protools mixes
lotusland
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ok,making some mixes right now and i need some help. never did this before.here is how i am doing it:1: (from vinyl via technique 12 through numark mixer) record left and right balanced output from mixer to mbox via 1/4 inch cables to 2 seperate tracks. 2: bus the two tracks to one.3: create regions for each tune.4: bounce each tune to disk at file type- aiff/ format-stereo interleaved/ resolution- 24/ sample rate 48000/ set to convert during bounce.5: converting all aiff files to mp3.6: dragging mp3's into toast, burning cd.-------now, i am getting a small space inbetween each track on the cd. i don't want that, my goal is to have an indexed yet consistent flowing mix with no short stops. what am i doing wrong?any pointers?? i've gotten some proper mixes from heads on this board in the past, please break me off with some knowledge! i sure could use it now!thanks in advance!!!
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watcha say?
p.s. is that hasslehoff on your avatar, chunked up?
the mp3 format puts a hair of dead space on the top of every track. so do the burn with uncompressed audio.. in the end, your mix will be more "hi-fi."
by the way, you can make a stereo audio track in protools so you dont have to do the bussing.
still a serious lil dude on the protools.
bigthanks for the help.
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anyone who feels like they have something to say about making mixes on protools, feel free to drop some knowledge!!!
i could use some help o'er here. got many many mixes promised to the people. i'll submit something to soulstrut as well, to give a little back!
What he said.
No, that's not the Hoff, I just like jazz.
also....
everytime i open pro tools one window opens asking "where is the waves plug in folder" i select cancel, then the same window opens with the same question, i select cancel, then i get the message "no plugin files were found WAVESHELL=DAE" i then select ok, then protools finally opens.
i'm assuming someone hooked me up with a plugin that i once installed and eventually trashed. but could you decifer what i need to do to once and for all stop this crappy pop up?
que est qui cest? did i get that right?
16 bit 44.1khz audio is the standard for cd audio. i'm not EXACTLY sure on this (i'm sure someone else here can clarify this) but when recording at higher resolution, dithering needs to be applied when you bounce to 16 bit 44khz. depending on what is used for dithering, you could degrade the quality of the sound or some shit. someone else clarify this or tell me i'm completely wrong?
you gotta burn it as 'disc-at-once' rather than 'track-at-once'
disc-at-once don't have the silence before each track starts
any help on my jackass pop up phenomena?
Toast is up to 7 right now
it would me more advisable to make you mix on two or three stereo tracks in protools, create another auxilary track as "master fader" then apply a limiter plug in to that master track. this will give the mix a more even level throughout. when you're done, bounce it down as a 44.1 .aiff or .wav, then open that file in soundforge. In soundforge, normalize, create regions, and export by region. you'll be left with your separate tracks that you can burn in order in toast.
i would record the tracks in peak personally... no need for the seperate stereo tracks, bussing
and you can still use any vsts you'd like
ok. so you're saying soundforge is superior to regioning in protools, plus the normalize is better.
why record to 2 or 3 stereo tracks in protools??
protools is my only audio in. i can't use the mbox with anythiing else. for some strange reason even my LIVE doesn't work easily with the mbox. frequent crashes. it won't open if the mbox is plugged in. maybe this stems from the crack i had of live a year ago. (does this mean i will have to wipe the hardrive at some point?)
Don't hit cancel when asked where the Waves folder resides. Instead click once on the appropriate button -- for me it's "plug-ins."
ProTools will open and you'll have full access to your Waves plugs.