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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Track labels

Color coding your tracks can help you find things quickly. Here's my colors of choice and the order they go in.....


DRUMS - RED
PERCUSSION/DRUM PROGRAMMING - PURPLE
BASS/SYNTH BASS - ORANGE
GUITARS - LIGHT GREEN
KEYS/SYNTH PROGRAMMING - LIGHT BLUE
VOCALS - YELLOW
MASTER BUS - DEFAULT COLOR (DARK RED)
FX BUSSES - DEFAULT COLOR (DARK GREEN)


(BELOW: Screen shots from John Stearns' song "Believe")
Posted by Keith Everette Smith at 2:13 PM
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2 comments:

  1. BleepOctober 22, 2009 at 1:49 AM

    This just makes my OCD feel better..
    You're the man.

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  2. Keith Everette SmithDecember 19, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Glad you like it!!! If you've got any questions feel free to post them here, I'd love to do a post specifically related to the things you (or anyone else) want to learn.

    Thanks!

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