3 Apr
2014
3 Apr
'14
8:48 p.m.
Hi!
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? Snapshots?
Oh, just one polite request should anyone choose to reply; stay on topic!! :) the bitwig
ramblings are a good example.
Thnx
~ Russell
3 Apr
3 Apr
11:46 p.m.
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.
bjb
4 Apr
4 Apr
12:25 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Ben Bell <bjb-linux-audio-user(a)deus.net>wrote;wrote:
On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:47:57AM -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
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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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it
would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
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.
7:19 a.m.
Hi,
I use Ardour. One project per track. Once all these are arranged mixed and
exported to an "album master folder" (which in addition to the project
fodlers also contain everything usefull to the record, such as album art
and text material), i use another ardour project for the mastering with
JAMin.
Hope this is helpfull to someone.
--
Set Hallström
AKA
reSet Sakrecoer
http://sakrecoer.com
5 Apr
5 Apr
12:08 a.m.
On 04/04/2014 07:19 AM, Set Hallström wrote:
Hi,
I use Ardour. One project per track. Once all these are arranged mixed
and exported to an "album master folder" (which in addition to the
project fodlers also contain everything usefull to the record, such as
album art and text material), i use another ardour project for the
mastering with JAMin.
Hope this is helpfull to someone.
same here, with one exception: my "mastering" session has one track per
final track for the cd. makes it very easy to apply per-track eq and
dynamics (if necessary), and global stuff (limiting or eq) goes into the
master bus. all tracks are on their final places in the timeline, with
no overlaps except if a crossfade is required.
--
Jörn Nettingsmeier
Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487
Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio)
Tonmeister VDT
http://stackingdwarves.net
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