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8th Studio Lesson 9-1-17 Posted on 2017-09-09 by Bill Sloyer

During our 8th lesson on Friday 9/1, Larry and I talked about:

-Bill Putnam = Universal Audio, “UA” (Now East West Studios near Sunset Gower)

-Universal Audio - Apollo Twin- The interface that Larry uses.  It’s also a plugin processor, which relieves the computer processor.

Pro Tools:

-Buffer: setting on high during mixing, low during recording

-Always edit drum tracks together, b/c there’s bleed.

-There’s a tiny box at the top of the scroll bar, “A-Z,” click on that to enable keyboard shortcuts like pressing “T” and “R” to zoom in/out, etc.

-Check the system usage window in Pro Tools to see how much CPU usage, etc.

-Top counter in PT is BARS / BEAT / TICKS

-Also have other options like mins/secs (not needed), and timecode (good for editing w/video).

-A whole note = one beat

-There are 960 ticks in a single beat.

-A time signature of “4/4” means 4 beats per bar.  Kick drum usually ¼ note, snare drum usually ½ note. 

-Look at the grid to see the tempo.  Can adjust grid to show 4ths, 16ths, etc.

-Editing usually happens in grid mode.

-Slip mode can be clicked on in upper left corner or can hold CMD while dragging a track if you don’t want it to snap to grid.  Good for taking a breath out at beginning.

-Slip mode – used a lot in post work, like when placing sound effects

-Shuffle mode – Larry doesn’t use

-To find the tempo, click on tempo in the metronome window, play the song, and hit “T” with the beat.

-Can change frequency of backups in PREFERENCES à OPERATIONS

-SAVING:  Save every revision and date it!!

-SAVING A COPY:  File --> Save copy in --> check the Audio Files box!

Low Latency Monitoring - "will mute the output of any record-enabled tracks in Pro Tools so that you only hear the direct signal coming from your interface. It is designed this way to prevent the latent signal that travels from your interface, through your DAW, and back out to your interface from mixing with the direct signal so that there is no delay.  If you need to monitor the signal that comes from Pro Tools but you don’t want the delay, you will need to turn off direct monitoring on your interface. This can be done from some kind of control panel software for larger interfaces or via a mix knob on smaller interfaces to blend the direct source with the DAW return."

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