Who here collaborates?

alex1fly · Post by **alex1fly** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:59 am

With other producers, that is. I assume many of us do, and I bet many of us have wondered this very thing: how in the heck can two producers work on a project at the same time??

Sure, one producer can work the DAW and the other can use his/her ears, or make adjustments on a mixer or midi controller, but can it go deeper?

For example, can I audition loops in Ableton while another producer slaps on various EQs and the like? Teamwork.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:14 am

currently not possible... (unless you're in the same room of course)

currently it's only back and forth...
I use dropbox/soundcloud/google-talk...

there are/have been some ambitious projects :

http://www.cockos.com/ninjam/
http://www.ohmstudio.com/
http://ejamming.com/
http://www.ujam.com/start

...none of them are ideal.. but it's a start!

oddly enough... I though Ableton would go in that route with their 'share'...
you could have users connected.. to a session..
a user could be alerted about changes other users made on their computers..
and choose to import their changes to his set..
in realtime...
that would be ..futuristic...

kristian · Post by **kristian** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:03 am

it seems bitwig are going for that route.... be interesting to see how they pull it off

taffmonster · Post by **taffmonster** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:29 am

I'm not sure I'd want a live collab feature. I mean if it was at the detriment of performance which in my head I imagine it being so.

I've always just used collect and save.nt works well enough. I don't know , I'd worry about performance sacrifices

crofter · Post by **crofter** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:36 am

My music is bad enough as it is, I don't want some other twat bollocksing it up all together.

taffmonster · Post by **taffmonster** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:37 am

crofter wrote:My music is bad enough as it is, I don't want some other twat bollocksing it up all together.

Haha

tintala · Post by **tintala** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:54 pm

This band ONLY collaborates using the net..... they use Live and Logic. Yet they are pioneering electronic producers.. they are a virtual band but the music doesn't sound like it..

http://www.desertdwellers.org/index2.html

swishniak · Post by **swishniak** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:55 am

alex1fly wrote:With other producers, that is. I assume many of us do, and I bet many of us have wondered this very thing: how in the heck can two producers work on a project at the same time??

Sure, one producer can work the DAW and the other can use his/her ears, or make adjustments on a mixer or midi controller, but can it go deeper?

For example, can I audition loops in Ableton while another producer slaps on various EQs and the like? Teamwork.

sync up 2 machines and make music together. record it to a third.

alex1fly · Post by **alex1fly** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:24 pm

I just wish that like, I could work on a beat while my partner fine tunes the EQ of the drum hits, simultaneously.

Seems like you could get a lot done by syncing two machines together...

however not every producer uses ableton live! There has to be a way to bridge that gap, with two creative minds in the same room being able to work on the project at the same time!

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:48 pm

alex1fly wrote:I just wish that like, I could work on a beat while my partner fine tunes the EQ of the drum hits, simultaneously.

Seems like you could get a lot done by syncing two machines together...

however not every producer uses ableton live! There has to be a way to bridge that gap, with two creative minds in the same room being able to work on the project at the same time!

you don't need a 2nd computer.. simply a midi controller.. (or a REAL mixer..of course..)

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:53 am

wait a minute, you want someone else to tweak drums while you work on drums?
and you're not talking about a live performance you're just talking about writing music together?
why don't you wanna tweak the drums you're working on and let your friend play bass or some other sound or somethin?

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:14 am

you don't understand...
his friend is REALLY good at eqing...
and he's REALLY good at programming drums..

dhilsabeck · Post by **dhilsabeck** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:34 am

One person is more creative. Another person is more technical. Everyone has a defined roll and contributes to a satisfactory end product. Seems like a good match for some folks.

Saxer · Post by **Saxer** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:14 am

realtime collaboration is not so easy.
it's like two painters with two brushes on one picture.
composing and arranging is like writing a one man show.

that doesn't concern playing. realtime recording over net would be cool.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:27 am

Saxer wrote:realtime collaboration is not so easy.
it's like two painters with two brushes on one picture.
composing and arranging is like writing a one man show.

that doesn't concern playing. realtime recording over net would be cool.

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