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Patchbays Having a patchbay helps to optimize your signal routing and organization. Even the most modest of studio setups can benefit...

Patchbays Having a patchbay helps to optimize your signal routing and organization. Even the most modest of studio setups can benefit...

Group Cabling Keep cables grouped together by type (audio, MIDI, mains, etc.). This makes it easier to find faulty cables, patch...

Group Cabling Keep cables grouped together by type (audio, MIDI, mains, etc.). This makes it easier to find faulty cables, patch...

In Pro Tools, material (audio or midi) on a track is associated with a type of Time Scale. All track types can be set to either...

In Pro Tools, material (audio or midi) on a track is associated with a type of Time Scale. All track types can be set to either...

Did you know that it is important to power up your system and equipment in a certain order? In the early days, for me, I didn’t know that!...

Did you know that it is important to power up your system and equipment in a certain order? In the early days, for me, I didn’t know that!...

If you’re involved with a lot of production work and do a lot of MIDI work like I do, you record a lot of projects using your sound...

If you’re involved with a lot of production work and do a lot of MIDI work like I do, you record a lot of projects using your sound...

Have you ever tried to eject a hard drive from your system that you used in a Pro Tools session while Pro Tools was still up and running?...

Have you ever tried to eject a hard drive from your system that you used in a Pro Tools session while Pro Tools was still up and running?...

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...

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...

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)”

Group Cabling Keep cables grouped together by type (audio, MIDI, mains, etc.). This makes it easier to find faulty cables, patch equipment quicker and easier, and help reduce cable-borne noise problems. Putting a little distance between different types will reduce the potential for EMI (electromagnetic interference) problems, because mains cables can induce a 50Hz hum … Continue reading “Organization (in your Production Studio) Pt. 2”

In Pro Tools, material (audio or midi) on a track is associated with a type of Time Scale. All track types can be set to either sample-based (for the Sample Time Scale) or tick-based (for the Bars/Beats Time Scale). Different tracks can be set to different timebases as needed. Audio tracks are sample-based by default. … Continue reading “Timebase in Pro Tools”

Did you know that it is important to power up your system and equipment in a certain order? In the early days, for me, I didn’t know that! Because systems are typically composed of both hardware and software, preparing your system for use might involve more than simply turning your computer on and launching your … Continue reading “Powering Up Your Music Production System in the Proper Order”

If you’re involved with a lot of production work and do a lot of MIDI work like I do, you record a lot of projects using your sound modules. All sound (tone) modules automatically put effects on the sounds by default (so they sound better). Even free plug-in modules that come with recording software like … Continue reading “Recording from sound modules without effects”

Have you ever tried to eject a hard drive from your system that you used in a Pro Tools session while Pro Tools was still up and running? It didn’t work, did it? Here’s the scenario and solution: You’re working in a Pro Tools session and the client gives you a hard drive (or flash … Continue reading “Unmount hard drives from within Pro Tools”