Top 5 Template Tools: Warren Huart
Warren Huart (Aerosmith, Korn, Inglourious Basterds et al) talks us through his five essential Pro Tools mix plug-ins.
By Joe Matera
6 November 2025
English born producer and engineer Warren Huart has worked with a long list of music artists that range from the likes of Aerosmith, Korn and The Fray to James Blunt, Rick Springfield and Daniel Powter to name but a few. He also has film and television music credits to his name. These include TV series Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Scrubs and films Inglourious Basterds and Stealth. He also hosts a popular YouTube channel called ‘Produce Like a Pro’ that has over 820,000 subscribers worldwide.
“I don’t really have much of a fixed template anymore, as I’ve found that it doesn’t take me very long to recreate one,” Huart explains to AudioTechnology. “What I will often do is create a template from the first song of an album I’m mixing. I’ll spend a lot of time getting that first track right, and then use it as a jumping off point for the rest of the record. Sometimes, I’ll even hear a particular song, open up the tracks and import a session setup from a completely different mix that I feel will take the song in the right direction. A one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t really work for me. The advantage now is that importing templates in the box is so much easier than setting up my SSL and hardware every single time, which means I can be more flexible and not tied to just one idea. If it’s a modern rock record, the drums may stay fairly consistent across tracks, so I’ll copy that over, but I’ll always try to mess with it and change it up, so every song still has its own character.”
Sitting down with Audio Technology recently, Huart talked us through his five essential Pro Tools mix plug-ins.
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