James, Dan, and Julian chat through issues from the week's news as well as the usual tips, tricks and questions answered.Podcast Sponsor - Exponential AudioThanks to Exponential Audio for sponsoring the podcast this month.  Thanks to Exponential Audio for sponsoring the podcast this month. They have announced a price reduction for their powerful Excalibur effects plugin as well as reductions on PhoenixVerbSurround and R2Surround. DealsSoundBits Offer 45% Off Their Sound Effects Libraries  This month we are giving you the opportunity to get 45% off any individual SoundBits Sound Effects Libraries. All you need to do is go across to the SoundBits Shop, choose the sound effects libraries you would like and put the code into the SoundBits Shop and you will get 45% off whatever is in your basket. It's as simple as that.   TrainYourEars EQ Training Software - 20% Off Get For £34 This month we have partnered with our friends at TrainYourEars to offer you the chance to save 20% off the purchase price of TrainYourEars EQ Edition 2 frequency training software - For Mac & Windows. This month you can buy for £34 ex VAT.  Also, don’t forget to check out the deals from our Partners in the Partner Deals section on our Deals page.Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal AudioUntil the end of this month, buy any award-winning Apollo rackmount audio interface and get an analog dream studio filled with up to $3,500 of genuine UAD plug-ins from Studer, Lexicon, AKG, Pultec, Fairchild, Teletronix, and more! Buy an Apollo Duo or Apollo Firewire and get a plugin bundle worth $1200, buy an Apollo 8P, Apollo 8 Quad, or Apollo 16 and get a plugin bundle worth $2000, or buy any 2 Apollo rack mounted interfaces, and get a plugin bundle worth $3500. For more details use the link in the podcast notes. 10 Things You Should Do Before Sending Your Mix To A Mastering Engineer - Part 2 Pro Tools 12.8 Is ReleasedAvid Set Free Pro Tools First Users To Play With The Big Boys With New Version Of Pro Tools FirstWhat Is In Pro Tools 12.8 For Non HD Users?Avid Release Pro Tools 12.8HD With Complete Dolby Atmos IntegrationNews On Plug-ins Supporting New Immersive Track Formats In Pro Tools 12.8HDPro Tools 12.8 - Complete List Of Bug FixesAvid Release EuControl 3.6.1 And S6 Software 3.6.1 In Readiness For Pro Tools 12.8If You Want To Be Popular Then Sell Your Studio And Buy A Cat CompetitionsWin 1 of 8 Copies Of Seventh Heaven Reverb Plug-ins From LiquidSonics The Seventh Heaven reverb is available as two separate plug-ins, one slightly more feature rich than the other and LiquidSonics have kindly offered the Pro Tools Expert Community 8 prizes from these two Seventh Heaven plug-ins for the competition. Community Feedback Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio SolutionsIf you are looking to give your studio the power to Create, Edit, Mix, Master and Deliver Dolby Atmos content, then check our friends at RSPE Audio Solutions as for over 15 years, they have been a proud Dolby Professional dealer and installer and they are one or a handful of dealers you can supply the Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite. Nathan Hussey has been in touch and would like us to reach out to Avid and encourage them to include a "bounce to new playlist" option for committing to audio. This Week’s Featured Pro Tools Expert InterviewIn this week’s featured interview Dan Cooper had the opportunity to interview Grammy Awarding winning Mix Engineer Michael Brauer for the Pro Tools Expert Community. Dan asks Michael about his partnership with Waves and the new Brauer Motion plug-in. Dan dives a bit deeper and asks a selection of questions regarding mixing and music production. Questions From The CommunitySteve Collop says he cannot work out what versions of software/ hardware he can use. He has an 8 core 2010 Mac Pro running Mac OS 10.8. He has Pro Tools 10 running with two 96i I/Os and a 192 I/O on an HD3 system. Are there any software upgrades he can make without chan