Pro Tools Expert Podcast

Russ, Mike and Julian talk about whether our studios work for us or whether we work for them? They discuss gender imbalance in the Pro Audio industry and share community feedback and their finds of the week. Deals

• Our friend and plug-in guru Michael Carnes at Exponential Audio is having a sale. Now Exponential Audio sales are rare, perhaps only happening a couple of times a year. Until the 22nd of June Michael is offering 30% off everything including upgrades, so it you are interested check out this deal as they don’t come round that often.
• Synchro Arts are having a 30% off sale on all new licences, upgrades and rentals for their flagship product Revoice Pro 3. All this month not only are they offering 30% off they are also including over 3 hours of FREE video tutorials from Groove 3 as well.Don’t forget to check out the rest of the deals from our Partners on our Deals page, along with their new video!
• Check out the deals from our Partners in the Partner Deals section of the Deals page.

Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal Audio Do your vocal recordings need more shine? Are you in the market for a new audio interface? Well if the answer to those questions is yes, now could be a very good time to buy a Universal Audio Apollo Twin as part of UA’s Apollo Twin Platinum Vocal Promotion.

• Buy an Apollo Twin MkII SOLO and get Antares Auto-Tune Realtime free
• Buy an Apollo Twin MkII DUO or USB and get Antares Auto-Tune and the Manley VOXBOX plug-ins free
• Buy an Apollo Twin MkII QUAD and get Antares Auto-Tune, Manley VOXBOX, and Pure Plate Reverb plug-ins all for free

You can find out more about this and other deals the Universal Audio team are running by visiting UAudio.com.

• Has The Home Studio Dream Become A Nightmare?
• iZotope And Nugen Audio Provide 6 Bursaries For AES To Support More Women In Audio - What Can We All Do?

Competitions

• We have teamed  up with Dynaudio PRO, and Audio Distribution Group (ADG) to give you the chance to win one of six pairs of Dynaudio PRO LYD studio monitors in this very special two-part competition. Check out the story to learn more about how this very special competition works and how to enter.
• To celebrate the launch of Studio One 4 we've teamed up with Universal Audio for one lucky person to win one of their amazing Arrow Thunderbolt 3 audio interfaces for Mac and Windows.
• Don’t forget to check out more opportunities to win pro audio software and gear from our Partners, in the Partner Win section, on our Win page.

Community Feedback Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio Solutions RSPE is proud to announce the new ASC Nano AttackWall. It’s a mini version of the ASC AttackWall that takes all of the acoustic benefits of its bigger brother and shrinks them down to fit on your desktop. Get a reliable, repeatable, and accurate sonic space that’s extremely portable, so you can take it with you when you move or work in another studio. Learn more at RSPE website.

• Marco Bernardo wrote to tell us about a Mac only app which archives pro Tools installers and renames previous versions of Pro Tools so they don't get overwritten by a new installation making rolling back to previous versions much easier. We'll feature this in more detail soon.
• Michael Leo drew our attention to a site run by Ian Sheppard called Loudness Penalty which makes it simple to see by how much popular streaming services will change the level of material making it easier to judge the benefit of any limiting applied.

Questions From The Community

• Nick Daley Has an unusual workflow which involves "reverse conforming" in Pro Tools. It this possible?
• Fybaglass Music Wants to know whether he needs a copy of Pro Tools Ultimate to use his HD Native and Apogee Symphony I/O.

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 UJAM UJAM Instruments’ innovative Virtual Drummer and Virtual Guitarist music production plug-ins are now available as AAX plug-ins for Pro Tools so Pro Tools users can now enjoy the simplicity and versatility of these excellent instruments. Get what you need from your drummer or guitarist in the minimum of time.  

• Russ - Sonnet Allegro Pro USB3 Hub
• Mike - Having good people around you
• Julian - Mike’s Advanced Metering Article