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Pro Tools 8 Australian Tour

Brent — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:20:26 +0000

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of new material coming up at the moment – hopefully get some new vids up soon.
The delay is mainly that I’ve been on the road showing PT8 to the Aussies and once I get through that I’m off to NAB, then back to NZ to continue the tour – no rest for the wicked…

Next week are the Sydney and Melbourne events, hopefully see some of you there!

Importing Session Data

Brent — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:25:19 +0000

This video looks at several key workflows utilising the power of the Import Session Data option from the File menu. Specifically:
1. “Changing the tape” type workflows, where you have an existing mix and wish to import new audio to be mixed by it – particularly relevant with the template system in PT8
2. Importing a favourite channel of plugin settings
3. Compiling a “master session” of multiple PT session files, spread down the timeline.

Import Session Data from Brent Heber on Vimeo.

Expand tracks by Timecode with Concert recordings

Brent — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:07:17 +0000

See the notes under the video…

Venue Workflow HD from Brent Heber on Vimeo.

This topic relates to the Expand tracks by timecode feature, that was introduced in PTHD7.4cs5.
It allows you to automatically “conform” your tracklay session (large contiguous files recorded at once) to an edit made by someone else – in the demonstration, a video editor (Media Composer).
So, you have recorded the discrete tracks of a concert, plus a 2-mix. The mix gets given to a video editor along with all the video material. They do a cut of the concert, and hand you back the cut of your original mix file.
With the Expand tracks by Timecode feature, you can now expand out all the discrete tracks, matching the edit to the 2mix given to you…So you can say, bring the bass to the front of the mix when the camera is on the bass player, bring the guitar up front similarly etc rather than a static mix throughout the clip.
As Venue and PTHD systems are used in the field to record more and more concerts, this workflow is a powerful addition to the options for post production of those projects.

Caveats:
1.I handed an embedded AAF over to the video guys with my mix files in them
2.They handed me back a referenced AAF – which I then relinked to the original Mix files in my audio files folder of the concert recording.
3. All files in the session must share an identical “Creation date” in the Project browser. If you have extra files in your session, addition overdubs etc, they may well be expanded as well, giving you many extra tracks that are probably undesirable. It just looks for any region with matching timecode and puts it onto a new track, that’s all. That could encompass alot of material in your session if you are not working with a pure tracklay of the concert.
Hope that’s useful!

Comp edit workflow in PT8

Brent — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:25:20 +0000

Hi all,
Sorry for the delay between vids, there’s been alot of changes at Avid of late and Ive had to travel quite a bit to keep up with it all!
You’ll find a video below that explains the new comp edit workflow in PT8, how to rate a take and how to filter your takes in the new playlist view. Hope its useful!

PT8 Comp edit workflow from Brent Heber on Vimeo.

Custom Fader Group mapping on D-Command in PT8

Brent — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:43:39 +0000

Hi all!

With the release of PT8, DCommand users can now open plug ins on the channel strips, just like DControl owners. This cool not only for general work in the “Mix window” state, but gives enormous customisation power when you start to map things inside a custom group. Check out the video:

Custom Group Plugin Mapping with PT8 on DCommand

The Matrix

Brent — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:30:51 +0000

In this video we take a look at how the new Assign Matrix works on ICON surfaces with PT8.
At first, the matrix may seem complicated but that passes fairly quickly with a little bit of use. One of the key differences and advantages of this method of assignment compared to the legacy behaviour is you no longer have to move your hand around to see the scribble strip while turning the pot…now the menu is laid out across a panel of pots and you simply hit the select buttons as required, speeding up the process enormously. Secondly, we are now assigning busses, plugs and I/O in a consistant fashion, making ICON easier to learn for folks new to the surfaces.
There is also lots of info in the D-Control v8.0 guide Chapter 12 titled “Assigning Inserts, Sends and I/O with the Assign Matrix” and similarly in the D-Control v8.0 guide for the 2 encoder version, but the behaviour is largely the same.
Sorry it’s hard to read the scribble strips in the video, but hopefully with your own ICON in front of you and this video it will all make sense!

ICON Assignment Matrix from Brent Heber on Vimeo.
Have a Happy New Year everyone!

PT8 ICON Plug in Mapping

Brent — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:07:02 +0000

Hi all,

I’ve removed the assignment matrix video as due to Xmas gremlins it was pointed out to me that it stopped about half way through! I’ll repost that again shortly.

Meanwhile here’s a look at the new way to map plugins with PT8. Each plugin can have multiple maps now and this feature is not just for ICON users but anyone with any Digi surface!

PT8 Plug in Mapping from Brent Heber on Vimeo.