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Tyler Chase
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Getting a session over to me, and what to check before you do.
Before you start
The basics
Make sure the files match the rough mix: same parts, same arrangement.
Label every track so it's clear what it is.
Put the tracks in order: drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keys, synths, backing vocals, ad-libs, lead vocals.
Don't normalise any of the tracks.
Send a screenshot of your master bus plugins, in order, plus each plugin's window, so I can rebuild your rough mix's master chain.
For producers and engineers
Work on a copy of the session, never the originals.
Every part on its own track: all the percussion tracks, not one percussion bounce. Backing vocals as blended stereo pairs are fine.
Print the effects on the lead vocal as their own tracks too (reverb, delay), alongside the dry and wet leads.
32-bit float, so nothing that peaks over 0 dB gets clipped, at the sample rate you recorded at. Don't convert between 44.1 and 48 kHz.
Clean up clicks, pops, bad edits and noise between phrases.
Keep the routing simple: no auxes feeding auxes feeding auxes, and remove unused busses, inputs and outputs.
Keep the unbounced splits (each backing vocal, room mics) handy in case I ask for them.
Files
Always send a rough mix along with your files. It's how we check that every part made it over to us intact.
Pro Tools: Use Save Copy In and send the whole session, with your plugins, automation, panning and volume levels left as they are. That's the easiest handoff for both of us.
Any other DAW: Send your session file plus a folder holding every track exported as audio, all starting from bar 1, beat 1 so they line up on our end. Bounce them one at a time (Solo'ed) with their plugins and automation, and bypass anything on the master bus while you do. In Logic, don't use “Export All Tracks as Audio” — it's unreliable and things go missing.