Setting up album format

[JaRu]

What is the best way to comine my selected sessions into one master session for mixing and album preparation, (without killing my CPU?)

[Sonny in London]

Record each mix to a new track in each session then export the file.

Import each to a new track in a new session called 'master'.

Set up the track list in the edit window, apply your mastering plugins on each track, then bounce each down as a separate file, applying dither last to each one.

Burn these files to CD using a separate program like CD Architect.


Voila!



Sonny

[JaRu]

Pro Tools does not have a mastering plug-in?

[Sonny in London]

Well, at a push you could use the 7-band EQIII, DynamicsIII and Maxim if you've got that one.

Alternatively there's the lite version of Izotope's Ozone3 which is pretty cool for a quick master and came with the Ignition Pack 2.

For third party plugs, I can recommend the full version of Ozone, IK Multimedia's TRacks or the Wavearts Powersuite.

Even better, get dedicated plugs to do each part, like a multiband compressor (McDSP, Waves), Parametric EQ (Sonnox), Limiter (Sonnox, Massey) or other loudness maximiser (Sonnox Inflator) and maybe even a little analogue saturation (McDSP AC, Massey Tape-Head, Digidesign Reel Tap Saturation).

PSP VintageWarmer 2 is also extremely cool.

This will garner the best results in the box for getting the hot levels.


Sonny

[JaRu]

I definitely will thanks, guys!