At NAMM 2020 Avid’s Pro Audio Applications Specialist Gil Gowing demonstrated how to manage large sessions in Pro Tools and gives a very clear and comprehensive demonstration of the new Folder Track feature to be introduced in Pro Tools 2020. Watch as Gil uses the Avid S1 Control Surfaces, demonstrated the powerful, seamless integration between Pro Tools and Avid’s newest EuCON control surface.
Existing Session Management Tools
Gil starts by looking at session management and organisation as sessions are getting bigger and bigger we need ways to manage the session efficiently. Pro Tools currently has a number of features that help with this including…
Colour Coding Tracks - check out these tutorials on using colour in Pro Tools…
Show/Hide Tracks
VCA Masters
But especially because sessions are getting so big we need a better way to help manage large sessions and that will be Folder Tracks to be released in Pro Tools 2020.
How To Create Folder Tracks In Pro Tools 2020
There are several ways to create a Folder Track in Pro Tools 2020…
From the New Track menu to create a new Basic or Routing Folder Track
Right-Click on selected tracks to move them to a new Folder Track
Use the new shortcut Shift+Command+Option+N on a Mac or Shift+Control+Alt+N on Windows
Right-Click to convert an Aux Track to a new Folder Track
In this video tutorial, Gil demonstrates each one of these new ways to create Folder Tracks in Pro Tools 2020.
Mike Thornton has been involved in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 45 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-1990s recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project. He was the co-founder of Pro Tools Expert and has now retired and has taken up the role of Chairman of Production Expert Ltd.