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I just now discovered the ability to use chunks to arrange songs.
My question is this, How is the studio size affected by arranging this way? Does it need twice or triple the amount of tracks avaliable if you use two or three different chunks.

Also, is this an effective way to arrange? Are there any drawbacks to say...recording a verse in one chunk and a chorus in another.....?

thanks!

-brad

If you work with multiple chunks the tracks will not add up nor will CPU processing increase for added plug-ins unless you use them in song mode.

As far as if it is a practical way of arranging that depends, if it is a long composition with very clear sections that can be worked out separately it might be very effective. You can always quickly cut and paste sections between chunks through clippings.

If you are making different arrangements of variations of a song or compositions, chunks come in very handy, for example making several versions of a radio/TV spot. Just create the original composition, duplicate the chunk and make the corresponding variations.

Are there any drawbacks to say...recording a verse in one chunk and a chorus in another.....?

No, in fact, that's what it's great for. If anything, chunks are nonlinear arrangement tools; they're there so you can compose modularly.

Beyond that, Musicarteca laid it all out nicely for you.

Originally posted by musicarteca:
If you work with multiple chunks the tracks will not add up nor will CPU processing increase for added plug-ins unless you use them in song mode.

As far as if it is a practical way of arranging that depends, if it is a long composition with very clear sections that can be worked out separately it might be very effective. You can always quickly cut and paste sections between chunks through clippings.

If you are making different arrangements of variations of a song or compositions, chunks come in very handy, for example making several versions of a radio/TV spot. Just create the original composition, duplicate the chunk and make the corresponding variations.

Great. Thanks for the info.

Now...if I use these chunks in song mode...does it then effect the studio size?

thanks,
brad

Now...if I use these chunks in song mode...does it then effect the studio size?

Yes, tracks will add up and you will be using added processing from all chunks, but you still have the nice posibility to render the song into a new sequence, and everything will be back to normal.

<small>[ March 21, 2005, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: musicarteca ]</small>

I found freezing tracks helped with efficiency. =)