Subject:Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Posted by: blaze

Date:4/16/2002 4:49:50 PM

Anyone, Please help me!

I have a client who is ready to purchase some of my material for a solo artist that he is working with. However I am running into an obstacle, How do I transport my material to the client so that he can use it within his studio setting. I don't believe a simple CD will do but I may be wrong. How does this process work?

Money is on the line, and time is running out!!!!!

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: Maruuk

Date:4/16/2002 7:21:12 PM

1) Render your mixes to a WAV file, then burn a CD with the WAV's on it, send to client.

2) Render your mixes to mp3 files (I strongly recommend at least 128kb "CD quality" as the minumum level of quality) and just e-mail the material to the client. Note: if volume is too high (above 5 megs) you should FTP files to a server for client to download. Pretty much any website has extra space for this.

3) Clarify if the client wants your stereo mixes, or entire sessions including source files. Then we can be more specific in our suggestions.

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: groovewerx

Date:4/16/2002 7:54:06 PM

here is what i'd do...

if the client has acid:

1. arrange then render each full length track (from song's beginning to 1 or 2 measures beyond the song's end) as a wav
2. open a new song and draw those full length wavs
3. render these as a 2 track wav for reference
4. save the new song + all audio files to a folder
5. burn that folder to CD as DATA

if the client does not have acid:

just burn the 2 track and full length wavs to 1 CD as DATA, and to another CD as AUDIO.

this way the client can open the files in any tracking program and/or record them directly onto tape tracks.

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: blaze

Date:4/17/2002 8:10:23 AM

Let me get this straight! So if I burn my project to CD as a Data format and not Audio then anyone with a program that reads wave files should be able to pull it up? What capabilities will thay have if this can be done, will they have the ability to manipulate the tracks! Change sounds!

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:4/17/2002 9:17:35 AM

Yes to the first question.

As far as manipulation goes, it's all up to what the program used can do. If you gave the project as one complete stereo WAV file, the client would be able to master it or creatively mangle it with whatever program they chose. If your project had something like guitars, the client couldn't, however, extract them from the mix. It just can't be pristinely done. If your client wants to be able to manipulate the different voicings in the project, be sure to supply separate tracks.

In addition to what Maruuk and groovewerx suggested, you can also check out the File>Export Loops command on the menu bar. This will export any loops in your project with both tempo and key changes intact (which means multiple loops can be created from a single loop). Note this feature is in ACID Pro only.

To save an ACID project and all the files with it, use File>Save As on the menu bar and tick the "Copy all media with project" option. This will save the loop files as they were originally. Be sure to use a folder for neatness.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: blaze

Date:4/17/2002 12:43:18 PM

How would I be able to supply seperate tracks? What would the process be for doing that. Could I put seperate tracks onto a CD or A disk. What would you suggest?

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: Maruuk

Date:4/17/2002 2:47:28 PM

Yes, you can do that as mD mentioned, but first, please clarify exactly what program(s) your client will be using to work with your tracks--that will greatly clarify what you need to do on your end. For instance, are they going to import your work into a multitrack environment? Which one? Do they use Acid as well? Once we know that stuff, the path will be clear.

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: blaze

Date:4/17/2002 2:52:01 PM

Pro-Tools is the environement, any suggestions?

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: groovewerx

Date:4/17/2002 3:47:47 PM

protools on mac prefers: .aif but it will convert .wav
protools on windows prefers: as .wav but it will convert .aif

I'd give them each individual track (form beginning to end) as both .wav and .aif. that way they can choose their preference and then mix/master them to their liking.

**its important you give them each whole track individually because it simplifies the task of importing tracks and manipulating them if neccessary.

Subject:RE: Can Someone Please Advise: A Client Is Waiting.............

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:4/17/2002 7:52:27 PM

And if what groovewerx said applies to your case (I would give each whole track invidually too), File>Export Loops would be the most likely way to go. You can supply the loops in both WAV and AIF formats in this fashion. (Select "Save as type" to choose the format.)

If the project contains a lot of tracks, I'd gather the resulting files would be large combined, so either CD or other large capacity removable media like a Zip disk would be the way to do it. CD is the most compatible, so that's the most logical choice.

Like I said in my other post, I wouldn't use ACID to burn, since it burns audio CD's and not data CD's (which is what you need). Forget what I said about Sound Forge in my other post, as I erroneously stated (like a moron) that you could use that, as it also burns audio CD's, not data CD's. Use Roxio's Easy CD Creator or Nero Burning ROM. If you have Windows XP, XP has native data CD burning capability built-in.

HTH,
Iacobus