Multitrack Comping

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Published in SOS February 2012

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John Walden
Audio tracks placed within a Folder Track ready for basic drum recording. Note that the Group Editing button has been engaged for the Folder.
Audio tracks placed within a Folder Track ready for basic drum recording. Note that the Group Editing button has been engaged for the Folder.
Now that there are generations of recording musicians who’ve only ever worked with digital multitrack recording facilities, it can be difficult to convey just how much easier it is to ‘comp’ a vocal track (compile it from sections of different takes) in a typical DAW than when working with multitrack tape. Those days were truly painful! Some DAWs, though, including the full version of Cubase, offer more sophisticated comping facilities than others.
As described in this column back in August 2011, Cubase 6 added some useful improvements to streamline the comping process for lead vocals or solo instruments. Not all performances are captured using a single microphone, though, and what I didn’t explore in that article were the tools that Cubase 6 offers for comping using takes from multitrack recordings.
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Published in SOS February 2012

 

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