ADR mode is the most commonly used mode and is supported by Source-Connect Pro and Standard for Pro Tools. This is how it works:
The following section offers two scenarios: ADR and Music Overdub.
You are a studio engineer recording a voice talent from a remote studio location. Your voice talent is performing their lines while viewing a picture in their timeline and it is essential for you to record them in sync with the same picture in your timeline. You and your talent can achieve this with either Pro or Standard in the following way. Here are step by step instructions.
1. Both users must have the same video file in their Pro Tools session located at the same position
in the timeline. Additionally, both Pro Tools sessions must follow the guidelines specified on the page
2. The talent sends the microphone signal both to Source-Connect and to a 'record audio track' in their Pro Tools session which is Record-Armed.
3. Create a new 'record audio track' which will receive audio from Source-Connect. Record-Arm this track. For additional information on routing see the Source-Connect Example session on our website and your Pro Tools manual.
4. You will activate Send from the RTS Panel by pressing the Send button. The remote user will hit the Receive button. You, the sender, are now in control of both Pro Tools sessions. At this point you should position the cursor in your timeline where you would like to begin recording. Before recording any takes, both the Sender and Receiver need to Record- Arm their Pro Tools Transport.
5. Pressing the Play button on the your RTS panel initiates playback on the receiver's Pro Tools system first. You can think of this play button as the RTS-Receiver's play button. Now that the receiver is in playback/record, you will 'chase' the receiver, thus you will record the receiver's performance in sync with the picture in your timeline.
6. Because you and the receiver went into record at the same point in your timelines the recorded files have the same time stamps. This will allow you to recover any takes for the final production.
You are a studio engineer recording a music talent from a remote studio location. Your music talent is performing while monitoring cue audio in their timeline and it is essential for you to record them in sync with the same cue audio in your timeline. You and your talent can achieve this with either Pro or Standard in the following way. Here are step by step instructions.
1. Both users must have the same cue audio files in their Pro Tools session located at the same position in the timeline. It is often more efficient to only give the performer a stereo mix of the cue audio. Even better, it is possible to give separate stereo mixes of each element (voice, drums, guitar, etc) so the performer can modify their headphone mix as desired with out resending the cue audio. It is also imperative that both users do not send their cue audio to the other user they are connected with. All cue audio must be directly monitored from the local Pro Tools systems.
2. The talent sends the microphone signal both to Source-Connect and to a 'record audio track' in their Pro Tools session which is Record-Armed.
3. Create a new 'record audio track' which will receive audio from Source-Connect. Record-Arm this track. For additional information on routing see the Source-Connect Example session on our website and the Pro Tools manual.
4. You will activate Send from the RTS Panel by pressing the Send button. The remote user will hit the Receive button. You, the sender, are now in control of both Pro Tools sessions. At this point you should position the cursor in your timeline where you would like to begin recording. Before recording any takes, both the sender and receiver need to Record-Arm their Pro Tools Transport.
5. Pressing the Play button on your RTS panel initiates playback on the remote Pro Tools system first. You can think of this play button as the receiver's play button. Now that the receiver is in playback/record, you will 'chase' the RTS-Receiver, thus you will record the receiver's performance in sync with the picture in your timeline.
6. Because you and the receiver went into record at the same point in your timelines the recorded files have the same time stamps. This will allow you to recover any takes for the final mix.