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Automate mix prep and save hours in the studio with Forte! Import - your new DAW co-pilot
There are many laborious processes that producers face before getting stuck into a mix. Tasks such as organising, cleaning and categorising recorded audio tracks in a DAW project can soon stack up, and many producers will tell you that these time-sapping stages are the main reasons they hire assistants.
It’s these types of essential jobs - converting stereo to mono, stripping out silences and even just colour-coding instruments and re-titling audio files - that are hugely essential when a big project is being shared between numerous parties. But, it’s time spent preparing and not actually working on the track.
Couple that with the often frustrating time it takes to manually route specific tracks to specific busses and outputs and those precious minutes can soon turn into hours. Creatives can never get this time back. That loss of time can contribute to stress levels - particularly if deadlines are tight.
Thankfully, Forte! Import has been created to alleviate these pain points. Utilising new smart technology, this new desktop application speedily takes on the essential legwork - importing, organising, routing, colouring and renaming tracks - allowing you to focus entirely on the more pivotal aspects of production. It’s the perfect Pro Tools co-pilot, preparing your session for the way you work at mind-boggling speed.
Driven by AI-R technology (Automatic Instrument Recognition), this innovative tool is able to understand the contents of any audio file presented to it instantly - this makes instrument categorisation super-quick whilst also being hugely reliable and accurate.
Among the many jobs that Forte! Import can deftly handle, include;
- Smart naming, colouring and categorising
- Intelligent routing to your preferred Pro Tools mixer configuration
- Renaming and categorising in batch
- Instrument, sample rate and bit depth recognition
- Automation of silence stripping
- Detection of fake and hard-panned stereo tracks the ability to convert them to mono
- Logic Pro support coming very soon
The software has been built by a core team of experts, including Grammy Award winning producer/engineer and mixer Ricky Damian (Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Sampha).
It has received early recognition from a range of big names in the professional audio world, including famed engineer and producer Emre Ramazanoglu (Noel Gallagher, Sia, Richard Ashcroft), who said “Forte! has changed everything for me when it comes to mix prep. I can’t recommend it enough!”.
Then there’s Daniel Escobar (Sia, Lizzo, Flo Rida) who states, “Forte has been my go-to tool whenever I need to prepare audio files for a mix. It’s amazing how quickly and accurately it can sort out files.”
Right now, Forte! Import is compatible with Pro Tools on macOS systems (supporting both M1 and Intel-based processors) and can handle a wide range of audio files. Support for Logic Pro is right around the corner, so watch this space.
To get started, head over to Forte!’s website, create a new account and download Forte! Import. The pricing starts as low as €9,90 for a monthly subscription, billed annually.
For those who don't love subscriptions, Forte! has a lifetime licence. This is currently going for the early-bird price of €219 before rising to €259.
There is a 15-day trial period (which doesn’t require a credit card) so you can give Forte! Import a spin before committing.
Exclusively for you we have a 10% discount code on any Forte! Import plan, including the lifetime licence by using the code MUSICRADAR10 at checkout. Use this code to get the best possible deal on this incredible studio assistant (especially in conjunction with the lifetime early-bird reduced price) and reclaim your precious time!
