Hi All

I have to edit 8 tracks of drums on 6 songs. Generally there are 4-6 takes. I'm using Cubase 5 and would like to know the easiest way to edit the tracks.
Obviously I'm using the 'lines fixed ' option for the kick, snare, hi hat, overheads etc but it will take forever to solo each take. Any ideas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Quote lovesexy:

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I have to edit 8 tracks of drums on 6 songs. Generally there are 4-6 takes. I'm using Cubase 5 and would like to know the easiest way to edit the tracks.
Obviously I'm using the 'lines fixed ' option for the kick, snare, hi hat, overheads etc but it will take forever to solo each take. Any ideas?

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Well, unless the drummer was VERY accurate and consistent (in which case, why did you need 6 takes?) you'll be choosing between the various multi-mic recordings of each take, not picking snare from take 1, overheads from take 2...etc. I'd make a Folder Track for each take, each containing the 8 tracks of that take. I think Cubase 5 had Folder Tracks?

And if you at all want to keep editing multi-mic kits simple I'd STRONGLY recommend considering an upgrade to C6.

Firstly, you'll get multi-track phase-aligned audio quantising.

Secondly, you can edit multi-track takes in 'lanes'.

Thirdly, the '=' button synchronises all editing within a folder track to each track it contains.

Essentially you can work with a multi-track group of drum mic's as if they were a single audio track. It's worth the price of admission alone.

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Quote The Elf:

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And if you at all want to keep editing multi-mic kits simple I'd STRONGLY recommend considering an upgrade to C6.

Firstly, you'll get multi-track phase-aligned audio quantising.

Secondly, you can edit multi-track takes in 'lanes'.

Thirdly, the '=' button synchronises all editing within a folder track to each track it contains.

Essentially you can work with a multi-track group of drum mic's as if they were a single audio track. It's worth the price of admission alone.

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+1

You can drag and drop takes onto different lanes in C5, but its a PITA and easy to make bad-sounding mistakes. C6.5 makes things much, much easier.

Cheapskate alarm here!

If you can get the job done inside a month you could download the demo of Cubase 6. You need a dongle but even if you had to buy another one, still a good deal!

A couple of years ago I had 50 sides of punk 45s to clean up and pulled the same stroke with Sony Soundforge. I reckon I have "paid them back" by my reccomending the software at every opportunity since on forums!

Dave.

Quote The Elf:

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And if you at all want to keep editing multi-mic kits simple I'd STRONGLY recommend considering an upgrade to C6.

Firstly, you'll get multi-track phase-aligned audio quantising.

Secondly, you can edit multi-track takes in 'lanes'.

Thirdly, the '=' button synchronises all editing within a folder track to each track it contains.

Essentially you can work with a multi-track group of drum mic's as if they were a single audio track. It's worth the price of admission alone.

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