Modern mix sessions can be a bit overwhelming in the sheer number of tracks included in them. It's not at all uncommon to encounter mixes with 50 or more tracks, and navigating through a session that large can often be frustratingly cumbersome. Here is one of my favorite techniques for streamlining what I see on my screen at any given moment, allowing me to work much more quickly and efficiently.
Production Notes
Production Notes is an educational music blog, written by music producer and educator Aaron Meier, that brings you useful tips and insights on audio engineering, music production, songwriting and music business.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Keep Them Listening, Pt. 1

My answer...to keep the listener engaged until the very last note. As artists, writers, musicians, engineers or producers, that simple idea is at the core of everything we do. It seems like it should be so obvious, yet it is shocking to me how often it gets ignored. I never cease to be amazed by how many people make all kinds of production decisions for all kinds of self-indulgent reasons, yet never stop to think what impact those decisions will have on the listener's experience. The truth is that it doesn't matter how brilliant your lyrics might be, or how epic that guitar solo you spent 14 hours working on is, or how gorgeous the recording sounds if the listener loses interest before the end of the song because of poor decisions or execution in other areas. Your music is very often competing for attention with the everyday chaos that all people deal with, so it is up to you to make your music so engaging that listeners can't help but be pulled into it, no matter what else is going on around them. If your song loses that battle, the listener will most likely tune it out, and once that happens, chances are pretty good that they will never listen to it again. Worse yet, they may write off the entire album or even the artist's entire catalog based on that single underwhelming experience.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Pro Tools Quick Tip: Dynamically Maximize Your Computer's CPU Power

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Pro Tools Quick Tip: Automatically "Mute" Your Talkback Mic During Playback

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Peavey Introduces New AT-200 Guitar with AutoTune
Earlier this year at NAMM, Peavey unveiled their new AT-200 guitar featuring the new AutoTune for Guitar system from Antares, creators of the world's most famous (and in some circles, infamous) pitch correction processor. Courtney Cox of the band The Iron Maidens showcases the new guitar in the video below.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Pro Tools Quick Tip: Add Zero Latency "Look-Ahead" To (Almost) Any Compressor

Pro Tools Quick Tip: Compare Two Processing Chains Instantly

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