Session cleaning in Pro Tools

Yey Guys, I have a position here, if you not broke the region with the key command B - You can't operate with cross fade shortcut only press F - It doesn't work. But if you split the region, work well.

Non negotiable!!! :)

I would listen to any track I'm putting fades on to make sure I'm not taking out something I want. For instance, when you did the vocal fades you might have been cutting off breaths in the beginning or S's at the end. It never hurts to check it while you are doing it to be safe. One technique I use is to solo the tracks I'm editing and let playback run while I'm editing as it helps you hear anything that needs editing or any mistakes you made in editing. I try to keep the playback cursor to the left of my editing. It makes you learn to do it faster and let's you hear the edits.

Stuff I needed to know. This was good and simple to grasp.

thankyou so much

Ben, If you group the clips that are adjacent, will the pop still be there? Vs the crossfade? In the past with my stuff I had a bunch of clips in a track, and I would just group them into one. I never heard any clicks anyhow, but just wondering. If you do a bunch of crossfades in a track, and then group it what happens to the crossfades? Sorry for the nube questions!

@emsrecords: If I remember correctly this is a LE vs HD issue. HD records from the moment you press play on any record enabled track (hence allowing you to pull open more of the region) and LE doesn't start recording until you press record. I'm not sure if this is still an issue in PT9 and PT10.

If you put the cross-fade at the exact point at which the punch in started recording, you would not be able to slide the region before that point in the timeline. Not sure how you did this... is there a setting within the pre-roll to achieve this?

Ben, I have watched your video on cleaning tracks and Fab's video on shortcuts several times to let it soak in my brain. This is SO MUCH EASIER and more FUN than reading the manuals! Thank you guys for all your help! Becky Jo Benson

Fab, I master my track in protools in 48,24bit and use an external compressor and go back into pro tools also add the L2 Limiter plugin add the end of the chain..when I'm ready to print my track i dither the L2 in 16 bit and export the track in 16bit,44..do i need to dither in pro tools as well or dither the L2 in 16bit at the end of the chain will bring my tack to 44,16bit?

I love editing! I need moooree!!! :)

Great videos. I kept wanting to hit command/save after you did an edit. lol Habit.

Thanks for this video. what a relief, I thought I was the only one in the world cleaning sessions before I mix... it's just part of the micx prep process nowadays - I thought high profile engineers like you would have a tech rider that specifies you will not accept "uncleaned" sessions., haha.

To Zoom in on Waveform vertically MAC: Command + Option [ ] left of right brackets. (Track heights will not be changed)

Yes there is! It is a bit different though as it will affect the height of the tracks. But it works! MAC: Control + Option + Command + up/down arrow PC: Control + Start + Alt + up/down arrow Note that if you remove Option (alt), this will only affect the selected tracks.