Pro Techniques from Blackbird Studio in Nashville
"Pro Tools is the fastest way to get to where we're going with a session," says Vance Powell, engineer, mixer, and co-manager of the amazing Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. "But once we're there, it sure is nice to have faders that move. It's the professional way to mix, work on comps, or do anything in Pro Tools, because it's so much faster than using a mouse. For our clients, it's the kind of thing we tend to take for granted here at Blackbird." [read on]

Pro Techniques from Philip Loeb
"I began using ProControl a few months after it was released," says Loeb, one of a team of award-winning engineers at Sound Lounge in New York, arguably the top mixing facility in the advertising business. "The other day I was upgrading my ProControl's monitor section, and the support person I spoke with was surprised by the serial number of my system. I think it's one of the first hundred or so produced by Digidesign." [read on]