Established etiquette for delivering raw tracks.

[Ryan Silva]

Haven?t done a lot of multi studio projects before, and was wondering if there was any established etiquette for delivery of tracks (Tape/Data).

Obviously all engineers involved in the project should speak before any recording starts, but the reason I?m asking is, that sometimes studio 1?s recording is done before studio 2 is even decided on.

Also let?s assume this would be cross platform, like Pre Production (Nuendo), Drum Tracking (Radar), Overdubs (Nuendo), and Mixing (Pro Tools).

You get the idea.

Thanks

[cgarges]

Consolidated broadcast wav files with well-labeled media and track sheets are probably the most reliable cross-platform way to get stuff back and forth between studios.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[Ryan Silva]

So I started recording in Broadcast Wave awhile ago because I heard that when you transfer Broadcast Waves they can transfer edits with the track, while keeping them in a single file.

Is that correct?

[MoreSpaceEcho]

i don't know, but i've never heard that before and it sounds kind of unlikely. i don't see how the edits could transfer across platforms. but i am a caveman and often wrong...

[bestmixerever]

Consolidated broadcast wav files with well-labeled media and track sheets are probably the most reliable cross-platform way to get stuff back and forth between studios.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Well put. Keep a .rtf/.txt file of notes. Tempo, takes etc.. If you think you don't need to write it down, write it down. There can never be too much info. Label everything clearly and 90% of potential problems will be avoided.

[Aquaman]

The Grammy Association (with help from NARAS) has published a couple of documents relating to audio delivery standards, including the awesome "Recommendation for Delivery of Recorded Music Products".

Tracks sheets and album crediting standards are also on this page. Good stuff.

[suppositron]

Does broadcast wav include the start time of the file? That would be nice. If not, make sure your damn tracks line up at 0:00. I'm mixing an album for this guy (he's using ableton and bouncing tracks to wav) and some of his tracks dont start at zero. Way annoying. Tries to get me to line them up and I make him re-send them.

[Z-Plane]

Ditto on the zero start time, and make sure to label the sampling rate 44.1/48k or whatever as unfamiliar ears can easily start a session at the wrong one.

[@?,*???&?]

This has been posted at least 3 times before:

http://content.grammy.com/PDFs/Recordin ... ations.pdf

[Ryan Silva]

This has been posted at least 3 times before:

http://content.grammy.com/PDFs/Recordin ... ations.pdf

like this topic doesn't change as the years past.

[roscoenyc]

Start at Zero
List the sampling rate.

Also listing the tempo of the songs can be helpful.

[Aquaman]

This has been posted at least 3 times before:

http://content.grammy.com/PDFs/Recordin ... ations.pdf

Including once in this thread. But I didn't include a snarky bitch about how it's been posted in other threads before, so I guess mine doesn't count.

[svbsound]

I like receiving raw tracks with the key listed as a reference...

[JohnDavisNYC]

zero bounced tracks, well named... put the tempo in the title....

one thing that can be really helpful is to number the tracks as well as name them, so that they show up in the correct order... nothing like having an alphabetically ordered track list that takes 10 minutes to put into a proper console layout...

01_kick in
02_kick out
03_snare top
04_snare bottom


etc., etc., etc.... that way the console layout can stay consistent from studio to studio, and the logic of the original tracking can stay in tact... room mics should never come before snare....

john

[montonnjira]

Is there somewhere we can look to see what this correct console layout list looks like. So that we can adapt it into use in our own sessions?

Thanks