Pro Tools

Keep track of signal paths with these handy routing tips.

JULIAN RODGERS

I always believed that an analogue mixing console was the best introduction to routing audio — a belief I held until a student approached me after a lecture. Having seen me use an analogue console side-by-side with a digital mixer to explain the digital console’s audio routing, he told me that he’d found the comparison really useful because it finally allowed him to understand that confusing, big old analogue thing! It seems digital natives don’t need analogue as much as I did. But one only needs to open the Mix window in Pro Tools to see the legacy of analogue. Consoles are still very much with us in our software, and they remain a great way to represent signal flow. The basics of signal routing are simple, but it can quickly…

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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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