Three of the world’s most visited Pro Tools sites, ProToolerBlog.com, The AIR Users Blog and Pro Tools For Media have entered into a strategic partnership to create a new online community ‘Pro Tools Expert’, that will create the biggest independent Pro Tools community on the web.
The aim of the partnership is to bring together their expertise and influence for the benefit of the Pro Tools Community in both music and post and to offer manufactures and distributors a single point of access to the huge community this will create.
“I’ve always had a great deal of respect for Stefan at ProToolerBlog and his commitment to the Pro Tools community; his news is second to none and I’ve always checked it out on a regular basis. I equally have great respect and time for Mike and his work in post and as a writer for Sound on Sound, Pro Tools for Media is a great resource for Pro Tools post users. It made sense to see if we could find a way to combine our efforts for the benefit of everyone. I believe this alliance will make us bigger, better and stronger in supporting the Pro Tools community around the world.” said Russ Hughes, founder of the AIR Users Blog.
“Ever since the start, me and Russ at AIR Users Blog have had a good working relationship. We never considered each other competition, rather we found that we complemented each other very well. Mike and his Pro Tools for Media was the perfect addition as he covers ground that Russ & I rarely step on. No doubt this alliance will not only benefit the three of us, but every ProTooler out there as well, by gathering all the news, reviews, tips, tutorials and more under one banner.” said Stefan, founder of the ProToolerBlog.
“I am very excited to be a part of this new venture. Right from the start we have always had a great deal of mutual respect for each other and so when Stefan & Russ suggested this idea I jumped at it. This partnership will enable each one of us to play to our strengths and together we will be able to provide the worldwide Pro Tools community with a true ‘one stop shop’ for news, reviews, tricks & tips for the beginner and expert alike, whether for music or post applications.” said Mike Thornton MIBS, founder of the Pro Tools for Media blog.
The new site pro-tools-expert.com will launch soon, having in the short term, a holding page with links to the existing sites whilst we develop and build the new Pro Tools Expert site.
Pro Tools For Media
Mike is Pro Tools genius and an award winning ‘audiomeister’, with over 30 years experience in the broadcast industry. 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. In his spare time he runs the Pro Tools For Media blog with the aim to bring the latest info on Pro Tools from a media perspective. We try to satisfy both the high-end pro studio and the low-end studio alike but this site is not primarily music focused.
http://www.osd-uk.com/protoolsformedia/
With millions of hits monthly and several thousand unique visitors a day, ProToolerBlog is the largest website in the world dedicated to Pro Tools, save Avids own. We’ve been around for around four years and average two posts a day. ProToolerBlog is owned by Stefan Hedengren. The aim of this website is to bring you the fresh fruits of the Pro Tools & pro audio world. We update daily with news, tips, reviews, contests and topics to discuss. We try to satisfy both the high-end pro studio and the low-end project studio. Anything audio goes, but we are primarily focused on Pro Tools.
The Avid Pro Tools Blog and the AIR Users Blog, a huge community for users of Avid Pro Tools and AIR plug-ins. With over 1 million hits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for training, resources, tips tricks and news. We offer advice for users of HD, Native, LE and M-Powered. We’re independent and are not affiliated with Avid or their associated companies.
The blog is a has a number of aims:
We get around 80,000 visitors a month checking out over 500 free patches for Structure, over 20 hours of video training comprising of over 350 FREE HD videos.
All three blogs are independent and are not affiliated with Avid or their associated companies.
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"’.show me less content in the footer
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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."
