Where Do You Use Band-in-a-Box In The Audio Production Process?

[brian bennett]

For this thread I’m limiting audio production to a four step process; pre-production, production, post-production and mastering.

Let’s define the four audio production processes below.

Pre-production is everything that happens before recording. Examples may include choosing what song or songs to record, creating charts, selecting what instrumentation to use, song or project arrangement and practice.

Production is creating tracks. That can be by using loops, midi sequences, recording vocals or instruments or whatever else you do to create a track.

Post-production is editing, mixing and adding effects to create a finished song or project.

Mastering is sequencing the songs in a project, balancing songs so all have a similar feel, adding metadata, setting maximum levels to meet the specifications set by the publishing house and shipping the master to the publisher. The publisher could be ReverbNation, Bandlab, this forum, CD Baby, YouTube or something similar.

How do you use Band-in-a-Box in this setting?

[Dawid Lib]

I use BIAB/RB for creating and arranging, and for obtaining audio and midi material that I can assemble into a song.

[Donny Krimson]

I ran into the same kind of clutter with my audio files, so I started naming everything with clear project names and consistent version numbers. What helped me most was following best practices for digital asset management in audio production at https://www.blueberry-ai.com/blog/digital-asset-management-for-sound-optimizing-audio-assets

Things like using folders for each project, backing up sessions regularly, and keeping track of file versions. That way, I don’t waste time hunting for the right file or accidentally delete stuff I still need.

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