track organization

[eric22rr]

Does anyone know what the Recording Academy's recommendations are for track grouping and organization? For example, the acoustic guitars go to the left of the electric guitars and drums, etc... I know it's not a really big deal, but I thought I'd adopt some sort of "professional" protocol.

[badboymusic]

Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy Pro Tools Session Guidelines For Music Production PDF

It doesn't address track order, but has excellent organizational suggestions.

[Naagzh]

For me, a session's track order goes something like this:

-Drum Audio: Kick Int, Kick Ext, Sn Top, Sn Btm, Tom 1, Tom 2, Fl Tom, OH (HH), OH (RC), Room (HH), Room (RC)

-Drum Auxes: DrumVerb, DrumsComp, DrumsDry, DrumsAll

-Bass DI, Bass Amp
-Keys, KeysAux (if using delay, reverb, etc.)
-Ac Gtr(s)
-Rtm Gtr(s)
-Lead Gtr(s)
-Solo Gtr(s)
-Vox
-BV1, BV 2, BV 3, etc.
-Vox Effects (Reverb, Delay, etc.)
-Click
-Master
-Any deactivated tracks which have been printed to a submix.
-Printed special effects tracks (deactivated) (using software distortion, flanging, phasing, etc.)
-Printed copy of the mix

[jfitz]

Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy Pro Tools Session Guidelines For Music Production PDF

It doesn't address track order, but has excellent organizational suggestions.

great link.

and the track order in the post above mine is a good one, they usually follow that general order. depends on what you have recorded.