Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:00 pm
ok...i uploaded some stuff. if anyone needs a roadmap for key or chord changes for anything they want to work w just let me know.
Welcome to the BandMix Community of Musicians, Bands and Industry Professionals!
https://forum.bandmix.com/
Planetguy wrote:i'm starting to wonder...w no drummers stepping up for this, and we're relegating to using drum machines and canned drums....would it be best to upload the drums in stereo as opposed to panning them hard left or rt and making 'em sound even worse cos they're mono.....if we can't get a drummer?
opinions?
Planetguy wrote:ok...i uploaded some stuff. if anyone needs a roadmap for key or chord changes for anything they want to work w just let me know.
GuitarMikeB wrote:
Damn, Planetguy - is this "add tracks to my music ideas" or a true multi-person collaboration?!
I was at band practice last night, so only checked the dropbox this morning. You put a ton of different things up there - but they're all MP3! Let's try to keep everything shared in WAV format for best quality.
I think we need more of a plan in order to do this correctly.
One: type/style of song
Two: structure (for example, if instrumental - intro/verse/bridge/verse bridge/outro)
We need to start with a basic scratch track - this can be drum beat or click + basic rhythm guitar or basic bass - but it won't be kept in the final mix, only used as a guide.
Planetguy, you've got some great ideas down, but some (I only listened to a couple) are 3/4 complete already, they just need another instrument or two to be done.
On the other hand, if anyone wants to take any of these and start adding stuff, go ahead, but let me know so that I can download and save the existing tracks, and make sure you change the file name when you upload it so that everyone knows it's 'take 2 by Harry lead guitar 11-12-12' (for example).
GuitarMikeB wrote:The problem with MP3 is that if everyone keeps using it (and combining tracks) there is definite degradation of sound from each successive compression.
The idea behind putting scratch tracks on one side of the stereo file (and leaving the other side empty) was to make it easier for those not real comfortable with doing collaborations or using stand-alone recorders.
If you provide a stereo track with some instruments on left and some on right, anyone wanting to add their track has to take your stuff, combine/mix it to one channel, then add their stuff to the other side - or provide a separate file entirely. This is what I suggested I could do - save the 'new' channel tracks, and combine them with the original and provide a new 'all on one side' stereo file for the next person. I can still do that with any of the files you did, someone just has to request it.
Again, if anyone wants to work with any of your tracks, just go for it.
Planetguy wrote:GuitarMikeB wrote:The problem with MP3 is that if everyone keeps using it (and combining tracks) there is definite degradation of sound from each successive compression.
ok i get that. additional files added to mine (if there are any takers) should be wav. is it ok to leave what i put up as mp3 tho?The idea behind putting scratch tracks on one side of the stereo file (and leaving the other side empty) was to make it easier for those not real comfortable with doing collaborations or using stand-alone recorders.
If you provide a stereo track with some instruments on left and some on right, anyone wanting to add their track has to take your stuff, combine/mix it to one channel, then add their stuff to the other side - or provide a separate file entirely. This is what I suggested I could do - save the 'new' channel tracks, and combine them with the original and provide a new 'all on one side' stereo file for the next person. I can still do that with any of the files you did, someone just has to request it.
well, i think w one exception that i mixed in stereo w a cpl of trks ("Dm Bit") that is what i did. i put the keepable bass or rhytm gtr on one side....disposable scratch drums the other... or disposable drums and discposable scratch rhythm gtr guide on the same side.
maybe i'm missing something? (as is often the case)Again, if anyone wants to work with any of your tracks, just go for it.
mike, thanks again for your time, expertise, and willingness to help w this.