How to loop record ADR and use track comping in Pro Tools

[@stevegeorge7773]

Even after 6 years this is immensely useful. Thank you!

[@thaerosthedragon1930]

Thank you, this was very helpful. I just recorded ADR for the first time for a college project (director picked out the worst location possible soundwise) and it went quite smoothly thanks to the shortcuts that I learned here. Thank you!

[@paulmaunder3007]

I'm glad that you found it useful for your project. Keep working in audio and keep learning!

[@RecordingGuru]

Fantastic! I just discovered your channel and I love the more advanced tips and tricks that you share on your channel! Nice!

[@paulmaunder3007]

Thanks a lot! I've been really busy recently but there will be more videos very soon. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like me to cover in a future video.

[@justlooking813]

Hey Paul, your channel is great. Thank you! Since Pro Tools keeps the last take in the main play list (in this case your sixth), your subsequent comps begin to lay over top of that final take. As your comps eventually cover that last take, it appears to have vanished from consideration. I'd suggest you begin moving that last take to its own unique playlist instead of leaving on a target track so that this final performance can remain in consideration. This is especially important when directors and producers are in the room. They often find they prefer many elements of the final take more than others. I also wish this was toggleable, or even a new standard operation, as I preserve that final take every time. Perhaps it is, and in my ignorance I've not yet found the solution.

[@makisoundeditor]

Your videos are gold. Thank you so much!

[@louismartinisagunde3826]

This is really helpful to me. Cheers man! Subscribed!

[@paulmaunder3007]

Thanks Louis

[@YanruiLi-gt4pm]

Thank you so much! This is so clear!

[@72fetter]

so grateful for this. Thank you!!

[@highpeakrecordings]

Hi Paul. Great video again. Useful for vocal comping not just ADR. Could you copy/paste the list of shortcuts shown at the end to the description for the video above? Would be very useful.

[@geme16862]

Thanks for this tutorial! So much information - brilliant explained (as all of your video)! Again THANK YOU Paul!!!!!!!!

[@dushaneholland333]

This is pretty dope!

[@paulmaunder3007]

Thanks

[@mandal24680]

Thanks - great video !

[@jjones7837]

Great vid...i hope Pro Tools gets Quick swipe comping like Logic.

[@baumansound]

Great tutorial!

[@juandchaparro]

Thank you

[@cirusraskil]

WoW thanks a lot. Merci beaucoup ! I’ll be dangerous the day I’ll master these

[@JogLab]

amazing thxxxxx

[@deesto]

Hey, well, I do have a question: What preferences must you have on/selected for all this to work as per your video? Loop Recording creates Playlists automatically? What else, Layered editing?

[@paulmaunder3007]

Mostly just the 'Automatically create playlists when loop recording' option. Layered editing is optional.

[@Tuneincrew]

Great tutorial Paul! Is there a shortcut for Snap Clip BEGINNING to cursor ? Thanks for everything

[@JonathanJenkins]

Tuneincrew www.protoolskeyboardshortcuts.com/pro-tools-12-keyboard-shortcuts/

[@paulmaunder3007]

Yes. Hold down Control (on mac) while clicking the clip with the grabber.

[@Tuneincrew]

@@paulmaunder3007 Thanks a lot!

[@twenty5ive8_2]

What file format should the videos be exported as before they can be ingested into Pro Tools for ADR?

[@rockaritra]

Please share a tutorial on 5.1 mixing with 5.1 and stereo print

[@paulmaunder3007]

I will do. It's been slightly delayed due to work but I'l working on it!

[@rockaritra]

Paul Maunder thank you so much Sir

[@mandal24680]

I have several video tracks...what’s the workflow for edit video - cut&past into main video track? I guess there is no playlist for video tracks?

[@garywesthead8561]

Great, that...

[@tromsdalen5755]

How about mic to use? Would you just record ADR with a normal voice over mic or would you also have the lav that has been used on the set as well? So the sound mixer can then choose between two tracks? Cheers!

[@jonathanjenkins8630]

From my experience, we always used at least 2 mics - always good to give the mixer some options. But if trying to match exterior dialogue with ADR in a booth, it was more a question of finding mics that helped to reject room reflections! Having said that, we would aim to have one mic identical to the location one. So, sometimes we'd record 3 mics at once (this was for some TV dramas). Also, we used Keyboard Maestro software to create our own shortcuts and macros.

[@tromsdalen5755]

@@jonathanjenkins8630 3 mics??? You mean 1 boom mic and 2 lavs?? In my case, I think they used one schoeps cmit and one sanken cos11, so I should be good! ;)

[@jonathanjenkins8630]

@@tromsdalen5755 - not an extra lav; a common setup would be 1 lav, 1 shotgun, and 1 studio mic, like a U87. Sometimes the shotgun would pick up too many reflections, but a lot depends on the actor's delivery, and how loud they are, as to what will work well with the picture. Anyway, it's good to have options in the mix - most of the time...

[@tromsdalen5755]

@@jonathanjenkins8630 That's nice to hear! The acoustic of my studio is really descent to do all kind of recording within the same room, the only problem is that my video projector is a bit too noisy for that. I could of course take a tv monitor, but since I have one big screen, why bother? Is there any silent projector you could recommand me? Cheers!

[@jonathanjenkins8630]

@@tromsdalen5755 Well, the TV monitor is the answer really. We occasionally used the mix room for recording instead of the booth, due to the useful acoustic which matched some scenes really well. In that situation, we used a large TV instead of the projector. You have to check whether the TV night have a cooling fan in it as well though! If you have the space and budget, then the ideal thing is to mount the projector in it's own little booth, like we used to do with film projectors.

[@william.n4643]

Is it record the ADR, dialogue by dialogue or record the whole dialogue scene in one time?

[@paulmaunder3007]

One or two lines at a time usually as it's a lot easier to get it in sync with the original performance this way.

[@william.n4643]

@@paulmaunder3007 ok thanks

[@pass-my-test]

What's adr?

[@paulmaunder3007]

Automated Dialogue Replacement. It's the process of re-recording dialogue during post production. This is sometimes necessary due to location sound either being of poor quality of varying from one take to another. The majority of dialogue in feature films today is re-recorded as ADR.

[@VardhanVisionOfficial]

Hi #Paulmounder sir I have a question please rectify this Can I mix 5.1 project with Protools perpetual 12 ?

[@paulmaunder3007]

If it's Pro Tools HD you can. Standard Pro Tools does not support surround mixing.

[@VardhanVisionOfficial]

Thank you sir And on more suggestion please I have Digi disign 003 can I use it protools ultimate for surround mix ?