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Originally Posted by Brent Hahn
There's a growing trend, and as a bass player I'll admit I participate, toward "mail-order" record-making. A producer tells his client "I can get players X, Y, and Z on your record for way cheap if we send them stems, they lay down tracks at home, and we give them some time to get it done." Operating in a vacuum, they get a click and a guide track of some sort and a scratch vocal, they lay down a Simple, a Medium, and a Fancy, and they send it back.
You can imagine the crazy-quilt that results.
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Don't have to imagine - I'm the poor sucker who gets all those files at the end to make a mix happen
In fact I just bounced a mix minutes ago that was done this way. I was talking with one of the guys on the track and we both agreed this would be a much better track if they had just booked some studio time and got everyone in the studio together. And this is no small time artist, either. So, go figure...