Audio Post Production for Film 101 - Mixing in Pro Tools pt. 1

In this Pro Tools film mixing tutorial we go over how to setup your session for maximum efficiency in the mix. We will cover routing tracks, dialog processing, stems, plugins, reverb, VCA, aux inputs, and memory locations to prepare for predubbing and mixing this film.

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0:00 Intro
0:50 Creative diagram of mix
2:16 technical diagram of mix
3:58 Room calibration with a loudness meter and Dolby pink
6:20 Session routing
16:43 Adding plugins - limiters
18:33 Adding reverbs and setting up verb sends
19:46 Adding VCAs to make mixing easier
22:22 Setting up DME VCA’s for big moves
24:01 Adding plugins to individual tracks
26:11 Adding noise reduction to dialog tracks
27:50 Adding compressors to futz tracks
30:28 Adding some bus processing for the dialog bus
35:58 Using memory locations to navigate the session
39:45 Saving a template so you never have to go through this again