My actions are very memorized.
I load @4 hours of sixteen tracks into a single master sonar project. The last song done is obvious because it was normalized.
I mark and split clips before and after the song I'm going to work on.
I select all between markers (by select all then clicking the ruler between the markers) and bounce to clips.
I select all between markers and normalize to -3 dB peak.
In windows explorer, I copy the last song folder and rename the project file and folder to the name of the new tune.
I open the new project and i see all the audio and settings for the last song.
Select all and delete twice to ensure I get it all regardless of whether focus was on clips.
Save and close.
Delete all audio from the audio folder for the new song.
Re open the new project.
Paste all audio in to the new protect from master project.
Move the now time to the middle of the song and set the tempo by tapping so i have it for tempo sync delays.
Do volume and gain automation on all vocal channels. Any that have no vocals get muted.
Manually remove silence from Tom tracks by splitting around the hits and muting the clips with no hits. I drag the fade arms in on the beginning and end of the clips.
If i want drum augmentation, I use audio snap and adjust percentage until hits match playing. I usually listen through, enabling and disabling transients. Copy midi and paste into drum synth midi track. I sometimes do this for kick or snare. Rarely do i do it for toms.
I have and old video that might be a little dated for this process.
Finally i listen and adjust levels, measuring peak on the master bus and level in the rme digicheck ebu meter.
I might raise guitars during leads.
If I'm hitting my ebu level... -12 or -14 and not limiting, i back off compression until i use all the headroom. Conversely, if the limiter is hitting too hard and i can hear it, i apply mspectral compressor (Multiband compression) to tighten the mix before the limiter.
