STU WATTS
ROCK & POP PRODUCER/ENGINEER
MULTITRACK DELIVERY
This document details how I request multitracks to be exported from your DAW and uploaded in preparation for mixing. If you have any questions or are unsure about anything I’ve written, please let me know, I would be happy to clarify.
1. LABEL THE TRACKS LIKE THIS: InstrumentGroup-Description-Number
Example file name:
GTR-Clean-1.wav
or
VOX-ChorusLead-2.wav
2. LABEL THE ROOT FOLDER WITH BPM AND KEY (IF KNOWN)
Example folder name:
ArtistName-MySong-120bpm-Cm
3. PLEASE PROVIDE WET AND DRY TRACKS IN SEPARATE FOLDERS
Leave any vocal tuning on dry tracks if applicable
4. CONSOLIDATE TRACKS
Consolidate any tracks of the same type (eg. lead vocals, guitar, etc) unless they have overlapping regions or if you want them processed differently.
5. INCLUDE GUITAR/BASS DI TRACKS AS WELL AS THE AMP TRACK
6. ALL TRACKS SHOULD BE OF IDENTICAL LENGTH
For example, don’t have the verse vocal track begin when they sing the first word.
7. TEMPO/TIME SIGNATURE CHANGES
Please include any tempo changes in the spreadsheet titled “Tempo Map”.
OR you can export your tempo map as a MIDI file. Search Google on how to do this in your DAW.
If your song doesn’t have any, ignore this section.
8. ROUGH MIXES & REFERENCE TRACKS
Add any rough mixes to the root folder. Please add any notes to a document with reference tracks and timestamps and explain what you like about the references. For instance, you might like a certain guitar tone on a Chili Peppers song, or the way that Drake’s vocals sound, or a reverb that you like. The more info you give, the better I can match your style and influences.
Cheers,
Stu Watts
+61 421 649 604