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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 226

Mike Thornton

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Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 226

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

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  • Julius Mauranen in response to podcast 223 we believes he can export files from Pro Tools in different formats at the same time, whereas we feel it is not possible.
  • Gregory is having trouble getting our Track Hack working with Pro Tools 12.5 and Mac OS El Capitan, can we help? Here is the link to Pro Tools Preset Track Hack Updated For Pro Tools 11 Mac which might help you.  

Questions From The Community Sponsored By Create Pro

Our friends at Create Pro now have the AMD R9 280X 3GB GPU for Mac Pro back in stock. A firm favourite with Mac Pro users due to its OpenCL performance, and the R9 280X is a huge step up from the standard ATI 5770 and 5870 GPUs,and is compatible with 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2012 Mac Pro systems. For users of OpenCL powered applications, such as Final Cut Pro X, Adobe CC Suite & Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, the AMD R9 280X for Mac Pro can be a low price way to supercharge GPU performance. 

  • Gustaf Jackson would like our advice on whether to continue the upgrade plan for Pro Tools 12 HD as it expires in the next week.
  • Andreas Russo would like help in workflows and tools to get all the clips in his sessions to the same and appropriate level and loudness. Check out Mike’s tutorial series - Understanding Loudness. 
  • Andy Harsant is having some latency issues in Pro Tools 12 that he didn’t have in Pro Tools 10 when recording vocals through aux tracks. Check out this video that we referred to in the podcast - Delay Compensation Issue And Solutions When Using Cascading Record Tracks In Pro Tools.

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

So by now you know that Movement is the new Plug-in from Output. And because Movement is a plug-in not a VI you can do some crazy stuff with it… like side-chaining your effects. Watch this video by Output showing you how to do just that. Check out James’ review of Output’s Movement

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