Hi, I have some questions and ideas about workflow using Ardour and Jamin and wanted to see what other people's experiences have been in this area. Here's the workflow I want to put into place: Say I have 3 or 4 songs that I want to have segue into each other (i.e., like on most prog rock concept albums where each song flows into each other rather than individual tracks that are separate). Each song is recorded in a separate session, since each has different instrumentation, tempo, atmosphere, etc. Maybe I want to have some wind or sound effects or something also as part of the segue, so one song fades out to wind while a second song starts while the wind is still blowing (yeah, yeah, I know, how cliched). Now, from here, maybe my next step would be to do initial mixes of these tracks to stereo WAV files, and then I build a super session and import the WAV files and build a playlist with the tracks, so I can get flow between the tracks the way I want, set crossfades, seques, etc. Then perhaps I master these tracks via Jamin so I can get a good sound level balance between the tracks, and then record this output back into the Ardour session as a final mixed and mastered sequence, and thence onto the DAO CD mastering (where I probably would put in track markers with zero gaps). Or, would I perhaps want to do some pre-mastering of the individual multitrack sessions first, and then mix down to stereo WAV and then build a playlist out of the pre-mastered tracks, then back through Jamin for final audio mastering, recording this back into Ardour, and then finally off to the CD mastering step? -- Brett
