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This is an old revision of SessionTracking made by admin on 2008-04-09 02:02:39.
Tracking With PARIS
Via John Bercik:
A Typical Session Workflow
Set up instruments
Adjust microphones
Computer:
Load macros (macro express)
Paris Setup:
- Turn on MEC, Load Paris
- Create new project using predefined default.ppj
- Set record path
- Set up WindowPatchBay Patch Bay connections and levels (-10 or +4)
- Save project
Tracking
- Obtain song tempo
- Create/route PatchClick click track; leave at least 8-beat count in (for clean starts, use an 8 beat count-off instead of a 4 beat count-off, with the last two beats silent. (Example: 1 2 3 4, 1 2 - - )
Framework for session workflow
- Guide Track: Start with a mono click track. (Drum beat, shaker, etc..). Put your click on Bars & Beats boundaries. See 1_Tracking\Click Track
- Scratch Rhythm: Add scratch rhythm guitar ontime with the click.
- Scratch Vox: Add scratch vox.
- Bass: Add Bass on time with the click.
- Rhythm Guitar: Redo the Rhythm Guitar with a little more feel paying more attention to the bass than the click.
- Lead Instrument: Add some scratch inspirational lead instrument.
Edit the submix to get the correct arrangment of verses, choruses etc....and add markers with labels
Real Drums: Then track the real drums. Cutting and pasting until it is pretty much ontime.
Sometimes what feels/sounds right isn't exactly ontime here. That's a good thing! Turn off click, then retrack the lead instruments and extra percussion using the new drums with the click OFF.
Vox: Last I do the vox. Groove doesn't mean ontime. It means playing behind or in front of the beat. I like my drum beat to be ontime, but the fills to be loose.Once your basic groove is down, only use the click for countoff and cues in places where the beat stops. You can copy your click track and mute one and cut up the other to play in special places or you can cut up the original object because the original segment is always there.
Use "Virtual Tracks" to create new submixes of 16 as needed.
Mixing and Arranging
Rough mix
Set initial automation volume value
Render files with Native and EDS using SpdifTrick SPDIF trick
Mastering and Rendering
Automate mutes, set up gates
In WindowMixer Mixer Window enable "Show meters as Post Fader"
Enable any Automation you want.
Bounce down to stereo pair of PAF files using NoLimit on the EDS inserts. If Paris is set at 24 bit on the Paris window it'll create a 24bit wav.
To get Native effects on global, mix your song to a stereo file then import that and bounce again using native inserts like Waves Ultramaximizer
Export to Stereo File
Stereo Normalize / hard limit in Cool Edit/Wavelab
Backup / File Management
notes:
use shortcut keys for c16 and computer keyboard.
