Dan, Alan & Peter chat through issues and highlights from the week's news as well as the usual Pro Tools tips, tricks and community questions answered.Podcast Sponsor - Smart StudioOur sponsors for July are Smart Studio. Smart Studio are disrupting the studio design and build industry with their new modular concept. They design and build your studio off-site and then assemble it in your chosen space. It reduces both time and cost of building a professional recording studio and means you are up and running and making money faster! Visit the Smart Studiowebsite to find out more.DealsBlue Cat Audio Destructor: This month we are giving you the opportunity to get 30% off Blue Cat's powerful distortion and amp plug-in Destructor - Get For £63Blue Cat Audio MB-7 v3 Mixer: This month we are giving you the opportunity to get 25% off Blue Cat's clever MB-7 v3 mixer plug-in that allows users to host VST and AU plug-in in Pro Tools - Get For £85Also, don’t forget to check out deals from our Partners in the Partner Deals section on our Deals page.Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal AudioOffer extended until 31st August 2017 -  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 please visit the Universal Audio website.Warning - Essential Features Missing From Pro Tools | First v12.8 After Recent UpdateDo You Encounter Problems Opening Old Pro Tools Sessions?If You Are Out Of Creative Inspiration, Then You May Need To Kill The CatCompetitionsWin one of three copies of TrainYourEars EQ Edition 2 - Frequency ear training software for Mac & Windows.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 visit our friends at RSPE Audio Solutions. For over 15 years RSPE Audio has been a proud Dolby Professional dealer and installer - RSPE Audio are one of only a small handful of dealers who supply Dolby Atmos Mastering Suites.Ross Newbauer asks if anyone has come across an interesting "favourited plug-in" fluke that happens in Pro Tools 12.4.Justin Arey shares his thoughts on IK Multimedia's Lurssen Mastering Console plug-in.This Week’s Featured Pro Tools Expert InterviewThis week's Pro Tools Expert featured interview is James' interview with Guy Wilson from AKA Designs. Guy share the story behind AKA Designs while talking about the types of studio furniture and studio designs AKA Designs are best known for.Questions From The CommunityGeorge Fotis wants to know if he can get his Digi 002 working with Sonar on an AMD quad core system,16GB of RAM, Windows 8.1 system with Pro Tools 8LE.Pro Tools Expert Community - Are you experiencing any problems in your Pro Tools studios? Are these issues with your hardware or software? Don't forget the Pro Tools Expert Team are happy to help you resolve your studio problems. Forward your questions to us through our Contact Page. Be specific, tell us as much information as you can about your studios such as your computer, your operating system, the version of Pro Tools you use - but also let us know what you’ve already done to try to fix these issues in your Pro Tools studios. We look forward to hearing from you and helping where we can.Source Connect NowAs you may know, we are spread out around the UK & Europe when we record the podcast. In the past, we have used a variety of internet based solutions so we could hear each other.  We have settled on Source Connect Now&n