Pro Tools setup for recording a band part 1 - Tracking
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- How to setup Pro Tools for a recording session with a band.
Video covers:
Routing tracks
Checking phase by ear and with meters
Headphone Sends
Click tracks
Grouping tracks
Recording
The band used for the example was The Envelope. This is an example of what would be done within Pro Tools on a session and was not a live recording.
Thanks to Dominic Mullan and Dave Redmond for playing the intro music, recorded while warming up for a recording session at Hellfire Studios.
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Awesome - very informational. Cheers.
Amazing dude, thank you
Great Video. Thanks
Great video.
Nice video, thanks!
Thanks so much for this informative video.
Your welcome
Thanks for this video helps a lot
uau. thanks a lot. very easy to follow the the info. great!!
Glad it was helpful, thanks!
Nicely done! Like to hear more from the band "The Envelope" but cannot find them online. Any links to them?
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Truely awesome, can't thank you enough. If I may ask, I have a quick question though :
Why do you set the three "Headphones AUX Tracks" as Mono instead of Stereo ? What would it "change" if they were set as Stereo ? (if that's clear enough...)
I'm asking this because I wonder, if the musicians are going to hear "everything in the center", when set as mono.
Instead of :
Let's say the Drummer wants the Drums & the Bass in the center, then the Guitars panned hard Left & Right into his Headphones. You know what I mean ? Is that even possible ? Many Thanks again, you already provided great answers to my questions with that video. Thank you :)
I was wondering exactly the same thing.
Dex Games Hi Dex, good question. The only things that would change are that you would be using two outputs instead of one for each send, and of course you would have a pan pot on each send to pan the audio.
The reason I chose mono is mainly habit, my desk only has one stereo aux and the hearback system we use only has one stereo send, although it can be configured to have multiple stereo sends, basically no real reason of note for using mono sends instead of stereo other than the limitations of the hardware I use, thus creating the habit of mono sends. Stereo sends can be very useful not only for the more pleasant listening experience but like with mixing it can free up space in the stereo field allowing you to send a clearer mix to the musician, not having everything in the one place. The only thing to take note of is that some musicians record with one hear of the headphones off their ear, so they can get a feel for their instrument in the room (double bass, violin etc, pitching notes through headphones can be harder than just listening to the instrument itself) in these cases hard panning auxes can create a problem in that depending on which side of headphones is on their ear they may be hearing a different mix!
Would you recommend doing multiple songs on one session (to make mixing more consistent)?
Hi Steve, I think it really depends, on genre and budget. For Jazz I mix albums within one project because usually you are looking for a uniform tone. For rock and folk etc it is usually when the budget is tight and I have a lot of work to get through in a short space of time. Otherwise I like to treat each song as an individual entity and make it the best it can be. Its surprising how an album with still sound consistent when the tracks are mixed separately and without consideration for the other songs on the album.
Ok thank you 🙏
Though.. the click is almost unusable while is set that fast...It should be half speed to mark 16th notes , as you set it now it marks...what?
The click is set as the drummer requested it. It depends on what your used to, the type of song and groove your playing, there is no one setting of meter that is correct for every session. In this case the click is clearly marking the down beat on the one and giving the drummer an indication if they are drifting at any point. The band are swinging the groove but the drums are not, he is playing it straight and wanted a click that would stop him from pulling against the groove like the bass is doing.
@@ivanjackman wrong.As a pro classically trained musician I can tell you that the click speed is useless.Whatever the drummer " requested" is useless.
@@allIhaveISMusic1 I just checked with my friend, whom is a professional classically trained drummer and he agrees with you! just goes to show, we're all still learning
@@ivanjackman nice videos anyway, well done.
Nice Irish accent