Today I’ve got a quick video for you where I share four or five little plug-in tricks. These are all things I use all the time, and I thought it would be a shame for you not to know about them. Enjoy!
If you’re looking for more in-depth Pro Tools training, check out Understanding Pro Tools.
Got any plugin tips for us? Leave a comment!!
To round out “Editing Week” here on HSC, I’ve put together an Intro to Editing video for you. It may seem a bit backwards, but we’ve talked about why you should or shouldn’t edit your tracks, and now I want to make sure all of you know the basic tools of editing and how it works.
Enjoy!
In other news, this is the 300th Post here on HSC. Yay! 
Be sure to leave a comment, okay?
I don’t normally post on the weekends, but I wanted to give you a heads up on an upcoming webinar I’m having next week.
It’s called Why I Use Pro Tools.
It’s no secret that I’m a Pro Tools guy. Nearly all of my tutorial videos are done using Pro Tools. That’s not to say that if you don’t use Pro Tools you won’t find anyhing useful here on HSC.
The concepts of music production and recording technology are universal. All DAWs, whether it’s Pro Tools or Reaper, do essentially the same thing. The key difference is HOW they do it.
I’ve had the privilege of using and experiencing most of the major recording platforms out there. And I’ve come back to Pro Tools.
Thursday night I’ll tell you why, and you’ll also have an opportunity to get my new set of tutorial videos.
It’s free, but you need to register. Details here:
Thursday, February 25, 2010 • 7 PM CST
I get lots of questions. This particular one made me want to do a video. Special thanks to Tom, one of my newsletter subscribers.
Time for another rousing edition of Ask Joe. Today I’ve got seven questions. They deal with:
Listen here:
Or you can download the mp3 here. [11 minutes, 7.5 MB]
First things first…
My Christmas present to you? More hard drive space! (The crowd cheers!)
Let me show you how to manage your files in Pro Tools. I freed up a ton of space on my hard drive. You should too (to make room for all those pretty new plug-ins you got for Christmas).
It’s that time again. I’ve got three new questions, all Pro Tools related. (If you have a question, please submit it via the Ask Joe form.) Let’s dive in.
Martin R. wrote:
I have just recently installed Pro Tools 7.3 LE on to my Mac and I have an Iomega hard drive that I was going to use for recording however when I try to change the audio settings from ‘T’ to ‘R’ I get an error message which reads “IOMEGA cannot be designated as an Audio Record volume because it is not a valid audio volume.” Could you tell me what this means and if there is any way to use this hard drive for recording.
Many Thanks
Martin
Sean over at KeyofGrey.com posted a great article recently called “Why I Use Logic Studio.” The following post is in response to that article, so take a minute to read his article first. (Go ahead…it’s okay.)
What I liked about Sean’s article is that he gave his honest opinions about why he uses Logic. He also makes it very clear that he doesn’t use Logic exclusively. There are some tasks that he prefers to do in Pro Tools.
Having used both programs extensively myself, I feel that Sean paints a very realistic picture.
As you know (and as several readers have pointed out), I’m a pretty big fan of Pro Tools. All the tutorial videos I’ve done so far have been in Pro Tools.
So am I anti-Logic? Not at all! In fact, Logic was my primary DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for a couple years. I got to know it very well. I even won a songwriting contest with one of the songs I recorded in Logic.
