Setting up a mix

In previous chapters, we’ve explored how to route audio between tracks including sub-mixes and Aux Tracks. This recipe puts that all together in a direct template for setting up a mix session for a motion picture project. We’ll create different tracks for Dialogue, Effects, Foley, Music, and Ambience, route them to submixes and reverb auxes, then pass that all through a brick wall limiter, and finally, a print track. While not every project might need all these tracks, it’s easier to set up more than you need and subtract from it later than adding extra tracks later and making a mistake in the routing.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a blank Pro Tools session. You can use the session you set up in the previous recipe or an example session linked in the Technical requirements section of this chapter.

Make sure in your Pro Tools session that the Inserts and I/O columns are shown in the Edit window. You can do this by going to...