A question!

[clubzero]

I've been wondering about this for a while since I compose electronic music. I've been doing it since '95, so I'm not exactly a newbie... Anyways my question is this : how does the process of making an electronic the song in a pro studio go? Ok, I have the song in .wav format, so is the .wav enough, or do I take the song in a specific format so that it can be opened in the studio with a sequencer and recorded and mastered with every channel separetly or what.. I'm confused.. .. And do studios use every single sequencers out there (Cubase, Logic, Cakewalk etc..)
What if my song is secuenced with a software that the studio doesn't own..? Do it take the sequencer on a cd to the studio with me or what...? You have to tell me so I can sleep...

Club Zero

 

[Queue]

Cheap answer, but true...

It depends on the studio!!! Some have PC-based capabilities, some are Mac only. Some want your stuff on ADAT, some could handle DAT, or CDr.

Queue

 

[clubzero]

Yes I know all the studios are different when it comes to equipment, I was just wondering what would be the "usual" way especially when it comes to electronic music... I know about the ordinary multitrack/band recording process..
Thanks 4 your answer.


Club Zero

 

[bball jones]

I don't think there is anything "usual" about the recording process. I asked a drummer why he used an adat and he said "because everybody uses them". OK I says to myself, everybody might "use" them, but what does everybody "prefer"?
I don't use them. Sure enough if you take an ADAT tape into a "pro" studio, it would be a format that the majority of studios could work with - but, it should not be the only accepted format.
I think that any engineer, worth his weight in fender mediums, would have personal preferences, but keeps the mind and the ears open enough to accept and work with all formats.

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

It all depends on the studio you're using...and their preferred format.