I’m currently running Pro Tools 9.0.6, and I’m not going to upgrade until I’ve finished my current set of mixes. If you’ve read any of the rest of this blog, that might elicit a chuckle, but I’ll have you know that I’ve got 50% of the mixes done dammit. In any event, while working on […]
Recently I had tracked some keyboards using a Nord string patch with some modifications. The results were cool, but not entirely what I wanted to hear. So I went looking for a virtual string section. There are a number of those out there (Philharmonik, East West, Motu Symphonic Instrument …) which use samples and articulations. […]
I’ve been digging a new Izotope plug-in I got for Pro Tools called Stutter Edit. In the simplest terms, it lets you assemble a group of effects into what they call a “gesture”, and then you can play these gestures via MIDI. It’s almost something that you have to play around with to grok the […]
I just got a copy of BFD2, which is a virtual drum instrument. I’m using it as a plug-in in Pro Tools, mainly to demo out drums and get a decent idea of how a song could sound. I’ve got some songs that are written with very specific drum parts in mind – the kind […]