Crossfade I Use Every Session

I don't really have a tip for this but it's the best trick I was shown when editing. The following helps combine overlapping words onto one track and keeps it as a smooth transition!

1. Cut the track right before any sound or breath comes in.

2. Bring the waveform up to the above track so they are on one channel.

3. Highlight and select crossfade.

4. Set to none and set the fade in with a steep slope and the fade out with a curved slope.

Hope that helps.

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The Mute Button Can Help You be CREATIVE

When Everything is on it can be Distracting, Turn Things Off to Let the Music Inspire You to be CREATIVE!

A tip I learned from an interview Wyclef Jean did has helped me a ton when trying to come up with effects or adding backgrounds, adlibs, or anything to a mix that I feel is missing. That is taking everything off, this is what he said in his interview:

"I start by taking every effect off of everything. I just want to hear the sound raw and pure. When you put effects on a the sound right at the beginning, you lose the natural elements of the sound, the elements that inspire you. These are the raw elements that you build from. The human ear can hear three things at a time..."

I keep in mind that "the human ear can only hear three things at a time" so once everything becomes overcrowded it's time to remove some things or when you feel like something is missing it's time to remove some things so we can  hear what it is and add what is missing.

Here is a link to that interview!
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/wyclefjean.htm

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Compressing a Snare Hit

Small Adjustments on Your Compressor Attack and Release Times Can Make a Difference!

Small adjustments on your compressor attack and release times can make a huge difference. I think this will be very useful for those compressing a snare hit so they can visually see what the compressor is doing. The illustration is displaying fast or slow attack and fast or slow release times.

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How to Save a ProTools Session for a Mix Engineer

Even the Way You Save Your Sessions Can Help a Great Deal When Sending Out to be Mixed.

I figured I post this so everyone who reads my blog can know the best way to save their ProTools Sessions when sending out to mix. Not only will it guarantee all the session files are intact and plugins but it will be smaller in size...

• Go to ‘File’ and click 'Save Session Copy In…’
• Session Format: ‘Latest’
• Audio File Type: ‘BWF/.WAV’ 
• Sample Rate: Same as current
• Bit Depth: 24
• Make sure to Check ‘copy all audio files’
• Check “Session Plug-In Settings Folder’ and Root Plug-In Settings Folder
• Save session
• Then zip the the folder or “compress” (mac)

Hope this helps!

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