How to Control and Automate Effects in Pro Tools With an Effects Bus
Control your Pro Tools reverb and delay returns with one effects bus. Jason Zac shows send routing, volume automation for song sections, and EQ on the combined effects return. Effects - Reverb, Echo, Delay, Chorus and so on are a great way to add color, depth and space to a mix. Here's a tutorial to control and shape the overall texture of all your effects during a mix. It involves automation and setting up an effects bus. This is done using Pro Tools however can be used on any DAW which supports bussing and automation. Historical course announcement (2014): the Advanced Production course began on April 25th. Original contact: 9986477804. VIdeo Filming and Editing- Sudeep Srivastava Audio Recorded and Mixed- Jason Zac Song- Supermassive Fairydust by Nidhi Chacko Website: http://nathanielschool.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanielmusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/music_method Sound cloud: https://soundcloud.com/nathanielschool #ProTools #Automation #MixingTips Chapters 00:00 Control effects in a Pro Tools mix 00:32 Auxiliary effects tracks and sends 02:50 Automate an individual effect 04:00 Route the effects through one effects bus 05:02 Shape the chorus-to-verse transition 07:25 Raise the effects level in the bridge 07:58 Other uses of effects-bus automation 08:26 EQ the combined effects return
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