How many tracks do the producers on here normally use?

Assassin · Post by **Assassin** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:33 pm

Just wondering because I barely use any.

kejk · Post by **kejk** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:29 pm

What do you mean with use?

collige · Post by **collige** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:31 pm

anywhere from about 5 to 20

polygonfiction · Post by **polygonfiction** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:48 pm

Including effects buses maybe 15-30?

kejk · Post by **kejk** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:13 pm

Oh now I get it. hehe.

I don't really look out for it. Probably a decent track has about 15-20, but then come the one shots, and I keep making tracks, sometimes ending up with over 30 tracks.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:17 pm

This was asked only a little while back...

Between 15 and 30, sometimes more.

tripwire22 · Post by **tripwire22** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:33 pm

depends on my percussion but i use about 4-5 soft synths a song. im thinking around 10-15 tracks

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:40 pm

I am right in the average 20ish, I always thought that was the low side, people always tell me they are working with like 60-70 tracks, what for I don't fucking know. my 20 include doubled and tripled tracks sometimes. I even have a tune I did recently with like 8 channels and it sounded well full.

jsills · Post by **jsills** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:40 pm

due to cpu load i try to keep it down to about 24 audio channels and maybe 5-7 sends. i tend to bounce and resample a lot so if i had unlimited cpu power im sure i could rack up. maybe 80 who knows.
but ya, theres not set rule, im with you abz, if it sounds full its done. 6 tracks or 60 its all in how you use em.

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:51 pm

jsills wrote:due to cpu load i try to keep it down to about 24 audio channels and maybe 5-7 sends. i tend to bounce and resample a lot so if i had unlimited cpu power im sure i could rack up. maybe 80 who knows.
but ya, theres not set rule, im with you abz, if it sounds full its done. 6 tracks or 60 its all in how you use em.

It must come down to your style I would imagine. Like doing something inefficiently like every single little percussion sound duplicated and spread across 4 channels. Not knocking, I don't do things by the book either but it just seems like things would get cluttered with that many tracks. I am a minimalist at heart tho.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:00 pm

about 6 for drums / percs

6-10 for different synth sounds (including risers / pads)

2-4 for samples

2-3 fx tracks (delays, filters)

sub bass

ketamine · Post by **ketamine** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:26 pm

abZ wrote: I am a minimalist

Few as possible.

BananaBomber · Post by **BananaBomber** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:33 pm

18-ish

narcissus · Post by **narcissus** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:11 pm

1-2 instance of impulse

3-6 instances of operator...
2-3 returns...

you do the math

10 would be a lot for me

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:18 pm

from just a few to a shit ton depending on what i'm doing

Mad_EP · Post by **Mad_EP** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:42 pm

As little as 3 - as many as 30.

yellowhighlighter · Post by **yellowhighlighter** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:08 pm

not including sends, less than 10. i have about 5 tracks for my percussion (kicks, snares, hats, random noises, drum loops) and then maybe 1 track for bass, another for some ambient sound.

i don't have much going on in my tracks tbh.

apathesis · Post by **apathesis** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:39 pm

my newest tune has 32, most I've ever used!

Ongelegen · Post by **Ongelegen** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:40 pm

usually between 10 and 20

nitz · Post by **nitz** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:41 pm

apathesis wrote:my newest tune has 32, most I've ever used!

Hence, why its almost 8 mintunes long

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