D-toks
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Hi FP family,
So a client provides you with a project file containing a song instrumental and 50 full vox takes sang over that instrumental. This client then asks you to "work your magic" to make the best sound bits of the vox come together and to get back to him/her ASAP/in a reasonable time.
My question to all of you is what is your personal strategy/advice for being able to streamline the comping process and comp vox efficiently? How many measures/bars or seconds at a time do you find to be most effective for you when you comp? How do you minimize fatigue as you listen to all the takes for each segment you are comping? I'm wondering about these sorts of things. Please keep in mind that I'm asking this question with respect to having to deal with large take folders (i.e. more than 10 takes).
I am really trying to figure this out because I find I spend so much time trying to comp vox tracks and typically I will come back to an old project a couple weeks or a month later to review a track and notice sound bits that sound much better than bits I put into the final product – to the point where I have to ask myself, "How did I not notice this sound clip before?". Obviously, I cannot continue to have this happen so I am in need of some guidance here. Thanks.
So a client provides you with a project file containing a song instrumental and 50 full vox takes sang over that instrumental. This client then asks you to "work your magic" to make the best sound bits of the vox come together and to get back to him/her ASAP/in a reasonable time.
My question to all of you is what is your personal strategy/advice for being able to streamline the comping process and comp vox efficiently? How many measures/bars or seconds at a time do you find to be most effective for you when you comp? How do you minimize fatigue as you listen to all the takes for each segment you are comping? I'm wondering about these sorts of things. Please keep in mind that I'm asking this question with respect to having to deal with large take folders (i.e. more than 10 takes).
I am really trying to figure this out because I find I spend so much time trying to comp vox tracks and typically I will come back to an old project a couple weeks or a month later to review a track and notice sound bits that sound much better than bits I put into the final product – to the point where I have to ask myself, "How did I not notice this sound clip before?". Obviously, I cannot continue to have this happen so I am in need of some guidance here. Thanks.
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