The templates eliminate the need to repeatedly put tracks in, and out of record and losing connection to the mix because you're always recording to the same track(s). The less your creative spark gets caught up in the technology of recording, the more productive you can be. When stacking vocals or guitar parts and the talent, or you, are creating elements on the fly, speed is of the essence. If you need more stacks, merely duplicate a pair of stacks and keep recording or if you don't need that many, delete the extras at the end of the session. Stacking in even numbers makes it easy to pan stacks across the stereo field when mixing. Why stack six times? This is just a suggestion. If you need more mics and stacks in the template, it's an easy matter to duplicate Source and Stack tracks to fit your workflow. The name says it all – Stack Template 1 x 6 would be used for stacking sources from one microphone six times, Stack Template 2 x 6 for stacking sources from two microphones six times. The templates are very small sessions so can be emailed or kept on a jump drive for quick access. The two, downloadable Pro Tools template sessions are laid out to record stacks of anything using one, or two microphones. With the faders and pans common to both mixes, there's no shock when the talent comes into the control room for a listen, the mixes are comparable. You can send your mix to the talent as you change it by using the Control + Option + H (Copy to Send) shortcut.

This means that if you adjust a pan in the Control Room, the talent hears the same thing. This allows the engineer to isolate parts to check for integrity without hearing the talent ask 'hey, where did my part go?' Third, despite the independent control room and studio cue feeds, the pans are largely the same due to the FMP (follow main pan) settings built into the track sends. If the talent wants more stacks in their mix, turn it up and vice versa. Second, you can solo, pan, mute, and blend the stacks independently in the Control Room and Studio. stacked levels by using the Aux master faders for the stacked parts. The talent often prefers this because it puts the part being currently recorded loudest in their mix. First, the templates allow you to quickly manage the level of the Source mic(s) independent from the stacked parts. The templates tackle three challenges that arise when vertically stacking parts. Download our free Pro Tools Track Stacking template Problem Solver

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