Mix Prep for shiftee

Pro Tools

  1. Delete any unused tracks, clips, or plugins - only keep what is in the final version of the song.

  2. Label all tracks & auxes (Piano, E gtr 1, Ld Vocal, etc.)

  3. Freeze (do not commit) any tracks with plugin processing (Rvox, Pro Q3, Vintageverb, etc.)

  4. Freeze all auxes (reverbs, busses, etc.)

  5. Freeze any Instrument tracks (Kontakt, Arturia, etc.)

  6. If you’ve tuned your vocal with the integrated Pro Tools ARA 2 Melodyne, please duplicate the track and commit a version with your tuning AND leave a version without.

  7. Leave any Mix Bus processing on (active)

  8. Include your final rough mix in the session, muted

  9. File > Save Copy In

    Audio Files - checked

    Main Playlist only - checked

You can send this session folder. Thanks!

ABLETON

  1. Delete any unused tracks, takes, clips, or plugins - only keep what is in the final version of the song.

  2. Label all tracks, groups, & fx (Piano, E gtr 1, Ld Vocal, etc.)

  3. Freeze (do not flatten) any tracks with plugin processing (Rvox, Pro Q3, Vintageverb, etc.)

  4. Freeze any MIDI instrument tracks (Kontakt, Arturia, etc.)

  5. If you used the Melodyne plugin in your session, please copy over Melodyne wavs into your project folder

  6. Leave any Mix Bus/Master processing on (active).

  7. Include your final rough mix in the session, muted

  8. File > Collect All & Save

You can send this session folder. There might be follow up regarding any group or master processing. Thanks!

Non-Pro Tools/NON-ABLETON

  • Disable all stereo bus processing before bouncing individual tracks.

    • Please indicate stereo bus processing and send screenshots of any settings if important.

  • Export all audio files as WAV or AIFF (BWF) from the same start point (bar 1, beat 1, etc)

    • Only bounce busses (in addition to individual tracks) if it is integral to the sound.

    • Include bpm in folder name or email.

    • Export tracks at the same sample rate and bit depth you’ve been working at.

  • Include both wet and dry vocal tracks.

    • Keep tuning on dry vocals.

  • Recommended to bounce stacks of strings, horns, background vocals, etc as a stereo blend to pickup where you left off (in addition to as individual tracks)

  • If using Logic or Studio One - please do not use ‘Export All Tracks As Audio’ feature or equivalent. Instead, please do a full of bounce each track, solo-ed one at a time with all plugins and automation. Please bypass any master-buss limiting or clipping when you do this (but keep any processing & automation integral to the sound, e.g. filter sweeps, etc.).

  • Please include the latest rough mix exactly as it is. Send what you’ve been listening to

File Delivery:

  • Please send files / session by any preferred electronic method: Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.

  • My email: shiftee.dj@gmail.com

  • If you have any questions, please reach out!