[LAU] Album recording layout...

[Brett McCoy]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Ben Bell <bjb-linux-audio-user at deus.net>wrote:

On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:47:57AM -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> > Looking for input on how you lay out your recorded material for an album
> in
> > Ardour / Mixbus. Eg; 1 song per session? All tunes in same session?
>
> In a nutshell, I go with separate projects for each song and mix down with
> no fades, trimming or mastering, then import (link, not copy) those
> individual
> tracks into separate project for arranging into an album.
>
> This may be a bit of an overkill for some people, but the music I tend to
> record is very much intended to be presented as a full album with segues
> and a flow, so making too many decisions at song mixdown is too limiting.
>
> Conversely, there's too many parts and too much complexity to have the
> entire album in a single project. In fact, for the next album (when I
> finally finish this one), I'm thinking of going one step further and, when
> I've finished composing and recording, stem-exporting all the parts into
> a fresh project for mixing from scratch to get a bit more perspective on
> it.
>
>
That's the way I do it, too. In fact, for some songs that are long and
comples and I am going full on prog (or different movements of something
symphonic), I will record a bridge/extended instrumental section as a
separate session also and assemble it in a timeline with the rest of the
mixed tracks to prepare for mastering.

The real key to putting together an album is to plan out ahead of time as
much as you can. I will create a quick MIDI mockups for a lot of stuff,
just to get the parts worked out, tempos where I like them, etc., so when
it comes time to record, I can focus on the music rather than trying to
arrange on the fly. Of course, happy mistakes happen and you might stumble
upon new ideas while mixing, as well.

-- 
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com
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