How you should label your fucking DI tracks!

[Lasse Lammert]

As I always organize my guitars by pair (if quad tracking) it goes like L-R (main pair) & L-R (second pair) so I tend to name 'em simply G1DI, G2DI, G3DI, G4DI and then when they're reamped G1, G2, G3, G4. I also use colors too to make the PT console clearer. In fact, I hate long names. I try to use 6 letters max. and in caps.

This is exactly what I was talking about.
To YOU it might be logical that g1 and g2 is the main pair, for others 1+2 are left and 3+4 are right, which makes 1+3 the main pair ---> confusion for anyone who has to work with those tacks.
That's exactly why I started this topic

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I don't label L and R, not needed. Would definitely by request though.

My naming scheme is like so:

Guitar 1
Guitar 1 DI
Guitar 2
Guitar 2 DI
Guitar 3
Guitar 3 DI
Guitar solo
Guitar solo DI
D Guitar 1
D Guitar 1 DI (D is for overDub)

etc...

If they are reamped I ditch those and just label them by amp and number.

 

[tgs]

I don't label L and R, not needed. Would definitely by request though.

Not needed? Well if it's only you working with the tracks then by all means. Receiving tracks with only numbers usually means 50% chance of getting it wrong. I've also encountered the thing Mago mentions: "The mix sounds great but you panned the guitars wrong".

I should really work out some clear instructions for these things. Been thinking about it for years, hehe.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

The band should not tell the mixer where to pan the guitars, so no Left or Right.
I think the guitar player's name is very fine actually, as you immediately know that Matt 1 and Matt 2 are the same guitar parts dubbed.

 

[tgs]

The band should not tell the mixer where to pan the guitars, so no Left or Right.
I think the guitar player's name is very fine actually, as you immediately know that Matt 1 and Matt 2 are the same guitar parts dubbed.

Be that as it may, the band and/or engineer will most of the time have a wish for where each guitar is going. If you want to ignore that it's totally up to you of course. But you can expect them to ask why you did it "wrong".

 

[everybody's x]

I think the guitar player's name is very fine actually, as you immediately know that Matt 1 and Matt 2 are the same guitar parts dubbed.

In a reamp project sure. 5 songs and a hundred tracks per song? It would be nice to know that "Kylie 4" is a keyboard and "Kylie 12" is a dulcimer. They all sang also to "Chris3" could be a guitar, could be a vocal.
It got sorted but I would not agree it was a "very fine" way to label.Back in the day we had track sheets, now you get a hard drive with 10 pts files 35 gigs of waves and that's about it

 

[guitarguru777]

I tend to get even more Elaborate when doing that:


RthGtrL_"Songname"
RthGtrR_"Songname"


and so on .....

 

[Scott Horner]

I probably go overboard with my track naming.

ESPLTDEC1000DELUXEONTHISMONDAY9thDAYOFAPRIL2012PARTLYCLOUDYWITHA30%CHANCEOFRAIN_Left1

 

[drew_drummer]

Hmm. So 'chunky lead' and 'smeggy rhythm' doesn't work for you guys?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Why is L and R needed if your reamping. In the event I was having stuff reamped I would be paying for you to reamp, not pan.

And I would pay the courtesy in that case of clarifying what I wanted each track to be reamped through.

Leave the pan decisions to the guy mixing.

I've never had a band tell me where to pan anything.

 

[tgs]

Why is L and R needed if your reamping. In the event I was having stuff reamped I would be paying for you to reamp, not pan.

And I would pay the courtesy in that case of clarifying what I wanted each track to be reamped through.

Leave the pan decisions to the guy mixing.

I've never had a band tell me where to pan anything.

That's true. I was thinking about reamping AND mixing for whatever reason. Probably because I personally never really do one without the other. My bad.

 

[oroinvictus]

Personally, I have everything in separate folders for guitars, drums, etc. No need for anything other than "rhythm L, rhythm R, center lead, bass, kick1, kick2" etc. I also make use of color labels on OS X. But that's just the way I do things.

 

[greyskull]

Why is L and R needed if your reamping. In the event I was having stuff reamped I would be paying for you to reamp, not pan.

And I would pay the courtesy in that case of clarifying what I wanted each track to be reamped through.

Leave the pan decisions to the guy mixing.

I've never had a band tell me where to pan anything.

just to make things clear how they're paired.