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Old 13th March 2010   #9
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I haven't felt the need to do this, since I'm not exactly Eddie Kramer, but the way I would do it is as follows:

1) Create a PT session folder/files the usual way for your tracking dates. When all the tracking is done...

2) Use "Save as..." to create a second PT session file for the mixing work. However, save this PT file (I mean the .pts or .ptf file) on your drive. The audio files, fades, etc. remain in their drive, in the original folder created in step 1. The PT session file merely refers to these audio files anyway.

Give them their drive with the tracking session file and the audio/fade files, and keep your mixing secrets in your disk.

I usually work in this way (minus the save on a separate volume). Once I stop working on the tracking, I will use "save as" to create a mixing session with my grouping, fader levels, plugs, stems, parallel comp/verb auxes, etc.

Hope this helps,
++aldo

P.S. You may also want to disable autosave once you start mixing.
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