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Levels
May 18 2011What's a good level? Not too hot, not too cold. Just right. Our TOOLS editor Jeff Towne spends a lot of time answering this perennial audio question. Transom is proud to present Jeff's Everything You Wanted to Know About Levels feature, and then some--with audio and visual examples, links to products and resources, the works. Print it out and study it, so you don't have to ask again.
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Pro Tools Shortcuts
November 2008We asked Jeff Towne, our TOOLS Editor, to come up with a set of ProTools tips specifically for the public radio producer. His "ProTools Shortcuts," comes with its own handy print-out to keep by your bedside. You know you need it.
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A Beginners Guide to Pro Tools
October 2006by Eli Kao and Jeff Towne Introduction Create a new Pro Tools Session Recording new audio Importing Audio Preparing to edit and creating new tracks Working in the edit window Basic Mixing Bouncing to Disk Read entire art...
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Ack, I don't know from optical!
June 2004I have a Mac G5, which has optical in and out ports. I record using a Sharp MDR, which has an optical line-in port. For one-on-one interviews, I use two binaural Viper lapel mics, and the end of those I plug, of course, into the mic-in port on the MD...
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Tweaking Levels - Level Headed
February 2004Voice Processing | Level Headed by Jeff Towne I don't like your tone, young man... Back in the (not so) old days of recordi...
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Tweaking Levels - Voice Processing
February 2004Voice Processing | Level Headed by Gregg McVicar Now that Jeff has explained the basics of compression, limiting and...
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Stupid Fade Tricks
September 2003Introduction Fades are among the most powerful functions of a digital editing program, yet they are generally under-used. You might as well let complex math do its thing, that's what computers are for, so drop that mouse, stop trying to massag...
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PRO-TOOLS: The Mix
May 2003Intro We often refer to ProTools as a digital editor, but one of the program's most versatile aspects is its mixing capabilities. With plug-ins, volume automation and flexible bus routing, the program offers much more flexibility than a typic...
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Real World EQ
March 2003by Jeff Towne Are your audio tracks not sounding quite right? There are several different types of EQ and each kind, shelving, parametric, bandpass, can help you in different ways. If you want to shape the tone in broad strokes, if thi...
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