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Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation produced by Avid Technology. For questions specific to Pro Tools. If the question is relevant for any DAW, use the 'DAW' tag instead.

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Why is Pro Tools the industry standard in high end audio production?

Are there some specific features which make Pro Tools so popular in high end audio? Most comparisons I've found with other DAW's are several years old and are pretty subjective. I'm interested in specifics.
Jon Galloway
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Pro Tools 9 - Pros and Cons

Alright, so you have in the package DV Toolkit 2, 96 tracks, automatic delay compensation, NO INTERFACE NEEDED and works with any interface! Yes, they finally did what everyone else did 10 years ago. But its pro tools, and they finally got their act…
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Pro Tools tutorials

Can somebody point me to some good pro tools tutorial from beginners to pro level. Your suggestion/feedback are welcome.
nepsdotin
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Quick CD from Pro Tools mixes

I'm looking for a quick way to get an in-process Pro Tools mix onto an audio CD.
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How do I keep a recording session tidy and organised

Pro Tools is my DAW of choice. I often work with large sessions, usually over 50 channels, plus auxiliary returns and masters. I try to be as efficient as possible, but try as I might, I usually end up with a very messy looking session. The…
JayP
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UPDATE TECH QUESTION: Slow to boot Pro Tools 9

Figured this was worth following up since PT9 is a popular topic as of late. I was hoping that the jump to PT9 would solve this very frustrating and time consuming bug, but it doesn't seem to have. If any of you are experiencing this same issue, pls…
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In ProTools, how does one record live volume changes?

For instance, I am replaying a track I just recorded, but I want to mute some parts of it on the playback. What is the best way to accomplish this?
Trip
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Can I copy tracks in Pro Tools without copying audio regions?

Can I copy tracks in ProTools without copying the audio regions on those tracks but still preserving the input, output, and pan settings?
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What are the best techniques to looping in ProTools?

I've been doing this technique but I think its very "hacky". I trim a region to the exact beginning and exact ending and use the loop trim tool to drag it out. The reason why this is hacky is because eventually it will fall of the mark. I'm not…
Trip
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Pro Tools 11 here already?

I literally JUST got PT10. Doh! Looks like 64 bit is the big change. Anyone considering making the switch? link text
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Pro Tools: How can I move the sound within a region?

Is there a way to move the sound/wave of a region (the sound is longer than the region), but keep the region bounds and fades untouched in Pro Tools? Example: Before: |------------region--------------| …
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ProTools 9: Is it possible to automatically assign markers to the beginning of each clip (and bounce to file with markers attached)?

I have a track with 1000+ clips. I want to add a marker to the beginning of each clip -- setting the clip name as the marker text. I don't want to go through the whole session, adding the markers manually. I want to find a way to do the process…
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Weird artifact in Pro Tools:Sound regions playing back as noise. Any clue?

I sound design using a large bank of SFX that I continue to add to and manage in Soundminer. I know these sounds very well. I tag the sounds into Pro Tools when designing in my time-line from Soundminer. In my sound design/editing process I set…
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Bulk add Unique IDs for Pro Tools

I have thousands of audio files that I need to make sure have Unique IDs associated with them before they're sent out for editing. Is there a quick way to have PT add the unique IDs to an entire folder? Right now I'm using a session and adding the…
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Recordings less than 4 seconds long are "ignored" in Pro Tools

My pro tools version is HD 10.3.7. When I arm and start recording, everything is working, the meters going up, wave form is bulit. And when I stop it, the wave form (aka. region) immediately disappears. This happens only to short recordings. (As far…
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