about time that Pro Tools could do it. Scot Weber has put together a … Read more Pro Tools Track Folders for Post-Production
The Cinema of Walter Murch
Jon Lefkovitz has put together a great feature-length documentary from over 50 hours of Murch’s lectures, interviews, and commentaries. It is like a 75 minute masterclass and discusses sound design, the role of music, film editing and more. Watch the whole thing here:
Immersive Sound / Object-Based Audio – and Microphones
DPA have a lot of great information about microphones on their website, including details of various configurations in their Mic University. They recently published a post which has a good discussion of multi-channel microphone techniques which can be viewed at: https://www.dpamicrophones.com/mic-university/immersiver-sound-objekt-basiertes-audio-und-mikrofone
Netflix and Dolby Atmos
Avid released Pro Tools 2019.10 the other day which includes the Dolby Audio Bridge which makes it even more capable for producing Dolby Atmos mixes. Along with this release Netflix have updated their recommendation for Dolby Atmos mixes, including that while there are minimum requirements for mixes, Dolby Certification is not required for Home Atmos … Read more Netflix and Dolby Atmos
Proper Hand Placement on a Vocal Mic
It is obvious (to sound engineers at least) what the effect of cupping a handheld microphone does to the polar response of directional microphones in live performances, which is popular in a lot of the metal genres, but DPA have gone and published an article about the effects on frequency response too, including a resonant … Read more Proper Hand Placement on a Vocal Mic
Randy Thom on Being Creative
Randy Thom, one of the greats of sound design, has a blog post about being creative and embracing accidents and mistakes. One of my favourite quotes from it is: A Craftsman knows how to avoid accidents — an Artist knows how to use them Randy Thom Read the full blog post at Randy’s website: