Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit

In This Chapter

Setting Up Submix Busses

Solo Safeing

Sequential Inputs Trick

Reverb Returns

Drum Verb

Setting Good Reverb Levels

6

Bus Mixing

I know it feels like there’s been a lot of work up to this point, but we’re finally ready to start really mixing this track. As we’ve talked about previously, most great mixers develop workflows or templates that they’re able to import into their session and reference to allow them to stay in the creative mode, rather than the “hunt for a good delay and reverb combo” mode. Of course, no matter how good the EQs and effects on your template are, they’ll never work for every guitar, snare, or vocal sound you put them on. That said, rather than starting with one of my existing templates, I want to show ...