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?

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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?

no

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.

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i used around 30 different sounds in my last track....and it's not very complex

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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.
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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.

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