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Takes management: Technical

Takes management: Technical

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Takes management: Technical

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- Now that we've discussed how to approach recording multiple takes from a psychological perspective, I want to get technical and show you how to effectively manage multi-take recording in your digital audio workstation. As soon as you record more than one vocal take, and I assume you will, you want to make the process of comping a final take together as straightforward as possible. Most importantly, you'll want to have ongoing access to every piece of every take so you don't lose anything valuable as you edit. Each DAW has a specific way of handling these tasks but all of them require that you set a few things up before you press record. I'll show you how to do this in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Studio One. In Pro Tools the best way to manage multiple takes is to create a new playlist on your tracks after each pass. So for example, you'd record the first pass like this. (soulful music) And then you go over to your track's playlist menu here and you choose New, Playlist, and you can…

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