andrushkiwt
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...had someone to do all my editing/prepping. Just sayin...
It's always part of any budget I quote. I can do it. I'm slow and I don't want to. The editors I use are extremely good, they get credited, and they have no problem with me hanging around and "producing"....
Ha! Yeah, the super fun stuff... Not.
There’s always starting with better tracks : )
I agree, there’s always something. But, no, I don’t personally slice and dice every track. Like your example, if the vocals take a break, unless there’s a reason to silence it, I don’t. Another point, rather than slice and dice, automation for simple things like your vocal example is quicker if your familiar with your software.
However, ya, if there are huge tears in the song, better to get the performance on disk that won’t require endless hours to ‘forge’ a performance.
Seriously though. It can take me 2 full days. And it comes right after I'm in the "zone" of laying down the guitars and bass. So I have the sound in mind, am ready to mix, but nope... Gotta cut everything up and tidy it all up. Crossfades, melodyne, comping, man... Kills the flow.
It can take me 2 full days.
There should be an option to crossfade automatically. I'm sure you do already, but if not, set all the million options the way you want then save as your standard template.
Fuck it,. Just put your band in the room throw up a mic, or two if you want stereo, and hit record. Problem solved
Eh.... I take it you're in editing drudgery land right now?
Most of us don't live in soundproof caves. There are noises that need to be edited out of silent parts of tracks. No use or sense keeping tracks there that aren't contributing to the song. If there's any nearby traffic or any noises at all, you need to remove it.
Oh. I forgot. You're referencing the 1% that actually record in completely dead silent rooms. You realize you're on HR? Thats home recording.
Why the rush?
I would love to spend only 2 days of pure editing with any song project...it would be fine with me if I could get everything done in that much time...but in reality, that might cover only a few of the tracks on some stuff.
Of course..."editing" is a very loose term, since there are different levels of it, and also some people only refer to specific tasks as "editing"...and the rest they lump into "mixing" or whatever they call it.
I'll admit that I can edit like a Mofo, and I can/will do shit that 9-out-of-10 people will avoid, ignore, miss or not be able to.
I don't say that 'cuz I'm some editing whiz-kid...it's just that I can slog through editing tasks that most people would not even attempt to tackle...too much work.
This also has little to do with "just record better tracks".
It's not about taking a bad performance or recorded track and making it way better...it's 90% about housecleaning, prepping the tracks so they are free of any clutter or crap that you don't need. Doing comps of multiple *good* tracks to end up with the best composite take.
I'll edit out string noise or lips smacks or hiss between the audio...etc....also it may involve level adjustments on some notes/beats or vocals.
Most top-level pros have a bunch of assistants doing the editing for them...even when the tracks were recorded very well. The rest of us have to do our own.
If I was working on a pay-for project, I would certainly charge extra depending on which level of editing it needed, and was desired by the client.
I wish I had the guts to try a recording like Albini. Obviously, having virt drums makes that near impossible, but it would be cool to hear it without any synth or dry with added verb, as opposed to a great room sound.
Yeah, had to edit for several hours, study for exams, then more editing later this week. School taking up lots of time.