Production Expert Podcast

Ever since we announced the new features Avid have been working on for a Pro Tools 2019 release we have seen speculation as to when we would see the first release of Pro Tools in 2019. Would it be 2019.1? No, so would it be 2019.2? No, surely it’s going to be a 2019.3 release and then March came and went without a Pro Tools 2019 release.

Rather than us adding to the speculation as to what has happened, we asked Avid to explain the challenges they have been experiencing and François Quereuil, Avid’s Director of Audio Product Management gave Pro Tools Expert Editor, Mike Thornton, an exclusive interview.

In this week’s podcast, Mike, Julian and James look forward to the NAMM show, discussing the products they are excited about seeing, they also pick up the 10 year challenge but instead of thinking about how they looked ten years ago, considering how their studios have changed in ten years. The team also answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Julian and Alan discuss our recent series on third party plug-ins, asking Alan what he would need in addition to the stock Pro Tools plug-ins to get his post work done. The team also answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Mike and James are joined by Eli Krantzberg, editor of Logic Pro Expert to discuss our industry predictions for the year. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, James, Dan and Julian discuss bleed between microphones. Is it always a bad thing? They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Mike and Alan discuss the recent announcement that Avid will be discontinuing native support for many video codecs and they talk about audio summing. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Mike, Dan and James discuss the recent announcement that Avid will be bundling UVI’s Falcon with active subscriptions, they look at some of the areas for potential confusion. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Mike, Alan and Julian discuss the role critical thinking has and the importance of asking questions and testing our assumptions about audio. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Dan and Julian discuss the effect too much information has on our knowledge and our learning. They answer your questions and share their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Mike, James and Julian talk about whether Avid should stay in the native audio interface market, if they brought something new out what should it be like? They answer your questions and share their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, James, Dan and Mike talk about the wisdom of trying to market audio products specifically to women, they share community feedback and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, James, Dan and Alan discuss what it is which drives our equipment choices, they share community feedback and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Mike and Julian discuss the potential imminent release of a more pro focussed Mac Mini and what that means for studio users, Mike updates us on his trip to AES in New York, they share community feedback, and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Dan and Julian discuss ask whether bug fixes should only be availble to current Pro Tools subscribers, they talk about the choices at the inexpensive end of the monitor market, they share community feedback, and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, Alan, James and Julian discuss our recent piece asking whether we power off our monitors overnight and discuss studio power and working practices, they talk about their experiences on a recent location recording, share community feedback, and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s podcast, Mike, James and Julian discuss the recent announcement that Pro Tools isn’t compatible with Mojave, they discuss online collaboration, answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive discount of an Exponential Audio plug-in, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive 35% off Exponential Audio stereo reverbs, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code. Russ, Dan and Julian discuss the health implications of studio work, they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

In this week’s Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive 35% off Exponential audio stereo reverbs, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code! Russ, Mike and Alan discuss whether products like iZotope RX 7 Advanced and Revoice Pro 4 killing our creativity, enabling clients to say “we can fix that in the mix can’t we?” they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

In this week’s podcast, Russ, Mike and Dan discuss the value of old or discontinued Avid hardware, they discuss the value of limitations in production, they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week. Also in this week's Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive 35% off Exponential Audio stereo reverbs, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code!

In this week’s Podcast, there is an opportunity to get an exclusive 35% off Exponential audio stereo reverbs, but you have to listen to the podcast to get the discount code! Mike, Julian and Alan discuss Netflix's changes to their loudness specs, they speculate on the contents of the new release of RX7, they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Mike, Julian and James ask exactly who still needs an HDX rig? Pro Tools 2018.7 Ultimate with a modern computer offers nearly everything an HDX rig does. They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Dan, and James discuss the recent changes on the Expert Sites, whether gear is always our friend and the effect of sound quality on how listeners perceive information. They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Dan, Alan and Julian discuss whether Mac users should be afraid of making the switch over to PCs and Windows? They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Mike, James and Julian discuss condenser mics in this week's podcast. There are so many good, inexpensive mics available. Do you need to spend more? They also discuss the new features in the release of Pro Tools 2018.7 and they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Dan and Kevin are trying their hardest not to sound like grumpy old men as they discuss the effect the democratisation of audio technology has had on standards in the music industry. They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Mike, James and Alan are discussing the new MacBook Pro. It's powerful but is it suitable for running Pro Tools? They talk compressors and answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

James, Dan and Julian are discussing compression and reverb this week. they talk about parallel compression and ask whether it gets over-used. They talk reverb - what are their go-to reverbs and are there any they overlook? They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Julian, Alan and Kevin are discussing gear this week. Firstly with the announcement of the latest version of Neyrinck's V Control Pro bringing back Pro Controls and Control 24s back from the dead. Secondly they discuss monitor choice and answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Julian and Alan get controversial, examining Julian's recent comment that the SM57 and the SM7B are overrated (light blue touch paper and stand well back...). They also answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Dan and James are in high spirits this week as they talk about the great products from Avid's back catalogue which didn't make the impression they should have and they discuss why checking mixes in mono is more important than ever. They also answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.