On the subject of stereo tracks - I haven't been using FADER=MIDI except on an as-needed basis. I don't do any automation until the last step of mixing, at which point I change the routing around anyway. I have found that the closer you can get to leaving Reaper's faders at 0 and getting your basic levels on the ZED, the better. So I get my basic balance, and then if I need to do any automation from there, I enable FADER=MIDI on whichever channels specifically need it.
During overdubs, I often just monitor via the digital master fader, and don't send any audio out to the individual channels until mixdown. At mixdown, I buss tracks that make sense out to stereo pairs on the board - e.g. send all the backing vocals to 2 tracks, all the percussion to 2 tracks, etc.
This seems to be the simplest and most uncluttered way to work, for me.
Last edited by Lee Flier; 06-03-2011 at 09:05 AM.
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