We were lucky enough to sit down with Kevin Churko, one of the most prolific, chart-topping producers and songwriters in rock music. Having written, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered albums for Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Hellyeah, and many more, Kevin is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to getting "the sound" of a record. In this interview we discuss his approach to production and how the mixing process begins with recording.
Like many people, Martin Holden had been a Beatles ever since he was a kid in Liverpool. When his life settled in London he became fascinated with the millions of other Beatles fans from around the world that flock to Abbey Road Studios to pay tribute to their musical heroes. Especially the Graffiti people would create on the walls outside the studio, only to be painted over every month.
Different types of Pro Tools projects often require different ways of moving and editing your audio material. In this article, we’re going to look at the 4 main editing modes in Pro Tools—how to toggle between then, what they do, and the types of projects they are generally used for.
To be the most effective producer or engineer possible, you need to have an organizational system that will allow you to navigate your ProTools session quickly and efficiently. ProTools has many built-in options to help you organize your tracks and timeline in a logical way. This tutorial will show you some tips on how to best organize your sessions.
Time-based signal processors, such as reverb and delay, are essential when creating a full stereo mix. Although they are commonplace in every DAW on the market, reverbs and delays require a lot of processing power. So, how do we give each instrument these time effects without overloading our CPU? We can achieve this by utilizing Auxiliary Sends during the mixing process.
In this video tutorial by Avid Instructor Mihai Boloni, we show you how easy it is to save your own plugin settings in Pro Tools. We will show you how Pro Tools handles the management of plugin settings, how to create and save your own, and have Pro Tools default to your settings.
Learn how to create that EDM Pumping Effect in Pro Tools. Side-chaining and sidechain compression is a technique that lets you use an external signal to trigger dynamics, EQ, or other effects on a track. Examples include compressing a bass to cut through each time the kick drum hits which creates that classic EDM pumping effect, to auto-ducking a music bed that interferes with spoken dialogue.
Rhythm is often considered the backbone of a piece of music—it’s the underlying structure that supports the harmony, melody, lyrics, and form. This article will show you how rhythmic values are defined and structured, how to read note values in standard musical notation, and how that is visualized in Pro Tools’ MIDI editor and grid mode.
