Russ, Dan and Julian chat through issues from the week's news as well as the usual tips, tricks and questions answered.

Groove 3 Videos That Grabbed Our Attention This Week

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Competitions

• Win One of Three Prizes from Prime Studio's Online Services
• Win One Of Ten Copies Of V-Control Pro 2 From Neyrinck
• Win One Of Three Copies Of TrainYourEars V2
• Win $500 to spend on Waves plugins

Deals

• FREE Nugen Audio AB Assist Plug-in - Exclusive To Production Expert - Now In AAX, AU & VST Formats
• Sonarworks Headphone Calibration Plug-in £60 - 20% Discount
• VIER By Eisenberg Doepfer MS-404 Emulations - 50% Discount

Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal Audio

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• If I Only Had One Plug-in For Each Pro Tools Plug-in Category
• Pro Tools 12.5.1 Bug Fixes
• Mac OS X Is Dead - Apple Announce macOS
• Do You Keep Studio Equipment Backups Or Sell Unused Gear?

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• David Topple comments on Avid's stock price

Questions From The Community Sponsored By Create Pro

So you want ALL the power in your next PC… Try the HP Z820 Workstation Configurator on the Create Pro web site. There are custom build PCs and there is the HPZ820.

• Jonathan Tobin‎ asks about exporting Pro Tools audio
• Paul Cottrell‎ asks about setting up inputs and outputs in Pro Tools
• Karl Moeller‎ asks for recommendations on MIDI interfaces for use in Pro Tools
• Neale Eckstein asks about multiple selections in the Pro Tools Import Track dialogue - community input needed please

Get To Know The Team

In this feature, each week each of us will share something about us that you are unlikely to know about so you can get to know as as people.

Team Find Of The Week Sponsored by Output

We have been talking a lot about the amazing new plug-in Movement and you can check out James’ review. But you should also check out the amazing REV by Output. After all, who only plays instruments forwards?

• Russ - Pacifist for Mac
• Dan - macOS Sierra
• Julian - Softube Modular

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