ABSTRACT
As soon as more than one performance of a piece has been recorded, any amount of editing can be accomplished. These performances can be from multiple “takes” recorded in the context of a studio session, or from several live concerts of the same program over consecutive nights. Cutting back and forth every measure between two nights is not unheard of in the modern recording industry, as computer editing systems offer seamless splicing with level matching and many options for crossfade lengths and shapes. Copying a few measures from one section of a piece and pasting over the same music in a repeated section is in fact a very common practice in music production. This chapter includes suggested techniques for marking the score with the preferred takes, organizing source audio, how to arrange the computer editing system for the most efficient workflow, and organizing hard drive storage and backups.
