Organizing Vocal Mix - tips for grouping verses, harmony, etc?

bhuether · 04-08-2021, 06:59 AM

Been wondering about this for a while.

Say you have these tracks:

Code:

Harm 1 Verse
Harm 2 Verse
Harm 3 Chorus
Harm 4 Chorus
BG 1 Verse
BG 2 Verse
BG 3 Chorus
BG 4 Chorus
Lead 1 Verse
Lead 2 Verse
Lead 3 Chorus
Lead 4 Chorus

Do you tend to find that this organization lends itself better to mixing:

Code:

Harms
   Verse
      Verse 1
      Verse 2
   Chorus
      Chorus 3
      Chorus 4
BGs
   Verse
      Verse 1
      Verse 2
   Chorus
      Chorus 3
      Chorus 4
Lead
   Verse
      Verse 1
      Verse 2
   Chorus
      Chorus3
      Chorus 4

or this:

Code:

Verses
   Harms
      Harm 1
      Harm 2
   BGs
      BG 1
      BG 2
   Leads
      Lead 1
      Lead 2
Choruses
   Harms
      Harm 3
      Harm 4
   BGs
      BG 3
      BG 4
   Leads
      Lead 3
      Lead 4

In other words, do you prefer to organize by section (Verse, Chorus) or by type (Lead, Harm, etc)?

Just curious if from your experiences you find that a certain way of organizing easily is more advantageous than the other.

thanks

sonicowl · 04-08-2021, 09:24 AM

With these 12 tracks I wouldn't even bother putting them in folders. I would just create one folder "Vocals" and put all 12 in it.