Hi, John Verre advised in a related thread, it would be better to copy the audio files into the project, which I appreciate is better but need a little more advise on the best way to achieve this. This was not the main topic of the other thread so I thought I would post a new one. It may also assist others to keep their projects organised.
This is my current process:
I am provided stereo wavs of tracks in a song (he calls them stems as I think this is how his DAW refers to them)
I download these to my laptop
I begin a cakewalk project using my preferred template
Save it with the name of the song, which creates a folder of the song name with sub folders.
Import the Wavs One at a time,
Convert to mono (in reality they are not stereo tracks)
Rename the track with the imported wav from Track x to a better name e.g. Vox Main
Edit and mix the song (replacing drums with digital, replacing the Bass (my instrument) adding some keys etc..)
Export MP3 for listening and WAV for mastering.
When finished, move the folder containing all the cakewalk project info, tracks etc. to offline storage.
In step 5, I do try to tick the box "copy to audio to project" as suggested by John, but I have noticed this is not consistantly ticked automatically and hence I may miss some.
I also believe this duplicates the track's files and wastes space.
Also many file names in the project audio folder are labelled Track x (bounced 21) or similar. this will not assist me in the future should I need to re-edit or re-import the files.
Question, how can I improve my process to reduce duplications and avoid "odd" names
e.g. If I create the project first and download into the Audio Data file, would this be better? I could also skip the copy to audio folder option at the import stage.
Should I rename the track BEFORE importing the wav, would this avoid the Track x (Bounced 21) naming issue.
etc.
Any advice on improving my process would be gratefully received - thank you
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Roy Slough
Hi, John Verre advised in a related thread, it would be better to copy the audio files into the project, which I appreciate is better but need a little more advise on the best way to achieve this. This was not the main topic of the other thread so I thought I would post a new one. It may also assist others to keep their projects organised.
This is my current process:
I am provided stereo wavs of tracks in a song (he calls them stems as I think this is how his DAW refers to them)
I download these to my laptop
I begin a cakewalk project using my preferred template
Save it with the name of the song, which creates a folder of the song name with sub folders.
Import the Wavs One at a time,
Convert to mono (in reality they are not stereo tracks)
Rename the track with the imported wav from Track x to a better name e.g. Vox Main
Edit and mix the song (replacing drums with digital, replacing the Bass (my instrument) adding some keys etc..)
Export MP3 for listening and WAV for mastering.
When finished, move the folder containing all the cakewalk project info, tracks etc. to offline storage.
In step 5, I do try to tick the box "copy to audio to project" as suggested by John, but I have noticed this is not consistantly ticked automatically and hence I may miss some.
I also believe this duplicates the track's files and wastes space.
Also many file names in the project audio folder are labelled Track x (bounced 21) or similar. this will not assist me in the future should I need to re-edit or re-import the files.
Question, how can I improve my process to reduce duplications and avoid "odd" names
e.g. If I create the project first and download into the Audio Data file, would this be better? I could also skip the copy to audio folder option at the import stage.
Should I rename the track BEFORE importing the wav, would this avoid the Track x (Bounced 21) naming issue.
etc.
Any advice on improving my process would be gratefully received - thank you
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