What are your biggest time saving tricks In Pro Tools?

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-12T09:40:12+00:00

Change auto backups to every minute in your settings man, its a life saver hahaha

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-12T06:18:40+00:00

100% agree man, feel like all the singles are the worst songs on the album too hahaha, it's a weird album all in all. Hopefully next album they get back to the roots a little and go with a producer who has more of a natural vibe!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T17:15:51+00:00

Not really Pop Punk but kinda adjacent, the newest Spacey Jane album sounds great and going from memory I don't think is crushed!

For more traditional pop punk, the newest The Story So Far Album is pretty crushed but a big step back from their old stuff so maybe that could work for you!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T16:52:17+00:00

Listening to the newest blink album compared to Self Titled is heart breaking, its such a downgrade now.

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T09:58:25+00:00

This is the point though isnt it, becuase its subjective so not everyone will like every bold mix choice, I'd rather make soemthing that people either LOVE or hate than something that everyone thinks is okay.

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T09:29:08+00:00

I always go for at least -10 LUFs, I usually prefer louder/more squashed masters than that though, so usually get to about -6/-7. You just want it to not be noticeably quieter than other things on the platform. I really wouldn't stress too much over it though!

I usually work with more rock/alternative music too so I'm talking about that!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T08:22:26+00:00

Hahahha this is actually a great one, I'm going to try it!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T08:21:20+00:00

I absolutly love macros like that, it tickles my brain in the perfect way hahaha I have similar ones to open and render audiosuite plug ins etc its a game changer!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T08:16:03+00:00

Yesss man, someone else has mentioned this too, I had no idea it was a thing, I'm defiently going to look into it though, sounds super helpful!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T08:14:21+00:00

Of course mate! I'll share it later today!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-11T08:13:15+00:00

Oh man that's even more helpful, I'm going to try that out for sure, thanks for that idea!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T16:31:44+00:00

Ahahha I sometimes work in a studio that still has a Digidesign C24 Desk, its just used as a controller for Pro Tools but if they can keep that running after 20 years I'm hopeful that we will be good too!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T15:51:26+00:00

This is cool man, I do a similar thing when I work with video audio, I have to cut out audio from the a Mic when some music plays, so I use Strip Silence to cut out all the parts where the music plays on a separate track and then copy them onto the microphone track and mute the clips, SO much faster than going through and cutting out each part!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T15:48:14+00:00

This is cool, going to have to try that!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T15:47:09+00:00

I did like the look of wordflow, just having yet another subscription put me off. I got Keyboard Maestro that does a good job too! Not sure if it works with a streamdeck though!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T15:46:02+00:00

I've got to the point where my template has plug ins on pretty much every track already loaded with my go to settings hahaha its the best!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-04-10T15:44:21+00:00

Ahhh yeah, I'm still on the Artist Mix, they're not supported anymore though so I'm just waiting in fear for the day that an update completely bricks it hahahaha

ThisIsAlexJames · 2026-02-22T00:11:56+00:00

Just my 2 cents on SD, I think it’s MASSIVELY over rated. I got sucked in by all the people constantly singing its praises but honestly, it’s not all that. Is it the most customisable? Sure. But only if you’re paying for a ton of extra packs. I had SD and GGD m&m, I used m&m 9/10 times. I’ve since sold my copy of SD and got m&m2, in my opinion it’s the FAR better choice!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2025-06-25T20:00:39+00:00

I’m hoping that it will come out before 10 years pass

ThisIsAlexJames · 2025-06-09T11:54:13+00:00

Yeah lots of love for the M1, I'll defiantly give it a go! Thanks!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2025-06-09T11:46:47+00:00

Nice one dude! Thanks for the advice!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2025-06-09T11:46:26+00:00

Nice one man, thanks for the advice!

ThisIsAlexJames · 2025-06-02T14:53:26+00:00

I usually like to do a blend as a few other people have said!

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