Music Mixing

Today’s blog is specific to Pro Tools. A part of today’s blog is referring back to something I stated in my last blog (Nov. 21, 2025). When we create a new session, it is either blank or we use a template session (which is what I do). So – we create a brand new (blank) … Continue reading “Understanding the need for a Master Fader in our Digital Audio Workstations”

Today I’m going to go a little deeper into how compressors work. But first, I want you to do an experiment. This experiment will allow you to SEE what a compressor does. When I did this, things started to become a lot clearer for me. We have to listen differently when it comes to compressors. … Continue reading “Compressors 103 – Going deeper”

Yes, more organization! 🙂 I think I have always been somewhat organized. But I have learned to be very organized since starting my studio. Things can get very unorganized, confusing and messy very quickly. If you want to save yourself some headaches down the road, grab 20-30 mins to take some time when you’re not … Continue reading “Organize, Organize, Organize! (Sessions, Folders, Files)”

Using a click track during recording is, of course, imperative. We can’t do our work if we can’t play to the beat! Luckily for us Pro Tools makes it easy to set up a click track! Just simply go to Track on the menu bar, scroll all the way to the bottom and choose Create … Continue reading “Creating a Click Track (in Pro Tools)”

Patchbays Having a patchbay helps to optimize your signal routing and organization. Even the most modest of studio setups can benefit from the simple addition of a patchbay. Almost any configuration of cable connection – xlr, 1/4″ TRS jack, Cat5, etc. can be connected to a patchbay. And you can make your connections without ever … Continue reading “Organization Pt. 3 (patchbays)”

I don’t like wasting time while working on a mix. Being organized in a session is critical. A lot of time can be wasted looking for tracks again and again and again! (Like I used to do in the early days!) Because I use templates (see the post dated Feb. 23, 2015 ‘Creating and using … Continue reading “Organizing sessions in your DAW”