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doug_hti · 6th November 2002

Eric, I understand your point...

However, many people do mix outside of protools, not because it sounds better, but because it's how they get to the result they want to deliver quicker and the way they were originally taught. It's what they've been doing for years and years...they have their same NS-10s (redrivered 30 times), same console placement, maybe a SSL update here and there, and some room treatment issues.
Mixing in ProTools has a learning curve that some of the well known mixers for whatever reason don't take the time or have the desire, maybe because they don't want to repeat what they learned 15 years ago or don't want to change what is working for them now or simply don't have the demand. I don't know.
I think the idea of mixing in ProTools is brilliant...the recall ability and the precision is even more brilliant.

and back to the reason I asked this was simply this...i realize how quick even with the head room of HD, that the mix bus loads up if you ideally want to keep your faders at unity without using plugin gain structures. That being said do you track with peaks maybe around -14 when mixing in ProTools, but if you are going 56 direct outs (rather than just analog inserts) into an analog console, then why not achieve maximum resolution (while still looking out for those peaks and transients that slip through).

Any way, there really is no right answer is there?!, I guess what works is what works....

cheers

6th November 2002	#6
doug_hti Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Calabasas, California Posts: 1,142 Thread Starter	Eric, I understand your point... However, many people do mix outside of protools, not because it sounds better, but because it's how they get to the result they want to deliver quicker and the way they were originally taught. It's what they've been doing for years and years...they have their same NS-10s (redrivered 30 times), same console placement, maybe a SSL update here and there, and some room treatment issues. Mixing in ProTools has a learning curve that some of the well known mixers for whatever reason don't take the time or have the desire, maybe because they don't want to repeat what they learned 15 years ago or don't want to change what is working for them now or simply don't have the demand. I don't know. I think the idea of mixing in ProTools is brilliant...the recall ability and the precision is even more brilliant. and back to the reason I asked this was simply this...i realize how quick even with the head room of HD, that the mix bus loads up if you ideally want to keep your faders at unity without using plugin gain structures. That being said do you track with peaks maybe around -14 when mixing in ProTools, but if you are going 56 direct outs (rather than just analog inserts) into an analog console, then why not achieve maximum resolution (while still looking out for those peaks and transients that slip through). Any way, there really is no right answer is there?!, I guess what works is what works.... cheers __________________ doug