I was just wondering how everyone here is collaborating? I see a lot of collabs here, some with multiple people. I assume you all don't live next door to each other. So are you just sending mp3's or wavs of individual tracks back and forth? Or is everyone using the same DAW's and sending project files? Just curious.

I was just wondering how everyone here is collaborating? I see a lot of collabs here, some with multiple people. I assume you all don't live next door to each other. So are you just sending mp3's or wavs of individual tracks back and forth? Or is everyone using the same DAW's and sending project files? Just curious.

They mostly send MP3's - then turn them into WAV files to record over. At least thats what I used to do when I played on some colabs.

The tracks have to be lines up real nice so everything sounds good.

I don't know what everyone else is doing but I've set up an email account just for specifically sending tracks back and forth. It makes things so much easier that way. Then its usually an MP3 track and if its a larger .wav file I want to send, then I'll send it through yousendit.com. Also, I'm not sure if you were looking for advice on producing tracks this way, (tracks you are sending to collaborate) but personally, I would suggest if you want any type of quality in your tracks, save them as a minimum 192 kbps, 44100 Hz, Stereo. The file may be larger to send but, the quality will be better.

It's the power of the internet. What wouldn't have seemed possible 10 years ago is now taken for granted. All the collabs I do are usually e-mailed back and forth and converted to wavs as the other guys said. As long as you use the same format (i.e 128 at 44.1) then it'll usually line up nice. There's a kind of expected way that the forum has asked for stuff to be sent to make life easier. if you record your part by itself with a click at the beginning to line it up (if it's needed) and also a low quality mp3 of you playing with whatever is backing you, then the person mixing has a reference point to listen and make sure it sounds the same.

I think its pretty much the same for most of us who collab, i just send my guitar/vocals part as a MP3 to whomever im sending it to, thats done by either by msn/yahoo or by a linkmefile, mostly i do mine in 48000hz , obviously though if someone sends me something in 44100hz then i have to change mine to that for it to stay in sync:)