
Make sure the track with your reference track is outputting to the Master Bus with Abbey Road Studio 3 on it, and NOT the track Master Bus we just created. Add any Master Bus processing you normally would to the bus you just created. Make sure all of your tracks or busses are outputting to this new bus we have created. Have this bus output to your actual Master Bus with Abbey Road Studio 3 loaded up. You will use this as the Master Bus for your tracks. Insert an instance of Abbey Road Studio 3 on your Master Bus. You do NOT want any of your Master Bus processing to affect your reference track, so set your session up as follows: I would recommend this any time your reference track is being played via your DAW, not just when using Abbey Road Studio 3. The best way to do this would be to use your Master Bus a little bit differently. The only difference is that you will want to get your reference tracks inside your session, that way you are also referencing them through Abbey Road Studio 3. When using Abbey Road Studio 3 this is no different. Most of us know that using reference tracks while working on a mix is a must. You will know when this happens because you will swear that the monitors in your studio are actually on, you'll take off your headphones only to find that what you are hearing is NOT coming from your monitors, but from your headphones. From my own personal experience (also I turn my monitors off when using headphones) it takes a couple of minutes or so before the affect of this plugin really sinks in. The trick though is to just not think about it. When you first start using the plugin, you are very aware that the plugin is on. If you have never used a similar plugin to this before then there will be a little bit of an adjustment period. All you have to do is toggle the Head Tracking power button off and on. This would be a prime example of when you may want to turn off head tracking. As an example, maybe you have outboard gear that you are using, either beside, or even behind you, and you want to make adjustments to said gear while still being in the sweet-spot. This will allow you to always be in the mixing sweet-spot no matter how much you might be moving around in your studio. Another "at-times" bonus feature is the ability to turn off head tracking while still having the plugin running.
