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How many Tracks & Instruments do you use?
Dunno if this has been already asked or not...but it seems interesting.
how tracks do you usually use ? and how many instruments? and do you know how many do famous producers use?
I usually use between 30~50... it rly depends...if it's a complex track or not etc...
hard to say, with instrument racks and how much i bounce, i can't really line up on a number. the smallest probably 20 the largest probably 60.
one bass.
one pad.
samples for leads
samples for drums.
and i fart in the mike for sound effect.
5 to 60.
I don't really see where this is going.
fuck you guys mix using alot of tracks. I've never used more than 20. Most of the time its around 10. And I reckon I could still economise and use less, like I did when I had a 4 track.
usually 2000 to 4000
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| Originally posted by Derivative fuck you guys mix using alot of tracks. I've never used more than 20. Most of the time its around 10. And I reckon I could still economise and use less, like I did when I had a 4 track. |
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| Originally posted by Derivative fuck you guys mix using alot of tracks. I've never used more than 20. Most of the time its around 10. And I reckon I could still economise and use less, like I did when I had a 4 track. |
In my latest remix im doing i have currently have 54 tracks, which whom 16 is muted.
But it all depens on type of track, length.. amount of loops and single samples etc.. also how you work, some like to have all their drums in one channel in MIDI, while i have all perc tracks separate from each other.
The number of final audio tracks doesn't tell the complete story. Some producers may have every single element on separate tracks, others may combine a heap of elements on a single track. As long as the producer can maintain an overview and their method isn't slowing them down, anything goes.
My pieces currently average 10 to 20 tracks...I used to be up around 40-50...it'd be interesting going back to some of those old tracks and remixing them, seeing how I'd approach them now...
Some awesome producers generally use 40-60 tracks, some generally use 10. You should use as many as the piece (and your method) requires.
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| Originally posted by Derivative fuck you guys mix using alot of tracks. I've never used more than 20. Most of the time its around 10. And I reckon I could still economise and use less, like I did when I had a 4 track. |
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| Originally posted by derail The number of final audio tracks doesn't tell the complete story. Some producers may have every single element on separate tracks, others may combine a heap of elements on a single track. As long as the producer can maintain an overview and their method isn't slowing them down, anything goes. My pieces currently average 10 to 20 tracks...I used to be up around 40-50...it'd be interesting going back to some of those old tracks and remixing them, seeing how I'd approach them now... Some awesome producers generally use 40-60 tracks, some generally use 10. You should use as many as the piece (and your method) requires. |
With this current computer it usually stays under the 15 mark.
Small screen and slow computer not fun for big projects 
about 25. including midi, audio and vst instraments. then about 3-5 efx per audio/instrament and a few automations per track.
Would the sequencer you use have a big impact on how many tracks you use? I use Ableton so I can have the midi, the synth, the FX for that synth and the automation all on the one track.
Am I right in thinking that in Cubase for example you have seperate tracks for each of these things?
About 20.
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| Originally posted by G-Con Am I right in thinking that in Cubase for example you have seperate tracks for each of these things? |
Well, depends what you mean by separate tracks. In Live, all the automation changes are overlaid on top of the waveform (and you only really ever look at one at a time, I believe? I don't do much automation in Live currently)
In Cubase, each audio track has a button to open up the automation lanes for that track. So you can open them all up as separate tracks, or one at a time like Ableton. Then they all fold back into the audio track.
In Reason, the automation tracks are stored with the device used, unless you create separate automation tracks.
So once again, it really depends on the terminology used. Just audio tracks? Audio tracks and explicit automation tracks? Or anything and everything which could count as a track, including tempo tracks, marker tracks, group tracks, buss tracks?
Though once again, the workflow and end result matter more than the track count.
Yeah I don't count automation tracks because they are MIDI channels - not audio mixer channels. I use a fucking tonne of MIDI channels All 16 off the single MIDI port I've got. Then I have to bounce with all the automation going so I can get 16 more MIDI channels.
My best track I did with 0 tracks. What.
i used around 30 different sounds in my last track....and it's not very complex
Its like Danny Tenaglia says in Elements: "There are many elements to a track, some have few, some have many...I like em all!!" probably not in those exact words *havent heard the song in a while, but you get the point! It doesnt really matter how many elements a track has, as long as it sounds good thats really all that matters!
I like to keep it simple, join as many channels as possible, i just hate enormus mixer one can barely scroll, else find one instantly.
< 10 if all goes to plan 
yeah, I prefer to use less intstrument and just morph between different sounds on the same instrument to get different textures. keeps things simpler and more organic.
4 channels - 8bit mono.
Can't beat the Commodore Amiga for writing tracks with Protracker.
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