This is the last in this series on working with video with Pro Tools
Digibase & Pro Tools LE
You can use Digibase with Pro Tools LE but you won’t be able to make or use searchable catalogues. You can, however, search filenames from the Workspace window, so providing your sound-effect filenames have suitable key words in them, you can search for files that way. Failing that, use a separate database like Filemaker Pro to handle the search and then navigate your way to the correct location from within Pro Tools and drag the chosen files from the Workspace window into the Edit window. Apple’s iTunes makes an excellent free ripping software package that puts each CD into a nice convenient folder for you.
M&E tracks
In audio post-production it is usually necessary to provide two mixes: a main mix, which is a mix of the all the elements for the programme, and an ‘M&E’ mix. M&E stands for Music and Effects and is similar to an instrumental mix for a vocal album project. The M&E track is created to make foreign-language repurposing as easy as possible and so is a partial mix, which contains all the music and effects elements but not the dialogue or any commentary. When it comes to producing a foreign-language version, you have a mix of all the universal elements and all that is required is to add the dialogue and commentary elements in the desired language. Moving material onto specific effects and music tracks makes it much easier to create these M&E mixes.
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Mike is Pro Tools genius and an award winning ‘audiomeister’, defined as ‘a person of great skill and authority in sound’. His vast array of credits include music (from classical to rock), drama and documentaries across all the BBC Radio networks, as well as audio post production for video and TV, ‘new media’, live sound, commercial CDs, DVDs and podcasts, helping clients tell their stories with sound. He has been described as "an oasis of calm in a stormy creative world"; "quick, creative & easy to work with"; "always going the extra mile"; and "invests himself in the success of your project"’.
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Seven radio producers – all based in the north of England – have joined forces to launch a new co-operative venture – ‘Radio Wizards’. It’s equally remarkable that their aim now is to work together on every kind of sound production... except radio!
"It’s taken over a year to get to this point," says ‘wizard’ Mike Thornton, "but now we’ve got a viable business plan, we’ve launched our website and we’re already starting to attract commissions. As a facilities provider we decided to facilitate this partnership and set them up with a web site to help kickstart this excellent partnership."
