Do You Hear The Difference Audio Summing Makes To Your Mixes? - Pro Tools Expert Podcast Episode 349
In this week’s podcast, Russ, Mike and Alan discuss the recent announcement that Avid will be discontinuing native support for many video codecs and they talk about audio summing. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.
Tips From Exponential Audio
Michael Carnes from Exponential Audio has now shared 4 tips with our podcast community. Check our article Expert Reverb Tips & Tricks in which we bring together 4 tips Michael has already produced for our podcast community including the latest tip ‘Using The Compressor To Make Level-Sensitive Reverb’ as there's a compressor/expander built into the warp page of all the second-generation reverbs.
Deals
Until December 16th 2018, Synchro Arts are offering more than 30% off ALL their plug-ins and over 40% off upgrades. That’s VocALign Project 3 - was $149 - now only $99, Revoice Pro 4 - was $599 - now only $419 and VocALign Pro 4 - was $399 - now only $249, Save a massive 37.5% that’s the best ever pricing on this product
Buy Sonarworks Reference 4 Studio Edition And Get Free Lifetime Access To Sonarworks True-Fi Worth $79. Over the month of December 2018 our friends at Sonarworks are running a very cool deal. Buy Sonarworks Reference 4 Studio Edition with mic and get lifetime access to desktop and early access to Sonarworks True-Fi mobile app worth $79 for free.
Don’t forget to check out the deals from our Partners on our Deals page.
Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal Audio
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Talking Points
Competitions
Win One Of 31 Prizes Worth Over $30,000 In Our Christmas Prize Draw Competition In this year's end-of-year prize draw competition we wanted to give the Production Expert community the best chance of winning a prize by offering more individual prizes in one prize draw than we have ever done before. This year we are offering the chance to win one of 31 prizes worth in total in excess of $30,000, check the site over the coming month for details of our amazing prizes.
Community Feedback Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio Solutions
Our friends at RSPE Audio Solutions are proud to welcome Amphion studio monitors to their lineup and to announce a special finance offer. Until December 31st 2018 if you, buy any Amphion Studio Monitor system you will get 1 year of interest free financing on approved credit
Kevin Dallas shares his story from employment with the BBC to self employment, working from home and the part Production Expert has played in being his virtual colleagues. Thanks Kevin!
Questions From The Community Kindly Sponsored By Vanguard Audio Labs
Vanguard Audio Labs are a microphone brand based in southern California who are punching well above their weight with their small, yet perfectly formed and sensibly priced range of Condenser microphones. Check out James’ recent testing session of the Vanguard V1 Stereo Pair + Lollie.
Corrina Jane - Has an issue with getting her mBox mini to play nice with her macbook pro and Pro Tools 2018.
Christopher Phillips - Has a scaling bug display issue with his PC which changes resolution in response to controller changes from peripherals, as illustrated by this video. Alan suggests possible solutions, he refers to the setting in this screenshot as a good place to start.
Kris Gorski - Wants to know whether there is a way to automatically add a plug-in to new tracks.
Source Connect Now
As you may know, we are spread out around the UK & Europe when we record the podcast. In the past, we have used a variety of internet-based solutions so we could hear each other. We have settled on Source Connect Now which gives us ISDN equivalent quality audio using a Chrome browser, no software to install. You can get a free account from Source Elements.
Find Of The Week Sponsored By Synchro Arts
Take advantage during the Synchro Arts 'End of Year Sale', with over 30% off new licenses of Vocalign Project, Vocalign Pro and the new Revoice Pro 4, and over 40% off selected upgrade paths across the product range. This sale will run until midnight December 16 so don't miss this opportunity to sync & save!
Mike - 2.5” to 3.5” adaptor tray so I can fit my Crucial SSD into a normal hard drive caddy - Sabrent SATA Bay Converter Mounting Kit
Russ - Speedscriber
Alan - Silverstone dual 2.5 inch USB-C caddy. Almost full SATA speeds over USB