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Originally Posted by DupleMeter
Generally you approach takes in 1 of 2 ways
old school: keep going until you have a "keeper"...a complete take in a single pass that you're happy with.
more common: keep going until you have enough takes that you have each section as perfect as its going to get & then comp. them into 1 "perfect" take.
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I usually do it a third way, as do a number of fingerstyle players I know. Do as many takes as necessary to get one solid complete performance that's overall good, but more importantly, feels as good as possible, with maybe a note here or there there that needs patched. Then fix those spots. It preserves the feel and integrity of a complete pass, while allowing you to fix small spot errors. Often, just knowing you can do this relieves the pressure to the point that you don't need many (if any) edits. Fixing small spots here and there (like maybe even a single note), avoids the issues you sometimes get into when gluing different takes together of getting tonal or stereo image shifts, or playing at different tempos, or different volumes.