So….I am learning the ropes with all these fantastic tools here and I feel I am going to be charting more than just the one song I started with in another thread. In fact, I am currently working on many different ones. Figured I would start this thread instead of doing a separate post for each song.

WIP

ABC – The Look of Love RELEASED – Drums, Bass, Vocals.

Cameo – Word Up RELEASED – V2. Drums, Bass, Vocals.

Dokken – Alone Again RELEASED – V3 Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony, with full multitracks.

Dokken – In My Dreams RELEASED – V3 Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony, with full multitracks.

Dokken – Just Got Lucky RELEASED – V3 Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony, with full multitracks.

Earth Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland Tempo mapping, drums, bass, and vocals complete. Working on harmonies. Full Multitracks.

Heart – How Can I Refuse RELEASED – Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony, with full multitracks.

The Motels – Take The L RELEASED – Drums and vocals.

Quarterflash – Harden my Heart CANCELED – Finished by Dash Riprock

REO Speedwagon – Keep Pushin’ Tempo mapping and drums complete. Working on other instruments. Full Multitracks.

Rose Royce – Car Wash Tempo mapping, drums, bass and vocals complete. Working on guitar and harmonies.

Steely Dan – FM Released – Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony

Styx – Lights CANCELLED – Finished by nsw1-6.

MFSB – The Sound of Philadelphia In testing. Full Multitracks.

Wings – Silly Love Songs RELEASED – Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Harmony.

Y&T – From The Moon/Open Fire Tempo mapping complete. Working on other instruments.

Zebra – Bears ON HOLD.

Zebra – Tell Me What You Want RELEASED – V2 Drums, vocals, guitar.

Green text = new update

Black text = Same since last update

Blue text = Released

Red text = Cancelled

My process so far has been like this….

After I feel I have a good tempo map (IMPORTANT!) I chart the drums by hand. I do it all by sound first, then if a midi does exist I use that for reference. Call me crazy but I enjoy it this part of it

Trying to do vocals by hand was tough at first, but I think I am getting the hang of it (prolly gonna suck lol). Not sure about the DRYVOX thing. My mic sounds like I’m talking through a pillow for some reason. Gonna have to find a way around this somehow.

I will do bass and guitar if a good midi falls in my lap but I am really not interested in doing those by hand. I’m all for it if someone wants to collaborate. If I have multitracks, I’ll do both guitar and bass (which is what I am doing with a few songs).

Testing process has been interesting. Tweaking the overdrive and things took some learning but I hope I have it down now. Watching others test your stuff is quite satisfying!

Cant stress enough the importance of that tempo map!

For the drums I am reducing the level of difficulty by hand, but for bass I am using CAT in Reaper.

I find that working on just one custom at a time is ok for a few days, then I seem to go batshit crazy by hearing the same song repeatedly so I have to switch it up.

I will update the thread again when I am able to report something significant.

Thanks for reading!