Session Management
Monday, July 7th, 2008This Studio Moral of the Day is a handy no-brainer in ProTools that’ll help you manage your session.
Ever struggled at what to name a comped track after you comped it and are ready to consolidate? Or managed to have a playlist labeled .02 when it’s really take 3?
When you queue up a track for a vocal, think of the virgin track as your comp. As soon as you create it, go to a new playlist. Your Lead Vocal will now be labeled Lead Vocal.01, which should be interpreted as Take 1. This will help when your talking to the vocalist and she/he refers to take three. There’s less to think about, as you have take three as Lead Vocal.03. You comp to the Lead Vocal playlist, so there’s no need to make a Lead Vocal Comp playlist like I used to do.
It also makes your consolidation easier to read and manage in the region bin. (You’ll notice a trend in my last few Studio Morals!)