A quick video to show you some useful track mode keyboard shortcuts in protools. These work in ProTools 8.0 and above, I have not tried them in 7.

Record arm a track (your cursor must be placed on that track): Press Shift + R
Place track into input mode: Shift + I
Place track into mute: Shift + M
Place track into solo: Shift + S

ProTools: Record arm a track from the keyboard from Nick Daley on Vimeo.

Be sure to keep an ear out for Nick Daley on ABC!  The network’s show, “One Life to Live” is doing a special musical event and Nick is voicing the promo’s. Here’s one for you to see just in case you absolutely can’t wait.

ABC One Life to Live Musical Promo from Nick Daley on Vimeo.

As you know, NoiseFreak deals with many clients across the country. I work with individuals and large corporations alike and we operate on a level of mutual respect. That brings me to the lack of respect conveyed by a company I recently dealt with regarding the installation of acoustic absorption in the new studio. A sales rep came to my house and never followed up with me. I do not have people in and out of here every day so it’s not like I can forget who walked through the front door. Take a moment to read the chain of emails below. Keep this company in mind as one NOT TO USE while considering the installation of your acoustic solutions.

** Email Chain begins here (Start from the bottom and work your way up) ***
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So I’m late posting this but back in October of 2009 Ryan Drean called and asked if I could do an interview for the producers podcast he does. I, of course, said yes and we had a good conversation about producing, voice-over and protools tech geek stuff. If you have some time to kill, give it a listen. Then check out the rest of the site, it’s full of cool interviews from a bunch of noteworthy industry pros.

http://www.ryanontheradio.com/2009/10/episode-17-part-1-nick-daley/

Nick

BT's These Hopeful Machines

Anyone who knows me can tell you I’m a critical listener and an avid supporter of the multi-talented, uncategorizeable, BT. After hearing his new album, released February 2, 2010, my respect for him is soundly reaffirmed.

These Hopeful Machines features over 112 minutes of music that was spoiled rotten with attention during its creation; quite the welcomed relief from the influx of anemic mixes and dirty edits which appear in some of today’s mainstream (and underground) music. The signature stutter edits are there, the beats are driving and the melody’s are memorable.
Many people have written about BT’s musical style being diverse but I think some attention should be drawn to his own vocal style. He’s a chameleon — umm, a chameleon who hits some high notes that’ll make ya wonder if he had to rack himself in the nuts just before hitting record. Whhaaattt??

There are guitars reminiscent of the sounds from the film score of Monster and some micro edits that tie back in to This Binary Universe. There are Energy levels from “Holy Shit” to “That’s calming” and a sonic spectrum that puts those pricey speakers of yours to good use. Wanna hear new stuff? Listen a second time with headphones on.

My personal favorites on the album, in case you care, are (in no particular order): Suddenly, The Emergency, Every other Way, Forget me and Love can Kill you.

You can buy the album now at Amazon.com or on iTunes. I hope this album makes you a BT fan — if so, you’ll want to follow his twitter feed.

Happy listening,

Nick

There are a couple of shortcuts that significantly speed up my editing in ProTools. Some of you may already know these but for those who don’t, you’re gonna love it. Here’s a video:

Glenn Beck aired a documentary called “The Revolutionary Holocaust.” It took many people working many sleepless nights to put this together. I was one of those insomniacs (I did the sound design). Even with the short time frame we had to put this together, 99% of the music was original, scored by Anthony Newett. A wonderful composer with whom I’ve work for a couple years.

This special aired to excellent ratings and I’m sure that’s a sign of more specials to come down the road. Regardless of your personal opinion of Glenn Beck, it’s an eye-opener to anyone who wasn’t aware of some events mentioned in the documentary. You can find the whole thing on youtube somewhere. Broken into various parts, I’m sure, since it was an hour long.

I’m glad to be done with the long nights but looking forward to the next documentary.

Reaktor, FM8, Absynth and Massive are all on sale for $99 each from November 27th through 30th only (and available from the NI store only). Here’s the link. Happy tweaking!