Our Method (so far)
One of the exciting parts of doing this recording is that this way of working is brand new for us. We’re literally making up how we work as we go along.
In a nutshell, we have a server to which we can each FTP files. We’re starting off with me making a reference cut, which consists of a rhythm guitar, a click track and a vocal.
From there Klinowski will start making drum tracks. We don’t need finished tracks, just a groove that’s close enough for us to start laying overdubs against it.
Everytime someone lays a track, they post the individual track up to the server, as well as a board mix so we can hear it sit in the mix. If possible we’ll also post a MIDI file.
We decided that as a convenience, all rendered tracks should butt up against 0. That means that if I recorded a vocal, say, that didn’t start until a minute into a song, then I would need to print a minute of silence at the head end of the track so it could just be dropped in at the beginning of the song and will automatically sync up.
We’re making this up as we go, so there’s a really good chance we’ll modify how we do things as the project progresses.