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Recording management and song notes
So how do you all keep track of how a track is assembled?
The way I work is usually starting with an app I want to experiment with, say Animoog or Magellan. I'll play with presets, twiddle knobs, find an arp pattern I dig, and then record a progression to a DAW via AB. Then switch to another app and repeat to build the whole track layer by layer.
Problem is, a lot of times I will need to go back and rerecord a part later and forgot how I did it... What synth sound I used or how I played a certain pattern for instance.
Obviously I need to make better use of saved presets in my instrument apps, but there are other things that can't always be saved like effects or even note input.
I'm thinking of keeping a notebook for each new track I start that I can explicitly write everything I did... problem is alot of times I'll just be fiddling around with no serious intention of making a song out of a pattern and before I know it I've added five more instruments and a drum beat and I've forgotten what I did. Idk. thoughts?
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I use Onsong. You can keep chord charts, lyrics, notes. music. Pretty much everything pertaining to composition.
@synthsndson that sounds like a really good idea, to have a central repository in audio share. I will just have to train myself to give EVERYTHING I work on a name and organize it in. A song structure, even if I'm just screwing around, just in case it grows into something more.
@mgmg4871 Onsong looks nice, but complex. I'm worried it would get in the way of e experimental, on the fly workflow I use. Thoughts?
There is an app I recently read about called Piano Visual MIDI Chordpad. Website with videos:
http://creative-music-ventures.com/Visual_Chord_Pad.html
It's basically a keyboard app that can record automations of your song via MIDI (or you can play it live directly in the app). You can create chords from scratch and all kinds of cool acc, and it looks really simple to use. Anyone try it?
@Jesse-ohio It's really not that complex. I pretty much figured it out in a couple of sessions. I like it because it stores all info in one app, and is very useful for live performance, but may be more than some are looking for.