protools|blog by Scott Church

Just as we have modifiers for changing track views in the Edit window, we’ve got ‘em for making assignments in the Mix window.In this tutorial, I show-off some tricks that will help you to more quickly assign plug-ins, sends, inputs and outputs across multiple tracks. [ view high-resolution video ] Pro Tools 8.x: Mix Window Assignment Modifiers from Scott Church on Vimeo . Read More...

As you’re able to edit your audio and MIDI tracks within the context of the entire session (a great thing, but requires a bit of management), quickly switching between tracks views is essential. In this tutorial, I show-off a few little-known tricks for flipping the track view in a jiffy. [ view high-resolution video ] Pro Tools 8.x: Track View Modifiers from Scott Church on Vimeo . Read More...

Nancy McGinnis has a gorgeous voice, and an amazing spirit. I first heard her music in a class that Bruce Tambling was teaching, where I completely fell in love with her writing. With the help of Bruce and Ed Goldfrab, Nancy has released a stunning CD, Seek to Follow, that is sincere and deeply moving. Ed Goldfrab is the most musically gifted and approachable creative professional I have ever met. He is one of those enlightened individuals who can cultivate an idea you have, and turn it into song...

Just as we did with South by Southwest (which was a blast!). Avid is organizing a series of focus groups at this year’s NAB Show on Monday, April 20 through Wednesday, April 22 in Las Vegas. We’re looking for aspiring and established independent filmmakers/editors to share with us what really matters in your film making/content creation experience: from major business and industry challenges you face, to specific demands placed on you. Whether you’re using an Avid product or not...

We (Avid) are organizing a series of one hour focus groups on Saturday and Sunday (March 14th and 15th) during South by Southwest in Austin Texas, and are looking for independent and aspiring filmmakers to participate. Each session will include free refreshments and a prize drawing for Avid products! We need your help to ensure we understand the full picture of the challenges and problems you face by gaining a full appreciation of the influences and demands placed on you. Your input is critical to...

I returned from Anaheim, and just now wrapping up all my NAMM follow-ups. I had a great week between customer visits in LA and the show itself. I especially want to thank those of you who met up with me to geek-out over Pro Tools and all the new gear. I actually had about an hour all to myself before I had to fly out on Saturday, and got to check out a few things first-hand (sadly the Gibson booth didn’t open until 1PM so I didn’t get the opportunity to play a Dark Fire , which I am dying...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday (I got a much needed couple of weeks off myself and feel fully recharged and reinvigorated). It’s my first day back in the office (lot’s of catch-up), and with The 2009 Winter NAMM Show already upon us (well, next week anyhow) it’s time to offer those of you who are going to be at the show some time to get together and talk shop. If you’re interested in setting aside about 30 minutes to meet and talk about what we’re...

Pro Tools 8 is now shipping. Upgrades can be purchased online from the DigiStore , or from your favorite dealer . Read More...

Until through Friday, 12 December registered Sibelius-users can upgrade to Sibelius 5 for $85 for the Professional version and $65 for the Education version. That’s 50% off regular price! Visit the Sibelius website for more information. Just as an FYI, Pro Tools 8 will allow you to export a .Sib file so that the transcription you see in Pro Tools will be the same you send to Sibelius, but version 5 of Sibelius is required so the timing of this promotion is especially great for those upgrading...

For those of you that were able to make the Pro Tools 8 Sneak Peek event at Cutting Edge Wednesday night, thanks for coming and introducing yourself. For those that couldn’t make it, Sean Halley and Kerry Rose did an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G job showing everyone the ins- and the outs- of the new version. I also had a great time hanging out afterward and chatting it up. As luck would have it, I had my Flip Video MinoHD with me, and was able to capture their bit on the new Playlist view for track comping...

For those of you in my local vicinity, Cutting Edge in San Francisco is hosting a sneak peek of Pro Tools 8. Although I won’t be driving the rig, I’ll definitely be there and invite you to pull me aside and introduce yourself. So register and join us tonight to see Pro Tools 8 first-hand and get answers to all the questions you have. 3 December 2008 7:00 PM Cutting Edge Audio Group 290 Division Street, Suite 103 San Francisco, CA 94103 Read More...

Warning! This has nothing to do with Pro Tools and in some places is downright philosophical. I’m not going to delve into how cool Elastic Audio is, describe the new features of the Pro Tools 8 interface, discuss using MIDI versus Instrument tracks, bussing for fun and profit, maximizing Pro Tools’ performance, setting up a headphone mix, using keyboard shortcuts, ADC, or running an ICON control surface. What I have to say, however, has everything to do with you: your past, present, and...

This weekend and next (December 6-7th and 13th), I’ll be teaching the fourth course in the Digidesign Certification curriculum, Pro Tools 210M at Future Rhythm in Santa Clara California. Upon completion of the course and a multiple choice exam, one becomes a Certified Pro Tools Operator in all its glory. This is my favorite course to teach in the entire sequence as it digs deep into editing, such as tightening drums using Beat Detective (a guilty pleasure of mine), and practical mixing concepts...

Tanager AudioWorks, developers of SongFrame (a unique application for composing/writing music), have another application that’s a perfect compliment to Pro Tools – Chirp . In addition to the Chirp and Pro Tools Setup Guide on their website, my friend Scott Bausback put together a tutorial on how to use the two together. It’s certainly more robust than any of the virtual keyboards included with other DAWs, and paired with a Mbox 2 Micro, I’m actually able to make music on-the...

It’s been far too long since my last post, but as Pro Tools 8 gets wrapped up balance is once again returning to my life - which makes for quality blog-writing and music-making time. As I work on queuing some stuff up for this week as well replying to all of your email and replies, I wanted to share a few tid-bits that I didn’t get to dish on that I think are still worth pointing out: brainworx has developed a TDM version(in addition to RTAS, VST and AudioUnits) of bx_solo , their free...