![]() It all has to do with the whole "playlists" thing. I have one very particular suggestion for keeping tracks organized in the box realm, that specifically applies to protools, but probably has a version of relevance in other platforms. This is a very good suggestion, but one which, in my experience, can lead to yet another level of chaos in 'the box'. ![]() In Chris' point #8, he suggests using playlists, and talks about how useful it can be to have all your old takes sitting under that final 'comped' take that you are going to use for your mix. I have sat through hours of helping people try to dig mysteriously vanished pieces of audio out of unknown and unlabeled folders, and trying to crowbar them back into the piece of music they were supposed to belong to. It was only my experiences of mixing other people's tracked projects that made me realize how much I rely on my stubbornly anal ways of keeping my computer sessions organized. Stamey's comments about labeling tracks before they are recorded, and his suggestion to keep tracks organized in a sensible order, made me glad that somebody else is seeing the importance of trying to keep stuff organized in the potentially endless chaos of digital audio files. I have, over the years, learned to document the hell out of all my sessions, with careful input lists, overhead diagrams of tracking sessions, and lots of information regarding different takes of songs, with the foresight that a month down the road, I will not actually remember almost ANYTHING about these sessions, and will have only my notes to help me. As much of an analog cremudgeon as I can be, I have been doing a lot of recording lately using my little 002 protools rig as the ' tape machine', and have started to really have to pay attention to my way of working in the ' box ' realm. Chris Stamey's Fixing it Before the Mix article is no exception to the tape-op way - not really inspiring my to buy anything, just getting me to think a little about my recording world. I am still happy, and somewhat amazed at the stubborn consistancy of this magazine to really stick to useful and thought provoking articles about the work that we really do in the harsh and real world, instead of resorting to the loosely disguised press releases for new gear that masquerade as articles in the glossy rags that clog my mailbox monthly. Finally getting a chance to dig into the march/april Tapop that's been sitting in my briefcase for the last couple of weeks. Larry, Sitting on a plane, flying today from Spain to Switzerland, on my seemingly endless tour. If you're sending tracks to other folks for mixing and/or sorting out, here's a suggestion from our pal Goat(boy), Andrew Gilchrist.
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