Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Create an aux track of the same type as the vocal track you are trying to delay (mono, stereo) On one of the sends on the vocal track, choose an available bus. On the input of the aux track, select … Continue reading →

NOTE: This tip is obsolete with the release of Pro Tools 8, which makes the “hidden” control an actual control on the color palette window. Here’s a new feature of Pro Tools 7.3 that isn’t documented, but I think is … Continue reading →

The basics This question goes a little deeper than can be explained here, as there are several different ways and/or reasons to side chain. I’m just going to cover the basics of how to make it happen; it’s up to … Continue reading →

There are a few different ways to do this. I’ll cover a few: Use a Signal Generator Create a mono aux track create a send from the kick track across a bus (say bus1). I’ve renamed that bus in my … Continue reading →

So you want to get that other-worldly, just arriving from the 5th dimension sound on a vocal track? Try a Reversed Reverb: Duplicate the track in question. Slice one of the vocal phrases on the new track into a separate … Continue reading →

This procedure has become somewhat unnecessary since the introduction of the Music Production Toolkit, which increases the track count of LE or MPowered to 48 tracks, mono or stereo. I definitely recommend adding the toolkit to your Pro Tools aresenal. … Continue reading →