How many tracks?

Fade

The Beat Strangler
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You guys are nuts. All you need is a handful of tracks unless you're trying to get all nerdy!

But yeah, it's interesting to see who does what and how many tracks they use. I wish I still had my 4track though.

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YannFer

The Mr Bernard Who Laughs
Battle Points: 166
You recording a full orchestra or something?

I think orchestras are more often than not recorded with 2 to 4 mics, like Decca Tree technique or some similar technique...

It makes lots of tracks when people like us want to simulate an orchestra and patch all these instruments in a daw.

The way the musicians are placed in the room and the design of the room (theatre, concert hall, ....) is how you get a certain sound or a certain instrument forward or back or another getting more reverb from the room. This art is the ancester of what we now call mixing... and it's fascinating.
 
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I dont know no professional who would use it that way.

Tracks GO TO busses. Busses carry multiple tracks.
there is no difference between a track and a bus in FL Studio, none, apart from how you route it. I like that flexibility of FL Studio. If it has its own fader on the mixer then to me its a track. FX track, Instrument track, group track, they are all tracks. IMO
 

Fade

The Beat Strangler
Administrator
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Ok so maybe the question should be reworded to something about making a straightforward beat, rather than a full orchestral production. Very different scenarios.
 

YannFer

The Mr Bernard Who Laughs
Battle Points: 166
Ok so maybe the question should be reworded to something about making a straightforward beat, rather than a full orchestral production. Very different scenarios.
Hahaha... I should be more cautious... I thought we were talking hiphop beats 'round here...

... but hey, the wording in my question was about "beats".

I should have said non-orchestral/non-symphonic/non-chamber music non-rock band/ beats... And one of you would have gone "when you record a jazz tune with a big brass band on top of it, you need 50+ tracks as a minimum"...

...I love you guys
 

Fade

The Beat Strangler
Administrator
illest o.g.
Hahaha... I should be more cautious... I thought we were talking hiphop beats 'round here...

... but hey, the wording in my question was about "beats".

I should have said non-orchestral/non-symphonic/non-chamber music non-rock band/ beats... And one of you would have gone "when you record a jazz tune with a big brass band on top of it, you need 50+ tracks as a minimum"...

...I love you guys
Yes! Exactly. :this:
 

crosstevsky

beats architect
Battle Points: 121
Hahaha... I should be more cautious... I thought we were talking hiphop beats 'round here...

... but hey, the wording in my question was about "beats".

I should have said non-orchestral/non-symphonic/non-chamber music non-rock band/ beats... And one of you would have gone "when you record a jazz tune with a big brass band on top of it, you need 50+ tracks as a minimum"...

...I love you guys
its all technicalities anyway...as long as it sounds good, 2 or 200 it doesn't matter
 

crosstevsky

beats architect
Battle Points: 121
Hahaha... I should be more cautious... I thought we were talking hiphop beats 'round here...

... but hey, the wording in my question was about "beats".

I should have said non-orchestral/non-symphonic/non-chamber music non-rock band/ beats... And one of you would have gone "when you record a jazz tune with a big brass band on top of it, you need 50+ tracks as a minimum"...

...I love you guys

i wanted to know is there such a thing as symphonic hip hop....this came up
 

Crispifier

The Real SlimSpaceship
Battle Points: 15
back in the days of Myspace I regularly battled a guy called Symphonic Beats, he always sampled symphonic music, some real good ones too.

I always managed to beat him though, poor sod hahahahahaha

myspace hahaha :D:D

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its a cool idea though sampling classical elements can make some genuinly dope and interesting stuff, though personally i prefer the idea of composing something orchestral and mixing it with hip hop
 
myspace hahaha :D:D

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its a cool idea though sampling classical elements can make some genuinly dope and interesting stuff, though personally i prefer the idea of composing something orchestral and mixing it with hip hop
#metoo

Ive had my BBC Symphony Orchestra for a few days now, havent even played with it yet. Havent made anything for a few days, the thought of going back to work has dented my enthusiasm
 

Crispifier

The Real SlimSpaceship
Battle Points: 15
#metoo

Ive had my BBC Symphony Orchestra for a few days now, havent even played with it yet. Havent made anything for a few days, the thought of going back to work has dented my enthusiasm


yeah most people are like "i cant wait to get back to work i hate social isolation!" meanwhile most creative types already have a 10th dan blackbelt in that shit hahaha

@Iron Keys

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